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Let's talk about money. Are you and those close to you able to pay your bills these days? Has this changed lately?

My rent went up. The rental office claims "extra maintenance costs" due to the pandemic. That's total bullshit. They neglected lots of routine maintenance with the pandemic excuse. The complex's laundromat had reduced hours during most of the pandemic. Other services weren't available during the pandemic. I know for a fact they didn't honor state laws suspending rent payments for a time, and the people hurt by it didn't have the resources to fight it. Astronomically soaring rent in this city has become a local housing crisis. As for me, I'm trapped. I can barely afford this place, and I cannot afford to move. I can't move to a more affordable city because I work here and don't have a car. And I can't buy a car, because prices are up 30%. And the property owners are basically a cartel, agreeing not to undercut each other on rental rates. It's medieval, downright medieval, how much of our population simply cannot be truly free citizens because a landlord's word is the last word. They can get away with breaking the law for no other reason than everyone else is too tired and too poor to challenge them. I am, mostly, fine. I am able to pay rent, feed myself, and pay my bills. But I know that no matter what I do, I'll never get much further than that. I have endless, bottomless hatred for the bloated rich who take everything until there is nothing left to take. I have nothing but contempt for the rich people whose solution to society crumbling around them is to build a bunker to save themselves. And these people think the "God" they worship will look favorably on them?