A man at a gas station in Miami, USA. Archival photoMOSCOW, 17 Jun. With high inflation and gas prices, Americans are beginning to panic and apply for food aid en masse, while refusing to use cars, according to an article in The Washington Times. food and other goods have begun to hurt low-income people, forcing them to turn to food banks in droves.Biden explained what he was guided by when imposing sanctions against Russia. At the same time, some US residents were practically «locked» at home, as they cannot afford to fill up their cars and go anywhere. So, a Florida resident named Amy told the newspaper that she spent $ 110 (more than six thousand rubles) on refueling her car, and in the grocery store she was forced to refuse to buy many necessary products because she could not afford them. According to her, after leaving the store, she felt «deprived» and panicked. «We're just very, very thrifty. And this (situation — ed.) actually scares me to the point that I ask:» how far will this go? The speaker said that a full refueling of the car would cost her 85 dollars (almost five thousand rubles), and the products had become too expensive for her. “It’s getting harder and harder for me to get gasoline to get free food. It’s gotten to the point that now I can’t go anywhere. I just sit at home,” the American complained. In turn, a waitress in a luxury hotel named Julie told the publication that she makes good money from tips, but even this is not enough for her to pay rent and buy basic necessities. As a result, the American decided to reapply for food aid, which she had not done for «many years.» “I make good money, but it’s still not enough,” she stressed. As John Sauer, coordinator of one of the local food banks, told The Washington Times, in recent months, the number of applicants for free food has increased dramatically, on average there has been a 57% increase. than last year. «I think that we are not going to something better,» he said, commenting on the state of the US economy. In turn, the administrator of another food bank, Michelle Springer, told the publication that the number of people turning to them for help has increased by a quarter in recent weeks. Western countries imposed sanctions against Moscow after the start of a special operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine. The disruption of supply chains led to economic problems in the United States and Europe, which faced unprecedented increases in fuel and food prices. Thus, in the United States, inflation accelerated to 8.6 percent in May, the highest since December 1981, On June 10, for the first time in history, they rose above five dollars a gallon. President Vladimir Putin has said that the policy of containing and weakening Russia is a long-term strategy for Western countries, and sanctions have dealt a serious blow to the entire global economy. Paying for the sanctions.» Inflation in the US and EU is on the rise
