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RockCreek

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3. That's just in 4 months. At that rate (no increase) it is $3000 in a year.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jun 29, 2026, 08:15 PM

10 hrs ago

Most US households cannot afford that.
Not to mention the millions or billions of people in countries these price increases etc are affecting more. They can't affordable it AND don't even have the pretense of a vote in what happens.

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Iran war has cost Americans $1,000 per household, economist estimates [View all] BumRushDaShow 12 hrs ago OP

Winning can be expensive. Sneederbunk 11 hrs ago #1

tRump can just add it to our DOGE checks. joanbarnes 11 hrs ago #2

And all that tariff $ headed our way wolfie001 9 hrs ago #7

That's just in 4 months. At that rate (no increase) it is $3000 in a year. RockCreek 10 hrs ago #3

+1 dalton99a 9 hrs ago #5

but wait, there's more, so much more. twodogsbarking 10 hrs ago #4

Stupid, mindless, murderous jackassery wolfie001 9 hrs ago #6

And now we get to pay Iran hundreds of billions while they can charge fees on ships. SamuelAdams 8 min ago #8