5 years ago I fed my family for $68 a week.


Same family. Same meals. Same grocery store.
It costs $134 today.
i didn’t upgrade anything. didn’t add anything.
Didn’t change a single item.
The eggs are the same eggs.
The chicken is the same chicken.
The bread is the same bread.
Everything is identical except the number at the bottom of the receipt.
That number doubled. My paycheck didn’t.
And somewhere in Washington a politician just finished a press conference about how strong the economy is.
Then got in a motorcade.
To a dinner he expensed.
That he’ll never pay for himself.
While I’m in a Walmart parking lot at 9pm deciding if the name brand pasta is worth the extra $1.40.
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