"Rising rent and grocery bills are making life harder for everyone from teachers to gig workers and small business owners. Dallas, United States Melinda, a teacher at a Dallas high school, has an easy way to predict if her students will have a good day. If they show up and they've had breakfast, it's a really good day, said Melinda, who has worked as a Texas teacher for 13 years. Her students showing up fed, she added, is rarer than you think."
"When Melinda went to the store in late August, the same items now cost her $56 per week. That means, over the course of a school year, she could spend $400 more for the food her students rely on. I'm trying to work out how to keep that in my budget, because prices are just crazy, and I like to keep it to where it's [available to all students] so people aren't singled out."
"Rising costs of groceries, bills, rent and essential baby items are creating new burdens for people across the country, millions of whom work more than one job. Tariffs are the rate that importers must pay to import their goods, and some economists have pointed out that it will take time for US consumers to bear the full brunt of Trump's tariffs."
A Dallas high school teacher spends personal money to feed students, and rising grocery prices increased her weekly cost from $45 to $56, adding roughly $400 annually. Teachers commonly subsidize student meals, but stagnant Texas teacher salaries and growing prices may force them to stop. Tariffs imposed by the Trump administration have raised import costs and contributed to creeping price increases across groceries, bills, rent and baby items. Millions of Americans juggle multiple jobs and face new financial burdens as household essentials become more expensive. Economists warn that consumer exposure to tariff-driven price rises may increase over time.
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