Not much has changed in my area of Tennessee. But I have put myself in a position that helps with food. Produce from my garden helps tremendously, and purchasing a whole steer every other year for my family if a life saver. My costs for a whole steer is approximately 3K. It has been steady for 5 years, no increase and the meat is clean. No shots, just grass fed. I end up buying flour, salt and sugar. Maybe some paper products when needed. My wife makes soap, shampoo, lotion, mouthwash, laundry detergent and the like. All easy simple recipes, and clean. What kills us is Utility bills, they are rising fast. TVA keeps adding 40.00 every other month and will not tell us why. Summer Bills have gone from 150 a month to 300. That is double for utilities. We burn wood during the winter so we have some control. Most of the times our bills are 100.00 in the winter.
Another killer is taxes on the house. It has been paid off for 25 years and we paid 800.00 yearly for most of our life. It began to rise during Covid, 2019. It is now 1462.00. That is almost double. We are on a fixed income and there is nothing we can do about those bills. Trump must eliminate those costs.
Our garden didn't do well this year due to drought and boy did that hurt us. We usually can our produce to last us for a year before we can again. It cost me 100.00 to purchase tomatoes from the Amish and can 20 quart jars. We have very few frozen vegetables left.
It cost me 142.00 for one weeks vegetables from Walmart. None of it was local or from the US. Oranges from Brazil, Garlic from China, lettuce from Mexico. None of it had any taste or bad taste. What in the hell is happening? No one can live on this garbage or prices.
Trump has only been in office for 8 months, I believe him when he says things will get better, but it may take a year. Just hang on. Good times ahead. He is fighting a very large Leviathan.
Not much has changed in my area of Tennessee. But I have put myself in a position that helps with food. Produce from my garden helps tremendously, and purchasing a whole steer every other year for my family if a life saver. My costs for a whole steer is approximately 3K. It has been steady for 5 years, no increase and the meat is clean. No shots, just grass fed. I end up buying flour, salt and sugar. Maybe some paper products when needed. My wife makes soap, shampoo, lotion, mouthwash, laundry detergent and the like. All easy simple recipes, and clean. What kills us is Utility bills, they are rising fast. TVA keeps adding 40.00 every other month and will not tell us why. Summer Bills have gone from 150 a month to 300. That is double for utilities. We burn wood during the winter so we have some control. Most of the times our bills are 100.00 in the winter.
Another killer is taxes on the house. It has been paid off for 25 years and we paid 800.00 yearly for most of our life. It began to rise during Covid, 2019. It is now 1462.00. That is almost double. We are on a fixed income and there is nothing we can do about those bills. Trump must eliminate those costs.
Our garden didn't do well this year due to drought and boy did that hurt us. We usually can our produce to last us for a year before we can again. It cost me 100.00 to purchase tomatoes from the Amish and can 20 quart jars. We have very few frozen vegetables left.
It cost me 142.00 for one weeks vegetables from Walmart. None of it was local or from the US. Oranges from Brazil, Garlic from China, lettuce from Mexico. None of it had any taste or bad taste. What in the hell is happening? No one can live on this garbage or prices.
Trump has only been in office for 8 months, I believe him when he says things will get better, but it may take a year. Just hang on. Good times ahead. He is fighting a very large Leviathan.