His Holiness - he's just like us.
Over the past two decades, time spent on the phone with customer service is up 60%.
Even the Pope can't escape the annoyance economy.
Trump’s tariffs are driving up costs across the economy. Even Mother’s Day is getting more expensive this year, with flower prices up 16%.
@ENPancotti says wages aren’t keeping up with prices, adding pressure to already-strained household budgets.
This year for Mother's Day, shoppers will spend an estimated $441 million MORE on moms this year compared to last year, as flower prices surge 16% higher.
Our @ENPancotti on @MSNOWNews on how Trump's tariffs have made mother's day a much more expensive ordeal.
Spirit Airlines is dead & that's bad news for anyone concerned about the cost of airfare & quality of service when flying.
Delta's already announced they won't serve free drinks & snacks on flights anymore.
We now have fewer choices, higher fares, & no Biscoff cookies.
Big news: Molly Claflin is joining our team as a Senior Fellow to lead our corporate oversight & corruption work.
As @owenslindsay1 said: we need "fearless investigators who know how to hold the powerful to account."
Join us in welcoming Molly to the team!
Today’s preliminary consumer sentiment reading fell again to a new record low of 48.2, breaking last month’s all-time low in the survey’s 74-year history. The index is down 14.8% since the Iran war began and 32.8% since Trump took office.
Gas is above $4.50 a gallon — up 50% since Trump started his war in Iran. Wages only grew 0.2%.
That's not a paycheck keeping up with prices.
Working families are being crushed under the weight of Trump’s misguided economic agenda.
From Bloomberg:
“Executives across retail, restaurants and packaged goods are increasingly worried about US shoppers with tighter budgets amid surging gas prices caused by the conflict in the Middle East.
“They’re literally running out of money at the end of the month,” Kraft
Some less-watched numbers from this morning’s April jobs report:
❗️Health care alone accounted for nearly half of total jobs gains
⬇️ 92K people left the labor force
⬆️ The # of workers in part-time jobs because they can’t find full-time work rose by 445K in a single month
🧵: A new report from @futureofprivacy puts a spotlight on surveillance pricing & how corporations are using your personal data to determine the max you’ll pay for something & charge you exactly that.
When even FIFA Peace Award — Football Unites the World winners are criticizing the World Cup ticket prices…..
If Trump's war with Iran drags on, we could see high gas prices and rising costs for the next 2 to 3 years, our @ENPancotti warns on @ABC.
"The issue in Iran is that a lot of the refinery and production capacity has been damaged in the war. You can't just open that all up."
NEW: Extreme heat causes 28,000 workplace injuries in the US. Ensuring workers have access to water, shade, & rest could prevent up to 1,500 deaths every year.
The solutions exist. Corporations & politicians alike would rather raise profits than save lives.
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