Cost Of Living
LaRonda Braxton
Public Speaking
The Cost Of Living
In the early nineteen seventies the cost living was affordable for the American families, As a child I remembered my mother sending me to Pete’s Confection Store, I would put to the items in my little red wagon and bring them home for my mother. The items that I'd shop for were eggs, a loaf of bread, milk, and a six pack of seven-up sodas. There is a major difference in the price of these items then compared to now, a carton of eggs use to cost $.25 cents per carton, a loaf of bread $.25 cent, milk $1.15 a gallon, and a six pack of soda was $.70 cent per pack. Now, the cost of eggs per carton is $2.50, a loaf of bread is $2.00, a gallon of milk is $3.50, and six pack of soda is $3.00 depending on the brand.
In today’s economy the cost of living is even on the rise, this explains the recession that has took over our nation. Some people in the American society barely have enough finances to live on the every day necessities to survive in this economic dilemma; as a result, the loss of jobs has lead to poverty in the United States for American people. Basically, people can't afford to buy food, afford …show more content…
People didn't know how they were going to feed their children because the cost of food was so high, they had to go to out reaches to feed their families on the other hand could not afford to feed their family on their salaries because the economic crush; In addition, high cost of utilities a person could not afford costly prices of electric or gas so they had to go energy assistance for help paying their
Public Speaking
The Cost Of Living
In the early nineteen seventies the cost living was affordable for the American families, As a child I remembered my mother sending me to Pete’s Confection Store, I would put to the items in my little red wagon and bring them home for my mother. The items that I'd shop for were eggs, a loaf of bread, milk, and a six pack of seven-up sodas. There is a major difference in the price of these items then compared to now, a carton of eggs use to cost $.25 cents per carton, a loaf of bread $.25 cent, milk $1.15 a gallon, and a six pack of soda was $.70 cent per pack. Now, the cost of eggs per carton is $2.50, a loaf of bread is $2.00, a gallon of milk is $3.50, and six pack of soda is $3.00 depending on the brand.
In today’s economy the cost of living is even on the rise, this explains the recession that has took over our nation. Some people in the American society barely have enough finances to live on the every day necessities to survive in this economic dilemma; as a result, the loss of jobs has lead to poverty in the United States for American people. Basically, people can't afford to buy food, afford …show more content…
People didn't know how they were going to feed their children because the cost of food was so high, they had to go to out reaches to feed their families on the other hand could not afford to feed their family on their salaries because the economic crush; In addition, high cost of utilities a person could not afford costly prices of electric or gas so they had to go energy assistance for help paying their