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Alexandra Thompson and her husband both work full time, but the cost of groceries and other daily essentials like gas have risen so much that they've maxed out their credit cards and are buying only what they can afford each week with cash.

"It feels like almost week to week that our groceries are becoming more expensive when we're not buying extra things," Thompson, 31, of Union City, Tennessee, said of the food they buy for themselves and their 9-year-old son. "We're getting just the essentials every week."
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In a survey of 1,075 consumers in June, 30% of respondents said they used a credit card to pay for essentials, such as groceries, gas, utilities or medical bills, in the past three months, knowing they may not pay off their bill. USA TODAY was given an exclusive first look at the study by Omnisend.

An additional 20% said they borrowed from friends or family, 18% used buy now, pay later products, and 17% said they had to use savings meant for something else.
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Nearly 1 in 5 adults paid for groceries with savings, and nearly 1 in 20 bought groceries with cash from a payday advance loan, according to the Urban Institute Well-Being and Basic Needs Survey for 2025, which came out in July. The institute is a Washington, D.C.-based nonpartisan think tank that conducts economic and social policy research.

When it came to credit cards, nearly 35% of adults ages 18 to 64 said they paid by credit card and paid that bill in full; 19.6% paid less than the full balance but always made the minimum payment; and 8.7% did not always make the minimum payment.

That means more than 1 in 4 working-age adults used credit cards to purchase food for their families and experienced repayment challenges, the institute said in a brief about its study.
[...] https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/articles/families-going-drastic-lengths-buy-090642324.html

Traurig? Ja. Bescheuert? Nein. Dazu kommen wir jetzt:

Trump signs executive order aimed at reducing number of recommended childhood vaccines

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday aimed at reshaping the federal government’s approach toward childhood vaccines, insisting that infants should receive fewer immunizations over a longer period despite little scientific evidence supporting such sweeping changes.
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“Nothing bad can happen from what we’re doing,” he said of changes that health experts have long warned will reduce immunization rates and leave children more susceptible to disease. “Nothing bad can happen.”
[...] https://edition.cnn.com/2026/08/10/politics/trump-vaccine-autism-rfk

Seht ihr? Alles gut. Popcorn. Anyone?!

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