It doesn’t matter who is in the White House, it seems like the working class citizens are always the one to take a beating.
I am quite sure the ultra-wealthy people in this nation don’t realize how quickly the prices of food and fuel are rising.
For those of us who live paycheck to paycheck, it is getting increasingly difficult to make ends meet. I am not a greedy man, I just need a break every once in a while! I have cut back on a lot of frivolous spending, and my latest goal is to reduce my monthly energy bill by cutting my dependence on air conditioning. Since the utility company raised their rates my air conditioning has become one of the biggest expenses in my monthly budget. The summer heat is at an all-time high, and for a while I was running my central A/C twenty four hours a day. I simply cannot afford to do that any more, and since my HVAC system is one of the most energy-efficient models, my only recourse is to use it less. I draped heavy blankets over all my windows, to add an extra layer of insulation and reduce the heating exchange of the glass windows. I also closed off the air vents to the room I don’t use as often, so that the airflow is restricted to a smaller area. The hardest step I have taken was to adjust the thermostat three degrees higher, so that the house is still pretty cool but the system works a little bit less.