As the rate of inflation continues its record-setting trend of increase, rent costs are beginning to crush most Americans, causing them to fall behind and seek smaller homes and new towns, while Biden’s $15 per hour minimum wage falls far short of a living wage.
Since President Biden took his place in the Oval Office, the wages in America have risen, but the cost of living has risen far faster, as Biden’s economics spiral out of control.
For anyone making $15 per hour, Biden’s great promise to make hourly earnings a living wage, the cost of living has long passed the point where the pay increase is no longer helpful. For those who work 45 hours per week, earning $15 an hour, after taxes and insurance, the average monthly bring-home pay equals about $1890 per month. Most working-class Americans can’t keep a home, buy gas, buy food and create savings.
Even in a household with two income-earning adults, the average monthly bring home equals less than $4000.
Here’s why that no longer allows most Americans to maintain a simple life.
The cost of rent has risen in the United States between 30% and 60% since the beginning of 2022. In January, The Washington Post detailed the cost of rent in cities like Henderson, Nevada, a suburb of the Las Vegas region. In that city, rent had jumped more than 30%, with the average monthly rent reaching $1,600 per month.
In cities like Miami, rents increased by 57% in the past year, with a median price of $2,988, a Realtor.com report says. In lesser markets like Memphis, rents shot up by 24.6%, with an overall median of $1,403.
With the cost of rent alone, a single-earner household likely cannot cover the cost of rent alone with their bring home pay.
Add to this, the cost of energy has risen sharply in the previous year. According to a report by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, energy bills increased in 2021 at the fastest pace on record, and in 2022 that number has continued to rise. Some states have seen a rise in rates between 19% and 40% in the last year, making the average electric bill for most homes about $130 per month. This reflects a 12% increase in the average electric bill from one year ago.
Let’s talk about the increase of the average consumer prices nationwide.
Gas prices are reaching a record high of $5 per gallon. The average American uses about 650 gallons of gas annually for basic driving needs. Which now translates to about $270 per month in the cost of gas.
Food costs have risen by as much as 38% nationwide in the last year. Items such as cereal, fruits, meat, and more have nearly doubled in price. In 2021, the average American spent about $271 per month on groceries. However, in 2022 that number has reached an average of about $411 per month.
Let’s consider that, even under the Affordable Connectivity Program, most Americans spend between $35 and $80 per month on internet access. Internet access has become a cornerstone of function in the U.S., to empower kids to participate in education and adults to work or telecommute.
The average debt of Americans has dramatically increased in the last year, with credit card debt soaring as the average working-class American leans into credit to cover the costs of living. Most Americans carry a minimum monthly debt payment of about $200, which you consider average revolving credit debt reaching $5500 per person. This amount is not paying down the principal. As the Fed raises interest rates faster than ever, making the minimum payment is only throwing individuals into much deeper debt.
Here’s how it all works out for the average American. If the average rent is about $1600 per month, gas is $270; electricity costs $130, groceries cost $411; the internet is an average of $50; and debt payments equal $200, the total monthly average cost of living reaches about $2660 per month.
For a single earner, making $15 per hour means at the end of the month, that person has accrued a deficit of $771 per month, just shy of $10,000 per year.
For a family of two earners, who might have children, the cost of groceries, gas, incidentals, and more continues to add up. Items such as cell phone service, clothing, medical care, and vehicle maintenance continue to rise with inflation.
The result is that most Americans can no longer pay their essential bills, maintain a home, afford incidentals, and certainly not one ounce of savings.
America is headed for a financial crisis like it has never seen before.
Jeremy Brown is a Green Beret and former Republican candidate for Congress in Florida’s 14th Congressional District. Jeremy Brown served his country for 20 years in the United States Army from 1992 to 2012 and reached the rank of Special Forces Master Sergeant.
Currently Jeremy Brown is a political prisoner of the Biden regime in Florida.
On Thursday afternoon, September 30th, 2021, at 3:45 PM Eastern the FBI raided Jeremy Brown’s home and arrested Jeremy. They charged Jeremy, a Green Beret and US Veteran, with trespassing on the US Capitol Grounds. Jeremy broke the invisible boundary around the US Capitol on January 6th along with tens of thousands of fellow Trump supporters.
Jeremy Brown’s actual crime was refusing to be an FBI informant on January 6th. So the Feds arrested him months later.
As we reported months ago, Jeremy Brown refused to be an informant for the dirty FBI — They wanted him to be one of their operatives at the Jan. 6 Trump rallies. He refused. Jeremy released audio proof of his conversations with the FBI in December 2020 so they threw him in prison.
Since September 30th Jeremy Brown has been held in prison without bail on a made-up trespassing charge!
Imagine that! In America!
Tonight Liz Cheney and Nancy Pelosi will lie to the American public in primetime about what happened on Janary 6, 2020.
They will spin the truth and make up facts and omit the names like Ashli Babbitt and Rosanne Boyland and Ray Epps and John Sullivan and Jake Lang and Phillip Anderson and Jeremy Brown.
Last night Jeremy Brown sent The Gateway Pundit an exclusive from his prison cell in Florida.
Jeremy Brown: What you’re about to see from this compromised government is a well-orchestrated and highly produced lie to meant to target the minds and perceptions of the uninformed and misinformed masses with intent to demonize and dehumize their opposition.
** You can support Jeremy Brown’s fundraising effort here.
Jeremy Brown is a hero and an American political prisoner.
The New York Times published a bewildering, disturbing story today on U.S. intelligence and the Ukraine–i.e., U.S. Lacks a Clear Picture of Ukraine’s War Strategy, Officials Say. I am sure that the average layperson who read the piece as not alarmed. But those with even a modicum of intelligence experience were shocked by the revelations in this piece.
Or, if you wish with “We told you so” titles. I wrote so much about US “intel” and how it is not really an intel that I don’t have time to list all those occasions. But numbers of VSU (Nazi) losses during SMO which begin to circulate now give an impression on the progress of Russian operation in 404. Of course, all this info has a massive geopolitical impact, especially on the United States which, as always, came up with absolute BS narrative which is collapsing really fast.
Well, NYT decided to start steering clear of this whole Russia “lost in Ukraine” BS it promoted together with neocon crazies, and begins this ever familiar tune of the “intel failure”. Right. . . .
Hm, how about I put it bluntly–the U.S. never had clear picture on anything, especially on Russia, or, as a private case, SMO and completely bought into Ukie propaganda, which shows a complete incompetence of the “intel” in the US.
For those of you who have not worked in the U.S. intelligence community, let me help you understand the problems raised by this piece.
First, there are four basic types of raw intelligence collected–human source, intercepted communications, imagery and electronic signals. The people and technology employed to collect this raw intelligence are not left to their own devices to figure out what should be collected. In other words, a CIA case officer does not get out of bed in the morning and ask himself (or herself) what should I do today in terms of getting intel from my human agent? Neither does the NSA analyst make a random decision about what conversations to tap and decipher.
Second, Everything is done according to a collection plan. Collection plans are put together a year or two in advance of the plan being implemented and the plans are assembled under the guidance of staff who work for the Director of National Intelligence. Those plans are updated on the fly if a crisis burbles to the surface.
While it is likely true that the collection plan for Russia is more robust than the plan for Ukraine, there absolutely had to be a plan for Ukraine. The only country in the world without a collection plan (i.e., a plan that directs the intelligence agencies on what information to collect on a specific country) is the United States.
So take a new gander at the NY Times article. As a former intel analyst I would be tasking the collectors to answer questions like these:
Why are we not collecting intelligence on the plans and intentions of President Zelensky, his cabinet and his advisors?
What are the battle plans drawn up by Ukraine’s Minister of Defense and are those plans being executed?
What is Ukraine’s military’s order of battle?
What ground units have been deployed to specific locations in Ukraine?
Are those units fully manned and equipped?
What ground losses have the Ukrainian units incurred in specific engagements with the Russians?
How have Ukrainian armored units performed and what losses have they sustained?
Is Ukraine’s missile arsenal still intact and is it carrying out effective strikes against key concentrations of Russian units?
Is Ukraine’s air force capable of reconstituting and challenging Russia for control of Ukraine’s air space?
The New York Times report, if accurate, reveals shocking incompetence on the part of Joe Biden and his national security team. Consider this nugget of manure:
Even without a complete picture of Ukraine’s military strategy and situation, the Biden administration has pushed forward new capabilities, like the rocket artillery systems President Biden announced last week. Ukraine is awaiting the arrival of more powerful Western weapons systems as both sides in the war suffer heavy losses in the eastern Donbas region of the country.
Would you give a handgun to a man with no arms and no legs? Hell no. But the NY Times is admitting that the United States is supplying weapon systems without any idea whether there are competent personnel in Ukraine capable of using the weapons. An equally important question, clearly not answered, is whether those weapon systems can be deployed into the combat theater?
Frankly, I find it hard to believe that there are not solid analysts at the Defense Intelligence Agency who know the answers to all these questions. The real problem may not be a lack of intelligence. Nope. It is the fear of telling the politicians hard truths they do not want to hear.
Given the billions of dollars the United States is spending on “intelligence” collection systems, it is time for the Congress and the American public to demand that the intelligence services do their damn job.
A Phoenix ‘American Indian art’ museum hosted its “first ever Native Drag Show” in front of children on Friday night to kick off the city’s monthly First Friday event in June.
Last Friday, the Heard Museum in Phoenix hosted its first-ever drag show, “Pride Night at the Heard” — and children were present to witness it. BlueCross BlueShield of Arizona served as the major sponsor for the event, with Arizona Public Service (APS) as a regular sponsor.
The show featured Native American drag queens. Sam Toledo, the museum’s digital content manager, told the Phoenix New Times that the show was family-friendly.
Negative commentary on the museum’s Facebook posts about their “Pride Night at the Heard” moved the administrators to delete and limit comments on their posts. Many criticisms concerned the disparity between LGBTQ+ ideologies and certain Native American cultures.
We’re kicking off Pride Month at the Heard Museum with our first ever Native Drag Show, hosted by the Indigenous Fire Queen of Phoenix, Pyraddiction. Joining her will be Miss New Mexico Pride 2022, Tomahawk Martini; Mx Titos Pride 2022, Te D. DeMornay; K.Yasss Savage; Ritavon DeMornay; and Felix.
Enjoy free admission to the museum from 4 to 9 p.m., and then join us in our Steele Auditorium for the entertainment beginning at 6 p.m.. Prior to the Drag Show, we will be featuring Native LGBTQ poets reading their works. The Queens will take the runway around 7 p.m.
A liberal AZ Central reporter tweeted that she was happy to see children viewing the erotic performances and the hostess “even applauded the parents for bringing their kids.”
Recently, a drag show in Texas sparked outrage after children were seen ‘walking the catwalk’ and handing money to the “drag queens” as they performed erotic dances for the kids. The Gateway Pundit reported that Texas State Rep. Bryan Slaton announced that he will be introducing new legislation to protect children from being exposed to this sexual content.
After a young man was arrested for attempted murder outside the home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, many people began pointing out that Nancy Pelosi is holding up a bill that would protect the families of SCOTUS judges.
On ‘The Five’ of FOX News, Dana Perino bluntly stated that if Pelosi and Biden don’t take steps to address this immediately, that they are complicit in the threats and whatever else happens.
Perino is exactly right about this. Hopefully, the White House is listening.
Dana Perino Excoriates Democrats for Inaction Following Plot Against Kavanaugh
“This group, Ruth Sent Us, it’s like the Westboro Baptist Church — except for one thing,” Perino said of a group that’s been posting the addresses of justices’ homes online and organizing protests at their residences. “It’s illegal to protest at the home of a justice.”
“So Ruth Sent Us, they were at his house today, they plan to be there tonight,” Perino continued before offering advice for the Biden administration and other Democrats in Washington with the power to do something.
“If I was the Attorney General of the United States, I’d say arrest them all,” she said of protestors breaking the law at Justice Kavanaugh’s home. “And Biden should say they absolutely should be prosecuted — you cannot do this — they have to take a stand tonight,” she said. “And if they don’t take a stand tonight, they are complicit.”
“The Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, has been slow-walking this bill that passed the Senate unanimously to protect Supreme Court justices,” Perino also noted. The Supreme Court Police Parity Act, a bipartisan effort guided to unanimous passage in the Senate by John Cornyn (R-TX) and Chris Coons (D-DE) has yet to be taken up by House Democrats. “Why is she doing that?” Perino asked of Pelosi’s inaction in the month since the bill passed the upper chamber. “Fast-track it tonight — and if you don’t, you’re complicit.”
Watch the video below:
If Biden and Pelosi don’t act, what are the American people to take from that?
First off, 5.11 Tactical is a trusted name in the gear market. They’ve earned this reputation for a good reason – they just design and sell quality gear!
They are made with a combination of 65% Polyester and 35% Cotton. And includes a comfortable fit slider waistband that eliminates the need for gathered elastic.
You’ll enjoy the extra deep front pockets, 2-knife/accessory pockets, 2-cargo pockets with hook & loop closure, and bellowed side gussets.
Like most of their workwear lines, their pant is made out of 100% cotton canvas. It’s cut with extra room in the seat and thighs, which makes them comfortable.
They are ideal to use as comfortable casual pants for outdoor activities such as hiking & camping or for relaxing weekends around the house.
However, the “front pocket” zipper is not really a pocket. It’s only there for show and style. But for this price, many people are able to overlook this minor annoyance.
This has always been a gripe of mine with all cargo pants and cargo shorts. Uncontrolled swinging is such a distraction and can affect your balance and agility in a run.
I also like the front cell phone (or magazine) pockets – one on each side. This means I can be ambidextrous with my gear, which comes in handy in certain situations.
Like most of the 5.11 tactical pants, the Stryke pants feature a gusseted crotch and reinforced knees.
It also includes a Flex-Tec material that has a 2-way stretch.
This makes them extremely easy to wear when you’re on the move.
While I love the feel of cotton, I’ve spent enough time mountaineering to know the saying “cotton kills.” Cotton can soak up water and be slow to dry, leaving you exposed to hypothermia.
Synthetic materials are way more efficient at keeping H2O away from the skin and drying fast. This is VITAL in cold, wet weather.
I’m impressed to see these survival pants taking a cue from outdoor pursuits.
Of course, I didn’t list every possible piece of gear you could stash in your pockets. So if you feel like I missed something critical, leave a note in the comments below.
Final Thoughts
Tactical items are becoming mainstream for everyone. Why? Because they blend comfort, function, AND style.
And when it comes to down to choosing a pair of tactical pants it all comes down to your specific needs and requirements.
For example, if you’re looking for a solid pair of pants for the job site, I’d get a pair made out of canvas cotton. It’s got superior durability on its side.
But if your pair of pants is for wilderness survival – go synthetic.
The good news is no matter which you choose all survival pants will have these standard features:
multiple pockets
durable construction
athletic cut for mobility, including gusseted crotch
technical materials
designed with utility belt (and holster) in mind – check out our survival belts article for a quality belt to add to your tactical pants
Beyond that, think about what you’d like in a regular pair of pants – since you might want to wear these daily.
If you like a modern slim cut, look for tactical pants with some stretch and a closer cut.
If you prefer (like me) a more relaxed cut, there are options with and without stretch material.
Wet weather means you might want to avoid cotton, while hot, dry conditions might be perfect for it.
I know I don’t want to have to cross over to draw my tactical knife every time. So if you’re a lefty, make sure the pockets can be configured for the way you like to carry your gear.
And if you ever do get dropped off in the remote jungle without your pants, good luck with those palm leaves.
For everything else, choose a solid pair of tactical cargo pants.
Jason K.
P.s. Do you know where the closest nuclear bunker is from your home?
House Democrats on Wednesday evening blocked a bill to provide more security for Supreme Court justices and their families.
“This passed unanimously in the Senate, yet Speaker Pelosi refuses to bring it up for a vote—despite today’s foiled plot to kill Justice Kavanaugh. Shameful.” GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA) said on Wednesday.
FBI Director Chris Wray and DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz testified in September 2021 before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the FBI’s handling of the Larry Nassar investigation.
Larry Nassar was the team doctor for the US women’s gymnastics team and was sentenced to 60 years in federal prison on child pornography charges in 2016.
During the testimony last April 13, 2022, IG Horowitz confirmed to the US Senate Committee that FBI officials deliberately misled the facts during the investigation. The lead FBI investigator misrepresented the actions he took when the allegations came in and his job-seeking efforts with the US Olympic Committee. Horowitz said the allegations were handed over to prosecutors in the Justice Department. The DOJ later refused to press charges against the dirty FBI official.
During testimony, the Inspector-General confirmed that more than 70 little girls were victimized AFTER the FBI got the case. Another miss by Chris Wray and the FBI.
Lawyers for 13 of the victims sued Chris Wray’s FBI last April for failure to act on reports of Nassar’s misconduct.
“French and others argue that the FBI was on notice by the summer of 2015 that Nassar had engaged in widespread and ongoing sexual assaults, under the guise of medical treatment. But, they said, the Bureau failed to take steps to halt the abuse or notify other law enforcement agencies that might have had jurisdiction,” NPR reported.
The DOJ announced in May 2022 that no charges will be brought against the FBI agents who disregarded the Larry Nassar sexual abuse accusations by America’s top gymnasts. According to the DOJ, there was insufficient evidence to bring a federal criminal case.
Nassar was later convicted of crimes that might not have happened if the agents addressed the issue when first notified.
On Wednesday, more than 90 sexual assault survivors, including Former Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, plan to sue the FBI over the botched Nassar case.
More than 90 women plan to file lawsuits against the FBI, accusing former agents at the agency of botching the sex abuse investigation into former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, the New York Times reported.
Olympic gymnastics gold medalists Simone Biles, Aly Raisman and McKayla Maroney are among the women who will file lawsuits seeking total claims of more than $1 billion, the newspaper reported on Wednesday, citing a statement from the women’s lawyer.
Their lawyer, John Manly, was not immediately available for comment.
The development comes two weeks after the U.S. Justice Department said it will stand by its prior decision not to file criminal charges against former FBI agents accused of botching the investigation into Nassar in 2015.
A Secret Service agent on Wednesday evening tackled a pro-abortion protester who got too close to Joe Biden’s motorcade in Los Angeles.
Biden arrived to Los Angeles, California Wednesday afternoon to tape an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
Jill and Joe Biden will later participate in the inaugural ceremony of the Ninth Summit of the Americas at the Microsoft Theater.
A female protester, clad in a green dress, was thrown to the ground and manhandled by a Secret Service agent after she got a little too close to Biden’s presidential motorcade.
President Barack Obama approved a statement by the U.S. intelligence community in October 2016 accusing Russia of stealing emails from the Democratic National Committee (DNC), despite the U.S. government not having obtained the DNC server images crucial to ascertaining whether Moscow was involved in the theft.
FBI emails recently made public during the trial against now-acquitted DNC attorney Michael Sussmann show the bureau was still in the process of requesting images of the DNC servers on Oct. 13, 2016. The server images, which are equivalent to a virtual copy of the alleged crime scene, were taken by private cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike.
On Oct. 7, six days before CrowdStrike agreed to mail the server images to the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released a statement accusing Russia of hacking U.S. political organizations and disseminating emails allegedly stolen through the hack. The statement was approved and encouraged by Obama, according to then-DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson.
“The president approved the statement. I know he wanted us to make the statement. So that was very definitely a statement by the United States government, not just Jim Clapper and me,” Johnson told the House Intelligence Committee in June 2017, referring to then-Director of National Intelligence James Clapper.
TGP reported in May of 2019 that Obama was in on it. He knew the Russia collusion story was a lie and he moved forward with it anyways. Obama was in on it. It was a sham. The Mueller investigation was a sham. Obama spied on the opposition party.
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