inflation

Did you know, on average, Americans are paying $700+ more, per month, than they were paying last year?!?!?!?!?  Think about that. It's costing $700 more a month to live. Thankfully, I don't have to drive into work everyday so I don't notice the pinch regarding gas. But, food? Wow. Just for the two of us, we're spending at least $300 more a month on food. Because the value of our home has risen dramatically in the last year, our property taxes have gone up. To meet that difference in our escrow account, our mortgage payment is a $100 more a month! For us, there's $400 bucks right there! That's a lot. What are people doing to get by? I mean, 20 years if we would've had to spend that much more, our kids would've been hungry. They/us would've done without a lot of things. That's crazy.