To the Editor:

Inflation! It’s the death of us all. Our government, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics website, calculates 7% from January 2017 to December 2020 and 17% from January 2021 to August 2023. In my household, we are averaging over 30% since January 2021. And for some specific items, it’s sometimes close to 100%.

Check canned foods, snack foods, dairy, seafood, bottled water, paper products, gasoline, natural gas, electric, water/sewer, medical services, all insurances, housing, building materials (have you been to Home Depot lately?), and don’t forget your property taxes. I don’t know how other people are surviving, but I do know my household’s cost of living before January 2021 was a lot less than it is today.

There are some obvious reasons: politics, government spending, over regulation and greed.

Change is urgently needed or our middle class, who basically built and support our country, will be eliminated. What happens then?

Stephen L. Radakovits

Allen Township