Inflation is destroying everything 

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Please do not buy a house right now. They are so over priced. Be patient. God bless. 👍👍😃❤️🙏

I have a farmer that has a produce market about a mile down the road. I usually go once a week. I went today and got half runner, cucumber, tomatoes, corn, blueberries, egg, and squash. He is even cheaper than the stores. I always give him a bit extra. Later, he will have his pork and chicken. we in our community are blessed. Blessings❤

7:01 yep. How to depopulate without firing a b*llet….. control the food

The cost of living is becoming unaffordable.

My rent just went up 250$ per month No more extra drinks, no more bars. I'm even Stopping spending on some of my usual favorite items. Bad sad times in the Usa . And my wages Didn't go up 1 cent

Today I went to Acme in Akron Ohio. I bought 6 cases of vegetables 50 cents a can, spaghetti sauce 3 cases 83 cents a jar, and 4 cases of pasta 60 cents a box. Some of it I put in my emergency pantry but most went to 3 different food banks. In my area. All were saying that the need is great, especially among the elderly. Doubling the amount of people to serve , it’s getting so much worse. I’ve been prepping for 4 years and have enough to share with my family and friends.

I miss Kmart and Sears since they closed here in Pennsylvania

Here in my Michigan hometown the Family Dollar store closed in April. Now Rite Aid is closing in August. My hometown is small and family businesses are going to be next! I have to count every penny living on my social security, which doesn’t keep up with cost of living. Thankyou Danno & Jess for all the hard work you both to keep us informed! 😊❤🎉

Big lots has gotten ridiculous

We are finding it very hard living on our social security and we are living with family members.

The price of there house is ONE THING. It's the damn property taxes that is constantly going up.

We have a piece of property with a triple wide MH. We love it. The way things have gone its worth more than we paid for it! We only paid 100,000 for it in 1998 new, I was able to stay home and we invested in a 401k. Now it’s paid off and we were able to retire. People thought we were crazy. But they are still working. We aren’t.

Get mint mobile, write down cheap/healthy meals for the week and stick to it, shop around for car insurance (use an e-bike if you can), make your own laundry detergent and only use 1 tablespoon per load (no fabric softener, no scent beads). For desserts make cheap things like rice Krispies, for a cheap lunch make some deviled eggs. WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS GUYS 🍾

I'm not surprised about big lots. They are usually a ghost town when I go into one. I don't think they have competitive prices for their merchandise.

Getting your own house is one the most rewarding events in your life. Having property you can modify, plant a garden, plant flowers, a work bench in the basement, etc puts you in control of a large portion of your life.

I worked at Big Lots for three years and it's gone downhill. I heard word that they were going into bankruptcy due to low sales last year.Then my hours got cut so I quit this was in Georgia. Do not buy Big Lots furniture it's cheap and will fall apart made in China. Trust me I've put the furniture together very poorly made!!!!! It's not worth the money trust me Other items are made in China. This April I visited a Big Lots in another County there were two people in the store wow. And their prices have been increased I go up and down the aisle saying I'm not paying that yes too expensive. I now work at Dollar General and business has been very good no problem . Friday ,Saturday and Sunday are our busiest. Dollar General has a low staffing problem due to low pay rate at $10.50 an hour. Why is someone going to work there when they can work up the street for $15 an hour somewhere else. Right that's ridiculous. But it's a job and it pays my bills as little as it is.

Sears Roebuck and Company was once the largest retailer in the US.

From what I have read, don't buy a house now because as the economy gets worse, prices will drop.

Everybody has money to burn though buying up all those fireworks.

In Cincinnati Ohio my husband works for Tri Health and this year they stated they couldn't afford to give employees more than a 2.8 % raise. Not everyone got that but you couldn't get more than that. But Mark Clement the CEO got a 70k bonus.....

The average price for groceries for Canadians is $450.00 Cdn. Dollars a month. Guess what? It's gone up again. This past month $525.00 For one person. Am I eating steak? Never! How about Roast Beef never! How about chicken. Yes a small chicken roasted lasted for 3 days. Fresh fruit vegetables fresh water fresh juices yes. Bread is $5.00 a loaf. This is why no one can get ahead plus gas prices are really high.

Today i received a letter from N J departmemt of Banking and Insurance. My home owner policy is going up 26.1% . This is unbelieveable will Increase over $360.00 per month . Talk about the inflation levels out of control. Food prices, gas, utilities car insurance

We got a new Aldi in Milford Ohio and on grand opening i got coupons for $10 off a $40 dollar purchase each week in July. So i am using it on their meat that i like. I got 5 packs of grass fed 93/7 ground beef and 2 pks of ground pork and a pack of chicken for $32. I will use every coupon i have with them.

We are blessed to have a multigenerational family homestead. We all work either full time and part time outside of the homestead. There are 12 of us, 21 and up. His parents are retired and have their social security and pensions. The house is large with an inlaw apartment and an apartment over the garage. We grow almost all of our own food fornus and our animals. We moved from a very crowded suburban area with no property but very high property taxes. Now we have what we consider, cheap property taxes, under 3 grand per year and many acres of pasture, fields and woods. We all chip in for the chores on the homestead. We would never be able to retire where we lived before, we would be broke because of those property taxes. Our social security would have gone to pay those taxes and then we would have nothing to live on. With grocery prices continuing to go higher, is there a cap on those costs? I feel sorry for our kids and everyone else's kids. It was hard to afford the rent unless they had a few room mates and still they were all struggling to stay afloat. This economy is scary. Check on your senior neighbors, they may be too proud to ask for help. God bless everyone. God Bless America. Stay safe.

Big Lots has been shooting itself in the foot for years. Their prices got ridiculous a long time ago. They've been closing stores for a while.

I call the inflation going on: The Perfect Storm. It is a little bit of everything, like you said.

I’ve been through this before in 1979. We will survive. America voted for this, at least that’s what I’ve been told. And food and energy isn’t included because last time it made the numbers go too high. That made people demand higher wages and made the politicians look bad.

When this inflation mess first started I actually cried when I saw the prices in the supermarket. Then when I went again I was mad and embarrassed my poor daughter because I tended to forget I do have a filter when in public. Now I’m just……..numb. , and sad😢

I am 68 and I remember penny candy and sometimes two pieces of candy for a penny. So if you had a quarter it was great! Hi Danno and Jess! Greetings from Philadelphia PA USA

I live in Bradenton, Florida. I'm getting absolutely disgusted on these prices. I try to go grocery shopping every 2 weeks and the prices are higher every time I go out. The sales ad deals aren't even sales. Even Aldi's and Save-A-Lot the prices have become ridiculous. There's literally no cheap, reasonable places to shop at anymore down here. I'm guessing food inflation down here in the Bradenton Area is up around 2 to 300% from 2 years ago and still increasing

there are just too many stores..too many restaurants......too many choices...there was a time when we needed everything in our neighbourhood because we walked to our stores...now most of us have cars we can drive ...or a bus to take ...or online purchases that deliver to our homes? For most of us we have enough knick knacks...or clothing to last 3 lifetimes....or every kitchen gadget and small appliances..many of us have no room left in our homes to store anything?

mobile homes and modular homes are really nice and well built today. but the inflation bug has bit them too.

Our Big Lots, Sears, Kmarts, Family Dollars have all closed. Yes home prices are through the roof now, it’s good for sellers. I’d wait to buy a home, it’s definitely not a buyers market.

I cannot stress this enough - DO NOT OVER PAY FOR YOUR HOME. Seriously, this is one of the biggest regrets people end up having and if the mistake is large enough you will be in foreclosure. Remember that the property taxes you see on the listing is for what they bought the house for, not what your new property tax bill will be. Also, your insurance cost for the house will be more. One more tip, your mortgage can and will go up in price. You might ask how since you got a standard fixed rate, it's called property tax reassessment. I'd also strongly avoid HOA's since so many have corruption and are doing some beyond ridiculous price hikes. Imagine getting a new HOA bill for $1600/month on top of whatever your mortgage payment is. Suddenly you now are paying $6k/month after the new HOA assessment. I'd wait until after election. If the Fed is smart they will increase interest rates to 15% or more to fix this inflation. That will tank the home prices. Now they could do something mind numbly stupid like lower the interest rates which would skyrocket the home prices worse than what you are seeing now. Anyone raising their home prices right now is also stupid. I've already seen that and guess what, they have had their listing for over a year now. Stay away from that. They might have gotten a HELOK and now are trying to get out before foreclosure. This also means things with the house have probably been ignored. Just for a cost of replacing things, so you have a reference, I'll tell you what I have replaced the past year. New roof $15k New hot water heater $1k Quotes for new fence $10k -$15k Quote for new driveway $7k-10K You could end up with those things going on in a destressed sale. Be very careful in this market. NEVER EVER GET AN ARM LOAN. It's a scam and those people usually end up in foreclose too since they can't dig their way out of that mess.

All insurance (medical, home, and car) is completely out of control. Housing prices and rent is crazy. We are now paying for all those people who got checks from the government during covid.

I bought sofa from Big Lots 4 yrs. ago, it didn't last a year. It was a Sealy and the seams across the top started busting open. Tried sewing but, not enough fabric to seam it up. But I like Big Lots.

It's not gonna get better if Americans keep voting for free programs. Free is not free.

It seems like the Walmart stores mostly close due to theft.

I can’t cut anymore. This is foking ridiculous! Disclaimer, I didn’t vote for a vegetable 🥕

buy an inexpensive older tavel trailer or fifth wheel to live in if you want to park it on your property and build something. when your done with it you can sell it or keep it for extra accomodations for guests.

Hello from Northern Michigan...

I love watching your videos ,especially when Jess is on with you.

Sears was Amazon 40 years ago. Nobody is invincible.

The rich are getting richer. Record breaking profits. And massive bonuses for the higher up There a spicy mushroom seasoning that I haven’t seen in a while. Big lots, at least near me, have been always pricy and not very good.

My oven broke, not able to be fixed. It is a small wall oven. When it was purchased in 2007 it cost around $500-600. Same size oven now costs $2,000+. A medical procedure will be costing me around $4k, so no new oven. Looks like we'll be doing stove top cooking for the rest of the year. Inflation is definitely hurting retirees.

We moved close to you (Louisville KY) and we are surprised that prices aren’t too far from NC Raleigh prices. It’s definitely not cheap here (anymore).

We are in Houston. We had 2 back to back storms that busted our butts. We have spent $10k on storm damage and cleanup and insurance deductibles in the past less than 60 days. Adios savings!!!!!!!!!! Lord God please let it stop for a bit. Doesn't count the lost work and childcare due to power outages

As much as we really love our local businesses and I would love to shop them, we have never been able to afford to. We have to shop at the big box stores no matter how not happy we are about it because they are still more affordable.

Very few family owned businesses have closed in my Mississippi town. More chain businesses have closed down than anything else.

The housing market will collapse and people will have to sell. That's when you want to buy. That's what we did during the 2018 collapse

In 2016 we bought a 2 acre plot with 3500+ sq ft. house for $84,900 for our cat sanctuary. Danno, you have to get OUT OF THE CITY!! If you go out into rural areas, you can find houses and property for 50-60% less than what you are looking at now.

Been on a zero based budget for years and I don't think people even realize how bad the economy really is. Probably cost $1000 more per month just for the same goods and services a few years ago, when you calculate ALL extra expenses!

Good Evening from Wisconsin

God bless you and Jessica, may you find the things that make you feel comfortable and happy.

Danno, if you and Jess need food, come to my house. I'll fill up your vehicle! I have a large garden too. I'm a canner. Plus, I have a ton of 25 year food. Or lots of Keystone meat.

Hello Seattle In The Chat 🤗 I used to shop at Walmart.. I refuse to shop there anymore their food is getting so bad!!! It pertains to all the foods. Canned foods, meats & ,produce . I just refuse to shop there for food...

Can't wait for Ollie's in Alpena MI.. still a 30 minute drive, but we do a run to Meijer, Aldis, S Vincent DePaul and other stores.

This whole mess can be turned around and fixed. The President of Argentina brought inflation down very quickly and the county is on the mend. This is so hard for all good people and not right at all. Take heart, we can fix this and help many people. Keep doing what you can for yourself and family and others.

Thank you Danno for your daily reports, your time is very much appreciated.😊

Boy, I'm late. I had my cousin up for dinner. Then I had to vacuum seal steaks, hamburger, pork chops, pork steaks.

Housing prices are up because of all the money that has been printed. And everything else is up for the same reason 😅

This came in on my email this morning. USDA Voluntary recall of Reser's Hill Country Fare Mustard Potato salad with a use by date of July 26, 2024. Pieces of plastic were found in it.

I wish I could buy a house in foreclosure then give it back to the people who lived in it

If the market crashes.... you could get a great deal on a home. We bought a home in 2007 and 6 months later it was worth half of what we paid! If it's your forever home, that doesn't matter.

I'm buying a lot less or buy marked down stuff at Kroger. I'm retired & I go to the food pantry & thrift stores. I bought a nice recliner for a $100 from the store my son works for. I'm 73 & I hardly buy anything new anymore. With the high prices now, I can't....

Actually it’s Corporate America…..owning g every single thing we need for basic life….

Hello 🤗 It just seems like all the food in the United States is becoming very suspect fruits and vegetables are being genetically modified as well as the meat. Even the canned goods are tainted animals won't even eat true value tuna fish anymore or any of their canned meats. There's been lots of people having experiences of getting rubber bananas and rubber watermelons. Times are just getting scary!!!!

My bills have gone up at least 10 percent across the board over the past year: insurances, utilities, everything.

I looked up how many big lots in the US ... 1389 IS what I found

I travel quite a bit and the resorts and hotels and parks and airports are full of people, I think some are struggling, but I work very hard and have continued my education, so fortunately my salary keeps going up. I control what I can control, like keeping up my skills and continuing education to add to my credentials which in turn, means a higher salary for what I do. Stay encouraged.

My husband has a Sears Roebuck long sleeve button down shirt (tag in place) that is still in great shape. You are talking about 20 plus years of wear! Gone are the days....

Went to home depot to get morganite for my lawn and the employee said to me people can't aford to fertilize and water there lawns. We have no customers anymore. I was surprised that he expressed that to me.😮😮😮

They are jacking up the prices on a lot of these houses because "investors" are offering $30-50,000 over asking price ... cash ... sight unseen. Many are from out of town. The guy who was doing some work on my house (another big expense that seems to be getting more expensive) said he has done some jobs on some of these houses and the owner just wants it to "look pretty". One example was just put new floor covering over existing, despite there being some rotted subfloor. My guy said that's not how he works. Since he had the lowest bid, the buyer kept him and let him replace the rotted area. So you may want to keep an eye out and see if any that you have looked at are back on the market soon. They may also have a buyer lined up.

You talked about Sears and April 2018 is when we lost our Sears on this side of town in Cincinnati. Sears is under 10 stores in the entire country now. I don’t know why they don’t just admit the party’s over. Here in metro Cincinnati we used to have I believe 5 or 6 and to think the nearest one is now 800 miles away I am floored.

Our Ollie's and Big Lots are next door to each other. Ollie's (and some other smaller stores in the strip mall) open at 9. Big Lots opens at 10. I thought they both opened at 9, so I was there about 9:15. BL , of course, hadn't opened. There were 5 other people walking up to the door. I told them they were closed until 10. We all went to Ollie's. I found everything on my list (and then some) and was out the door before 10. 2 of the others that walked over were ahead of me in line, and one told the other that BL had lost his business as long as Ollie's kept carrying whatever he had ...looked like some plumbing supplies.

Hi from Southern California. I live with my daughter and grand children. I am finding it hard to live on Social Security. I never could live on my own. I do shop at Walmart and Aldis to strecth my income. I know it must be so hard on the ones who are raising a family ☠️😦

Companies are making record profits they are playing people for fools !!!

It’s not hurting people who don’t consume from stores. I can literally get eggs milk coffee little cheese few other things for $30 at aldis. I don’t buy produce. Buy meats in bulk and freeze.

Great value is my favorite coffee.

I buy disposable paint brushes from DT fo 1.25, we have a Family Dollar close by, the SAME paint brush was 5.25?????

In Williamsburg, OH they are building a Dollar General Market, right next door to our Dollar General. They say, once the DG Market is open, then the regular DG next door will go away.

Don't go to Big Lots often and really can't stand Ollie's it is like a tornado hit it. I do like their book section.

Great job thanks Danno.

in kansas city I've noticed tons of mom and pop restaurants closed down, and we are stuck with chain only eateries.

That's a fabulous idea. Buy land and add a modular home😊

people dont have money anymore so even dollar tree is going down.. people can't afford 1.25 anymore.. sad I was just in dollar tree and there was no line at all it was dead in there pretty much there was one other customer other then me.. there's always a line at dollar tree

You would think since Big lots is a liquidation store that they would be keeping the prices down and they would be booming because look at all the companies that are going down

I am in South Louisiana and I know several people who are struggling to just keep food on the table. We are paying, Like Senator John Kennedy says, almost $900.00 more a moth in living cost. This cost include insurance, house, cars, life, groceries, utility bills have gone up, there has been nothing not touched with rising cost here. This being one of the poorer states for income, rental rates are ridiculous, I sit here thinking, who can afford those rates? We have some of kids living month to month. We all have to really read about politics, economy, and learn about what is going on in our government today, so we can all make a very informed voting decision. This decision will affect our children and grandchildren for years and years. We have way to much greed in America today and less values. It is time to change that table around. God bless you all.

Good morning everyone ☀️🌅

Hi Danno and Jess❤❤❤

No brainer we need new president

Danno I'm a Numbers guy like you and degrees in finance economics and accounting I don't know how you fix this throwing more money at this makes it worse have to suck dollars out and you need dollars to keep flowing through the economy.. Steve from WV.

It's called economics, supply and demand. With inflation, if prople stopped living on credit, quit buying, and stayed home prices would come down. Stay home and cook from scratch; no Stouffer's or other pre-prepared foods. America's have gotten so lazy, and wasteful. Big Lots was a bargain store, but not in my area.

I believe many know to start preparing for a market crash & possibly a war 😢😢

Big Lots has lost there way. Back in there prime, They bought up stock from closing stores. And passed the savings to the customer. Big Lots furniture is not stocked. You have to have it shipped.

You’re right by a piece of property build a shed to home on it until you can afford to buy a house or build a house start growing some food start raising chickens for meat

Have been baking my own bread! Pumpernickel , Rye and baguettes! Keep up the good content. You are doing great!❤

My first hubby and I bought our first house, in the 80’s and the interest rates were 18% for the first 4 years; but it did eventually come down. If I were you guys, I’d wait, for a bit, and see what November brings. Hopefully if things change in November things may start to turn around. It’s always hard to know what to do. We’ve struggled for a few years,about whether to buy property out of the county were in; but then you have to worry about thieves stealing your supplies (unless you’re living in a trailer on the property). Just really think about logistics on a blank piece of property. Infrastructure will cost the earth, then what to build. We have almost arrived at buying something and getting it refurbished. Good luck!

I live in London KY our Family dollar stores have dollar tree combined together. We have I think 3 of those stores now.