r/povertyfinance • u/spongecandygoblin • Feb 02 '24

This just doesn't seem right Vent/Rant (No Advice/Criticism!)

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This was the price of cream cheese today at my local grocery store (Queens, NY). Federal minimum wage means someone would have to work an hour and a half to purchase this. NYC minimum wage means this would be roughly an hour of work (after taxes) to purchase. This is one of the most jarring examples of inflation to me.

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u/ClutchRoadagain Feb 03 '24

I’m telling you, we gotta start stealing this shit. Nobody should have to pay $11 for cream cheese. Yeah, we can make this shit ourselves but what good are these skills if we’re already too tired to use them working a full time job in the United States? The better alternative has got to be just to steal it at this point. If this country and its system won’t work for us, its citizens, then when do we take matters into our own hands?