My grocery bills are double what they were in 2019 now
Rocket Mortgage has a commercial that shows some schlub walking into his house with his groceries while the voiceover says something about how those three bags of groceries used to be six. Then the house starts talking to him, reminding him that he can cash in the tiny amount of equity he has in the house with a second mortgage and use the money to buy groceries. Happy schlub dances the rest of the way into the house.
It must be hundreds of thousands of people that have been conned by this one commercial alone into thinking that going into debt to buy groceries is a solution to their problems.
I was super lucky and able to get debt free (except for my mortgage) in 2022.
RM bought my mortgage last year, and yes, they’re relentless with the stupid ads. They’re begging us to take out debt, even if we don’t want or need it. They’ve even inflated their “estimated value” of my home on their website to try and entice me.
Sucks that things have gotten so shitty that taking out debt to buy food seems reasonable. I wish we could elect better people, but if we get these two dozen or so DSA’s elected, maybe?
Bingo, at one point in my career I doubled my salary by interviewing for a new position.
I counter offered and they matched, I was literally sweating when waiting for the response. I thought finally my financial issues are over. I was born into poverty, in my family I was the first to graduate highschool let alone go to college.
Here we are 5 years later and I’ve slowly found myself in the same position as then. Except now there is no larger salary jump to be made because AI has fucked up the job market so bad, even getting into interviews is nightmare for a higher paying job, despite being fully qualified.
Worked hard my entire life just to end up with basically the same financial hardships I had 15 years ago.
My grocery bills are double what they were in 2019 now, and I actually buy less.
If you’re wondering why people are so pissed off, it’s because so many of us are making better money than we ever have and it actually buys nothing.
Rocket Mortgage has a commercial that shows some schlub walking into his house with his groceries while the voiceover says something about how those three bags of groceries used to be six. Then the house starts talking to him, reminding him that he can cash in the tiny amount of equity he has in the house with a second mortgage and use the money to buy groceries. Happy schlub dances the rest of the way into the house.
It must be hundreds of thousands of people that have been conned by this one commercial alone into thinking that going into debt to buy groceries is a solution to their problems.
I was super lucky and able to get debt free (except for my mortgage) in 2022.
RM bought my mortgage last year, and yes, they’re relentless with the stupid ads. They’re begging us to take out debt, even if we don’t want or need it. They’ve even inflated their “estimated value” of my home on their website to try and entice me.
Sucks that things have gotten so shitty that taking out debt to buy food seems reasonable. I wish we could elect better people, but if we get these two dozen or so DSA’s elected, maybe?
Bingo, at one point in my career I doubled my salary by interviewing for a new position.
I counter offered and they matched, I was literally sweating when waiting for the response. I thought finally my financial issues are over. I was born into poverty, in my family I was the first to graduate highschool let alone go to college.
Here we are 5 years later and I’ve slowly found myself in the same position as then. Except now there is no larger salary jump to be made because AI has fucked up the job market so bad, even getting into interviews is nightmare for a higher paying job, despite being fully qualified.
Worked hard my entire life just to end up with basically the same financial hardships I had 15 years ago.