#mississippi

#mississippi

The brutal combination of rising labor costs, commodity costs, and supply chain disruptions post-pandemic has pushed food prices up by a whopping 31% since 2019, and the threat of the Trump Administration's steep tariffs could make grocery bills even worse. This has had a direct effect on how Americans eat, with Pew reporting that the percent of food insecure households rose by 30% from 2020 to 2023.

In Mississippi, a hidden home equity tax is emerging, affecting nearly 8% of homeowners due to outdated capital gains tax thresholds that fail to account for inflation.