If you think that people who post here including yourself are representative of lower income folks and those struggling to make it through life everyday you are sadly mistaken.
You hit a wall at some point BG. You run out of options and as the cost of living keeps going up you are screwed no matter how many packs of oatmeal you buy.
You talk about blueberries? Clementines? Most people who are struggling are well past the point of affording that stuff. When you have to buy ramen and potatoes you are starting to bottom out.
Obviously you are not getting it either. Many people are coping right now… and not winning the war. It is a slow spiral downward. As inflation continues to tick up there will be more and more and more people slipping into poverty and more people will become screwed. There hard to live lives will be much harder. There kids will suffer more. There will be a larger burden on facilities of welfare.
You may want to call this coping. People on this site will “cope”. Many people will be much worse off then just coping. It is not just about finding deals at the market and stretching the dollar. It is about a P.O.S quality of life, not a “coping” quality of life.
