America's Cost of Living Crisis is getting worse 

It would have come across better if she put it out there saying, won't you join me in this OPPORTUNITY to BE A PART of the Maui revival. Even if you don't have anything to send, for $1 or $5 your name will go on a commemorative book in front of a monument creation that will have the names of the fallen, TBA. The whole point of this then becomes i, Oprah, an putting together this fund to directly help families and if you want to be a part of this project, I'm including everyone so nobody feels left out and those who can't afford anything significant can sacrifice $5 as she is contributing 10 million. I think that's where she was short sided and out of touch with the reality of how the people are feeling hearing someone who can rebuild maui alone, certainly with the help of others who enjoy land in maui. I think the bigger issue i have is with Facebook, I want every single person to get out of Facebook, Instagram, just bury Zuckerberg. I think he is a huge POS. I think Oprah is unfairly absorbing this outcry. Like I said, she should have made everyone feel like, come be a part of this with me and maybe for a high enough donation you can help vote how the funds will be distributed. To make it inclusive as possible.

You are right, every single American is poor. Well, except the rock and Oprah

Well put ! You are awake enough to be asking, I see . So are we....! 🤨👍🏻

Obviously the rock smokes rocks...

Working poor?😊

Yeah, who would?

They should make her

That would make her the govenor of Hawaii at that point. Which might be a fair trade.

She is not obligated stop hating people with money.

@marier1127 Of course I'm hating. If a person can help others, and chooses not to why would I love them? They're whats called in the dictionary selfish.

That’s why I moved away 20 years ago to Brazil. It’s still like the prices from the 90s

no it's not, you'll be begging to come back to America within a few months, where is it more desirable to live? China? nigeria? South Africa? get serious.

@@BillyGringo no it's not they still have slavery in Brazil, the average Brazilian would kill to come to America.

No it isnt

don't forget politicians who are the worst.

@@cleancutguy1892 curropt politicians are rich.

yes no internet or OF.

90's were great to grow up in

It was! Glad I got to live at a time before computers, the net and smartphones!

Absolute hypocrites all of them, the rich entitled few!!

When they take money from you thru "donations," they control who gets the money, bet you its not Maui

People are struggling. They are angry. It is a silent depression.

it's called capitalism, your country embraces it so get used to it.

Which country do you live in then,? Is it so great? I doubt very much

yep. the dfw area is getting so expensive and i’m seeing jobs say “wage meets cost of living” while they’re paying $15/hr. like, please get real. apartments over here have gone from 1k to 3k in a lot of cases. sad to see how many people are going homeless and struggling, as well.

New York los Angeles San Francisco even chicago are crazy

Sad to see so many homeless people down on Mockingbird too smh

Maine is cheaper but Nc is to

Yup…. I used to pay $1600 a month in north central Dallas for a 3 bedroom apartment in 2017. Now I pay $2700 a month for a two bedroom apartment. It’s insane

Enlighten me

US is just paying for the war instead

@@uptin US fought in: Afghanistan... Libya... Syria... Iraq... Yugoslavia... ...and more... US sanction/blockade war: Cuba... Venezuela... Iran... North Korea... Russia... China... ...and more... US current proxy war: Ukraine... Being constantly at a constant state of warfare is written deep in the DNA of US. USA is a warmonger.

@@uptin, Peru and Norway

@@uptinwell there is the multiple middle eastern countries that the us is trying to restablize while dealing with the russian Ukrainian war while dealing with climate change while shifting away from china while protecting the esstern asain countries from china while trying to deal with france and hungary.

*India is a growing economy. What happened with China from about 2005 until pre-Covid is happening with India now. There are going to be a few hundred million people in India who will join the middle-class in the next decade or so. These middle-class people in India will have boost the economy and the overall GDP very substantially. India will become the 3rd biggest economy by 2030.*

You eat vomit with rice daily in India so no wonder why

In India, according to UN reports, there are at least 8-10 million people living in slavery; you still have a caste system that stigmatizes the "untouchables" here in the 21st century when truly civilized cultures have abolished both castes and slavery. On top of that, even with your population in excess of 1 billion people, a large proportion of whom are starving because your nation lacks the proper resources to feed, clothe and shelter all of them decently, your government is encouraging people to pump out even more children, who will then be sent to the US or UK or some other "privileged" country to take what wealth we may have as well.

​@@user-cx7kg6ok9b: just curious to know, how many years have you lived in India

@@stephaniehale946India doesn’t have the right culture or government to achieve your dream.

Minimum wage should be $27 if it had kept up with inflation… those were the stats 6 years ago. I can only imagine what it should be today. My guess is $32.

Get a job only making 10 to 20 dollars and hour and move to Brazil and you’ll live like a king.

@@nawakaida7499 The more the minimum wage goes up the higher bases prices and rent get which screws over everyone. This is what has happened in Washington and California.

The median individual incomes reported by the BLS and/or FED is already adjusted for the cost of living (inflation). It’s over 40% higher than it was 40-50 years ago. What’s happening is biggest ticket item people purchase (homes) has gone up but a big part of it is much bigger homes. People don’t notice as much they are paying a lot less (relative to income) on the majority of our goods and services because they tend to be smaller purchases each time. In addition, people just want more and more. A home from 1970 has a lot less in it then a home in 2023. Usually just one tv, one car often, fewer electronics and appliances, and far less clothes. People also didn’t spend much money traveling (didn’t long distances much) either so that saved them money. But the income inequality is certainly a problem.

@@BillyGringo but more likely dead since crime rates are so high. Send me a postcard if you make it past day one.

Yes, facts are not true .As Indian I do not spend 44% my income on food.I even save more than 44% of my income after living lavishly(Having maid, Driver,vacation,eating out).He is living in a delusional world.

It’s AVERAGE household. The poorer one is and or the more kids a household has, the higher the percentage of income goes to food. Middle class and above that are single or couple with no kids will spend a small percentage of their income on food. I think typical is $250-$300 per month per person (not including restaurants). For a single person no kids, $300/mo is $3.6k a year and 10% would be $36k annual income

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nobody told your breeding a$$ to have 4 kids

@@Homer-OJ-Simpson the average household isn't single but 2.51 person household so no matter what it's not 10%

U thinking backwards dude. There will be more investors buying up all the properties if taxes are being cut

​@@quanlamtruong5870just forbid investors to buy homes not living in the house

@@quanlamtruong5870 Yeah totally agree taxes are based on percentage of value....

Yeah but income tends to depend... I only say this because I knew someone who worked a job and I think he was approaching that make and he said the money was "stupid" which seems very good IMO

$28 an hour with 3 jobs

Yeah I thought that income seemed high... but som4e of these RU-vidrs might!!!

You are right

I barely make $17 an hour 😢

28.96 hour is what min wage would be if kept up with inflation lol 70 an hour is what needed to afford comfortable living in most cities.

@@misterbanshee7992 Agreed! 👍

Are you jealous??

This is a good point to say that the term "poor" and "hard times" is all relative. It's complicated to dive into in just comments though.

Poverty in relation to GDP has to be distinctly different between a rich and a poor country. Are we supposed to wait for them to be as poor as those other countries? Also, go to Mississippi where third world diseases are floating around like nothing.

Yeah maybe we should just be like those other countries and just do nothing too

It's all credit,, people are in debts

The median individual incomes reported by the BLS and/or FED is already adjusted for the cost of living (inflation). It’s over 40% higher than it was 40-50 years ago. What’s happening is biggest ticket item people purchase (homes) has gone up but a big part of it is much bigger homes. People don’t notice as much they are paying a lot less (relative to income) on the majority of our goods and services because they tend to be smaller purchases each time. In addition, people just want more and more. A home from 1970 has a lot less in it then a home in 2023. Usually just one tv, one car often, fewer electronics and appliances, and far less clothes. People also didn’t spend much money traveling (didn’t long distances much) either so that saved them money. But the income inequality is certainly a problem.

And I agree, comparing to 00’s or 2010’s would be better as that’s more similar home sizes, similar goods and services bought, similar household sizes

@Homer-OJ-Simpson 40%? I remember my father still talking about 25cts for a lb of chicken in the early nineties. I still remember chicken on sale ten years ago for 99 cts a lb. Right now it's 2.99 at walmart. That's 300%. Don't quote BLS numbers, they don't match reality.

@@sblijheid "Don't quote BLS numbers, they don't match reality." They are FAR more reliable than your cherry picked anecdotes. A lot goes into calculating the basket of goods. I buy chicken on sale for under $2/lb...even $.99/lb for drum sticks. But there are so many goods we buy so it's good that they measure a basket of good rather than a few items.

10 million is a huge donation. People should care less about what others donate and either help or with all due respect shut up. They have bills to pay too. Who are you to say how much they can offer? Maybe we should look into your finances and see how much we as an outsider think you should donate...

@@xanderx2523 If they only have 0.5% of their net wealth to donate, they should probably both seek new financial advisors...

So they should give $10 million to every single charity out there? Then they have no money. What a terrible argument

@@Homer-OJ-Simpson the lower and middle class, as a function of percentage of wealth, are the largest donors to charity. StatsCan, US Stats, etc, it's all pretty consistent across the world.

They need to use all that money that celebrities donate and give it to the working ones in America. Giving it to charity organizations, you never see what it's really being used for.

Inflation only became a problem under post COVID world and Russias invasion of Ukraine. But it’s back to near normal in the US while it’s very high in most other developed countries

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The Dollar isn't backed by gold reserves, therefore every Dollar is essentially printed out of thin air. That's not the main cause of inflation, though. If you get a home loan, the bank isn't lending you other people's money. They just create it, take their cut (interest and fees) and when the principle is paid off, that money simply disappears again.

@@ConradNeill you described fiat currency but removed lots of key details.

Wrong, Property taxes are way too high and they keep increasing every damn year to market value. He meant total taxes. You paid your OASDI plus income taxes federal and state, then you pay your property taxes on your house, and then sales tax for everything you buy and then capital gains tax for any stocks you sell and short term is subject to short term capital gains tax. All of this is MUCH higher than your Netherlands taxes when combined, especially considering how little US gets in return for those taxes.

The netherlands has a lot loss people so that isn’t necessarily true. Also most people live in cities and those are hella expensive. In nyc we have a borough tax, state tax, income tax, property tax, and prob more im forgetting. Its getting way too fucking wild and the us has to cut the shit and help it’s citizens. You can be a global power if your citizens are unhappy

@@TheDumplingGecko We've got all those taxes and road tax, high gas tax, 21% consumer tax, sewer and waste tax. Above 73000 euro's you pay 49.50% income tax. That's almost 50% what you make before other taxes. Above 37.150 euro's you pay 36.93%. income tax. We've no universal healthcare or education in the Netherlands by the way. Prices are regulated though.

@@TheDumplingGecko Believe me. Amsterdam isn't cheap either. Not New York expensive, but very expensive. Amsterdam will put the housing crisis in New York to shame. The housing shortage in Amsterdam is the worst in Europe. Amsterdam even made commercials for expats and foreign students not to come to Amsterdam. The Netherlands is the 20th most dense populated countries in the world. Number 19 is India if you look for a comparison.

At least you have good public transit to make up for it. America’s primary or default option is car ownership. If can’t afford it or you don’t live in place where alternatives are somewhat viable, then an auto loan is necessary, especially to commute to work.

Thanks for the support!

The US doesn't have a high tax burden. That's a lie. The highest taxes in US states are half that of my country the Netherlands. It's a low minimum wage problem and no social relief for the poor. Minimum wage is 2129.15 USD/Month in my country. In the US it's $1,218 per month. The GDP per capita is 58878.00 USD in the Netherlands and 80,034.58 USD in the US. Much higher in the US, but mostly owned by the ultra rich.

The median individual incomes reported by the BLS and/or FED is already adjusted for the cost of living (inflation). It’s over 40% higher than it was 40-50 years ago. What’s happening is biggest ticket item people purchase (homes) has gone up but a big part of it is much bigger homes. People don’t notice as much they are paying a lot less (relative to income) on the majority of our goods and services because they tend to be smaller purchases each time. In addition, people just want more and more. A home from 1970 has a lot less in it then a home in 2023. Usually just one tv, one car often, fewer electronics and appliances, and far less clothes. People also didn’t spend much money traveling (didn’t long distances much) either so that saved them money. But the income inequality is certainly a problem.

@Joey-ct8bm Taxes vary by state. Some place like California, Massachusets, and New York are cut throat for the highest brackets, which they pass on to their costumers, who happen to be in the lower brackets.

​@@sblijheid "Some place like California, Massachusets, and New York are cut throat for the highest brackets, which they pass on to their costumers, who happen to be in the lower brackets." Except individual incomes taxes would have little impact on that. That would be corporate taxes. And it's still not a dollar of tax raise is a dollar more lower income will pay -- that dollar that needs to be recouped will be spread among the whole population.

Yeah but RU-vid as a system tends to like averages more than median.... not sure why both are published!!!

How much is a house in Mexico?

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I think he said average, not minimum. But I didn’t check it, don’t know the time stamp.

how much the average family spend on families is a mystery as every family is different. but baesd on the video creators own figures american families are spending 20+% of their take home pay on just groceries if it's one single breadwinner. assuming the family is a family of 4.

The point is people with houses don’t want more supply,, they want to hold on the rariry

Huh that wasn’t boomers, that was millennials and that apartment was huge, what you’re saying makes no sense

Oprah donates nothing.

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