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Madness At The Grocery Store Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, Sometimes it is just a mood. Sometimes it’s the store or the product. Regardless, I can hardly go to the grocery store these days without a sense of shock at how much I’m spending even while buying as little as possible. Money-saving tactics—choosing cheaper venues, substituting products, just eating less—don’t seem to work anymore. Grocery days used to be happy. Smiles all around. The bounty was all around us. We met people and had quick and charming conversations, even talking...

Half Of Typical US Family's Paycheck Swallowed By Housing, Childcare Authored by Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times, Typical families in the United States spend half of their income on housing and childcare, according to a report released on Aug. 17 from the real estate platform Redfin. A man holds a baby outside a coffee shop in Washington on March 11, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Based on data from Redfin and childcare marketplace Winnie, the typical working family purchasing a home today spends 52 percent of their annual income on housing and...

Tax Season Will Bring Record Refunds. Use Them Wisely Authored by Marc Cadin via RealClearMarkets, Affordability is the defining economic challenge for millions of Americans. A recent poll found that 70% of Americans report that the cost of living is no longer affordable where they live, a concern that was highlighted in the most recent elections. From rising housing costs to the grocery aisle to the electricity bill, families are struggling to stay afloat.   This year, however, many households will finally get relief thanks to a new federal policy.  Signed into law this summer, the Working Families Tax...