Can someone please explain the math to me, cause it’s not “mathing” in any way to my benefit. I got a .50 raise this year. An “extra” $80 per month. My escrow account increased by the same amount - you know, property taxes on a property I own, plus homeowners insurance that does everything they can to not pay a claim. So no real benefit there.

I just paid $6.46 for one single chicken breast. At the grocery, that I now have to prepare myself. And add other ingredients to for an actual meal.

I work in retail, in a liquor store. We get price changes every day. And some of the increases are 10, 15, 20% of the price. How does a .50 per hour increase in pay ever let anyone get ahead when prices are rising by 20%??

Is it just me? Am I the only one that has to make choices each paycheck about what to pay for? And God forbid there’s any extra expense - as there is every month. The mortgage payment is taking the brunt of it…one payment late, or all the others.