The Bills Are Too Damn High
Gas. Electricity. Groceries. Health care. The Trump administration has added at least $2,072 in new costs to the average household — and as much as $3,569 for families who buy their own insurance through the ACA marketplace.
of Americans say their cost of living is up. They're right — and it's no mystery why.
Source (opens in new tab)You're not imagining it.
The Receipt
Here's the tab since President Trump entered office this term.
We're now at war with Iran. You're paying for it at the pump.
Trump's war with Iran pushed the national average from $2.97 a gallon to more than $4.00.
On pace for about $715 a household by year's end.
You were promised your power bill would be cut in half. It went up.
Instead of cheaper energy, the "One Big Beautiful Bill" gutted the tax credits building cheap wind and solar — and your bill went up, not down. Surging demand from data centers was already pushing rates higher; the repeal made it worse. Governors, power companies, building-trades unions, even Big Tech warned this would happen. The bill passed anyway.
On pace for about $270 a household by year's end.
A tariff on almost everything you buy.
Reckless tariffs have hit nearly everything from nearly everywhere — coffee, tomatoes, furniture, appliances, even prescription drugs. The Supreme Court struck them down. Within days, the Trump administration replaced them with a new 10% tariff under a different law.
The single biggest hit to your wallet.
It gets even worse if you buy your coverage on the marketplace
Your health care coverage is more expensive.
Congress let the health care tax credits expire, and marketplace premiums jumped 58% at the start of the plan year. A typical family of four will pay about $2,994 more over the full year — roughly $1,497 of it already — and 24 million Americans got the bill.
Shown as the mid-year figure so far. About $2,994 over the full year.
The bottom line
What the average household has already paid this year.
If you buy your own health insurance.
And the meter is still running. On the current path, that's $3,168 for the average household and $6,162 for marketplace families by New Year's Eve.
Same paycheck. Higher bills.
What's it costing your state?
Some states got hit harder than others. In Pennsylvania, the average family is already out $2,182 — $3,695 if they buy their own coverage. Pick your state and see your number.
Health care figures reflect a family of four buying marketplace coverage; gas and utility costs are state averages.
Your bills don't have to stay this high.
The Trump administration has the power to take action to lower prices today. If you're tired of paying more for gas, electricity, groceries, and health care, it's time to tell them.
Call the White House. Tell them to end the policies that are making life more expensive.