The US healthcare system as a whole. You could install a universal healthcare system that would treat EVERYONE and is better overall and it would cost less than what the current USAvian pays on average.

So now I'll bet people will be calling and asking for the dog chelation pills - 98% cheapers and bonus, they're chicken flavored!

Jfc, I had no idea adoption was so expensive in the US! That's shocking and disgusting and sad.

Never plan a wedding, only a party

Cheaper to buy a new printer that comes with cartridges

You get better food in the free food bags they give out in public schools

It's sad, rent in my area for a one bedroom place is twice my mortgage for our 4bed/2bath.

Again, this issue is USA. Inhalers and a months worth of insulin in Australia are $6.80 each, if you take alot of meds and are on a pension once you reach $500 spending the rest of the calendar year is free.

Because I gotta pay an arm and a leg to not die >:(

/nowyouknow did not know this...

Look into mushroom coffins, I want to get into the mushroom business. Coffins are cheaper and better for the environment.

Tickets for anything - plays, sports, you name it, the only thing left for the common man to go to are the movies - well, except for the ridiculously overpriced snacks.

Free in my country! Fairly new guidelines so not everywhere is doing it yet but it's fantastic for those that need itl

I have no idea why people are so patriotic about this country when this is just an example of how messed up the country is.

What mental health care? Not nearly enough therapists or Psychiatrists. They're all overbooked. Too expensive a degree for what it pays. I'm an American, we have and are all actively paying extra to fail our citizens. Because health care for-profit is evil. It's like we've set a judgment challenge that if you are too unlucky to be born wealthy enough to get good care then we as a nation DGAF if you die. We pay more for less than the rest of the entire planet for far worse results. Pay *extra* to prop up the 100% unnecessary health insurance industry. Only in USA do we need to concoct a separate for-profit industry to ensure you cannot actually afford to and now often can't find because of lack of practitioners. Because in USA profits-first wins. Every time. Always. In practice we place $0 value on human life, especially anyone earning median wages & below. Only the already successful are deemed worthy.

Pink tax. It goes for toys too.

I just got a couch yesterday. I had taken my Dad to the Goodwill, and saw this hideous 1970s, orange and green floral monstrosity. It was only $9.99, so I tied it to the roof of my car and brought it home. Because, there was no way I could afford a new one.

3D printer are everything for this market. If you know how to program it, you could make a bundle printing out devices for people for a fraction of the price companies charge and still make a profit.

I am counting the days till my baby is 1 because finding and buying formula is criminal. And even when you do your limited to how much you can buy.

Buy cloth ones and laundry detergent. Millions of women did that until somebody invented disposable ones now stuffing all the landfills. Biggest rip off of the 20th century.

The only way to make this stop is for Everyone to boycott them.

It becomes frustrating when the cost to make, ship and sell a product is so much lower than the price point for the consumer.

That's just criminal!

Because they probably handmake it and that's very labor heavy

We have one really great salad bar in my town and it's $10+ for a decent small one, ridiculous.

Crazy!!

It was so much better when you could buy the software. Now it's a subscription which sucks. I need it for my side gig but sometimes I go a month without using it and yet I still have to pay.

Online markets have really slammed the glasses monopoly. My daughter needed glasses in junior high and the first pair we bought was $260, then when she broke those, we discovered Zenny and the other stores. $30 a pair? Yes, please!

Hummus is mashed chickpeas aka garbanzo beans with seasoning added. Because it's chic to eat exotic - har har - they gouge you. Buy a can of chickpeas and as the op says make your own if you want mashed chickpeas.

But if people believe they're getting value and are prepared to pay $12 for a large pizza (which seems fine to me - you can feed two people on that) then what's the problem? You also need to factor in other costs when determining how much it costs to make the pizza: staff costs, running the oven, lights, heat. All of that costs money.

It's so stupid! Something should be done about it >:(

When I was a kid in the sixties, general admission was $1.65, and a 15 ticket book was $4.25. In 2009 I took my family of 8 for Christmas and the tickets alone were over $800. Not including the food, and the place was so overcrowded. From that point I decided never to visit again. And tickets are now double what they were then. Greedy sons of biitches!

I'm not ashamed to admit I brought in a shake, burger and fries once. My purse didn't look nearly big enough so they didn't look twice. (There was a food court at this theater so it wasn't out of place, just a third of the cost.). Once my sister brought in a 2 litre bottle of pop and cups in the arm of her coat. I'd happily buy from the theater if prices were fair.

I disagree entirely. A healthy lifestyle can be had by simply walking places instead of driving, or even just GOING FOR A WALK every evening. Take the stairs instead of the lift. Eating healthily is often cheaper than junk food. I cook every night and creating a meal for four from scratch is often much cheaper than putting junk food in the oven.

Maybe some people just want things that last longer, when I buy material items I also factor in longevity with the price. Quality over quantity

Health insurance change? I've been using it for years, my copay has alwbeen $10, as far as I can remember. Or is that price without Health insurance?

Scalping should be illegal

This is why I always buy used! That and I can't afford new... Let someone with cash pay for all the options etc then let me pick it up at a discount.

If you can find one who cares, or even pays attention to what your needs are . Some are just want to medicate you to death. And the side effects, don't get me started.

I see shampoo going for almost $7 just because they hype it up to be some miracle thing for your hair, crazy

And they're often done with no medical benefit; it's an expensive cosmetic surgery that requires them to wear a retainer for the rest of their life.

But free healthcare!

So many places without clean water. You would think we were trying to make it from atoms by hand.

I got arrested at a mattress store..... The salesman wanted me to buy immediately but I told him I would just sleep on it.

depends on where you live but having it as a human right is a big step in the right direction

The only 800-dollar Legos I know are those massive Star Wars sets like Millennium Falcon or Star Destroyer... I have this Darth Vader helmet which costs like 60-ish dollars - it's affordable-ish, looks amazing and doesn't take up much space.

And parking at doctors offices and hospitals. Should be totally illegal to have to spend $30 or more just to park for medical services.

Sugar is cheap because sugarcane is an easy crop and is so industrialized its cheaper to manufacture. Grapes take more effort to get intact and pretty to the store.

The alternative is even more expensive.

And car repairs. Plus, modern cars are specifically engineered to make repairs and maintenance by owners nearly impossible.

Claim to have converted to Eastern Orthodox and take advantage of the December 26 sales with still two weeks to spare.

I moved from CT to PA, it's not any better here.

It's almost like those giving the care need to make a living too.

It's a supply demand thing for this. Not many manufacturing it, stores have to shelve it but theoretically only people that need it would be buying it meaning the demand for it is both lower than other products but higher than the relative availability of non specialty products. It's a whole web.

I kind of disagree. I fly regularly and haven't noticed that much of a price difference, i.e. a round trip from home to Seattle has been $250 +/- for years now.

I freaking love eggs. I buy 36 ct every month and when we can’t afford to eat, it’s eggs.

Why do you need five guys? Couldn't you get by with four or even three guys? /s

So true

Maybe go and enjoy events without having to drink? Or why not sodas or something else rather than alcohol? ;-;

Fortunately you can easily avoid that cesspool of corruption and delusion.