Aussie mum’s furious rant about the cost of living in 2023 resonates with thousands: ‘Everyone is broke this year’

A frustrated mum has unleashed an angry tirade in Australia over the cost of living in 2023, claiming ‘everyone will be broke’ at Christmas this year.

Victorian woman Jessica Greer has had enough of the brutal effects of Australia’s cost of living.

Ms Greer claimed that ‘everything is hard’ in a video posted on social media.

Her comments come as thousands of Australians across the country are being hit by rising inflation, rising interest rates and a crippling rental and housing market.”

“Everything costs too much money,” she explained. But what we get paid isn’t going up enough because they can’t afford to pay us, because they don’t have enough money to pay us, because everything costs so much damn money,” Ms Greer said. .

‘So basically everyone comes into Christmas bloody broke. Everyone is broke this year.

‘For example, we have to go back to the old days, when you made presents from a crazy pine cone and put some glitter on it.’

The frustrated mother said she felt like life was getting harder, despite society promising that technology would change and streamline various processes as time went on.

However, Ms Greer noted that technology has made some aspects of life worse, with self-service areas in the supermarket being ‘impossible’ to navigate with a toddler.

She added that the reduced number of staffed checkouts means her child has to stay in the trolley while she scans her times, which often ends with her toddler “screaming and upset.”

Another aspect of life that Ms Greer says is ‘difficult’ is owning a car and the costs associated with it.

“Everything about having a car costs so much money these days. The region, you have to have insurance for it, the fuel for it. It’s hard,” Ms. Greer said.

The young mother also lashed out at Boomers who have the “you have to do it yourself” mentality.

She pointed out that the mentality of the older generation simply no longer has a place in 2023.

“Even though they may have gotten help from their family, they don’t want to help the next generation because they say, ‘No, you have to learn to do it yourself,’” she said.

‘So that means that simple things like working are difficult with children because they don’t want to take care of your children because you would have to do it yourself.

‘Childcare and child care cost too much money. So you either work to pay for childcare, or you don’t work, you don’t pay for childcare and you still have just as little money left over.’

Ms Greer then turned her attention to the ‘Great Aussie Dream’, but said the goal of owning your own home has become out of reach.

She added that selling and moving to a cheaper house was no longer an option as it is too difficult to find an old house that is not ‘collapsed’ and ‘full of asbestos’.

Meanwhile, a worsening rental crisis meant that renting was no longer a cheaper alternative to owning a home.

Ms Greer branded the rental price as ‘ridiculous’, explaining that tenants pay ‘pretty much the same price as a mortgage’ but ‘don’t even own the house’.

According to Ms Greer, Ecen’s basic medical care has also become out of reach for the average Australian.

She explains that the price of medical care has increased, with bulk billing almost disappearing, while patients are subjected to extremely long wait times.

‘Why is there a waiting list for doctors now? Excuse me, if I’m sick now, I need to see a doctor now,” Jess said.

“And I don’t go to the emergency room because they’re so understaffed that people are literally dying in ambulances waiting to get to the emergency room.”

Ms Greer said she is “just exhausted” by cost-of-living pressures and concluded her tirade with a gloomy forecast for the future.

“No matter what you do or how much you work, you can’t just save money in 2023,” she said.

‘I just predict that it will get worse in the future. Good luck everyone and Godspeed.”

Social media users recounted Ms Greer’s tirade, with many claiming she “did it right” and was “100 per cent right”.

“This is unfortunately an incredibly depressing but completely accurate analysis of life today,” one person commented.

‘Every year I work harder and earn more, but I’m still no better off. Ten years ago I lived better on an apprentice wage,” a second person added.

A third claimed: ‘I’ve doubled my income, but all my expenses have also doubled – so I’m no better off at all!’

One parent said they stay home as much as possible to limit the amount they spend, while another explained that they stay home because paying the mortgage and bills leaves them with little choice but to stay home.

Some Boomers commented on Ms. Greer’s rant, claiming they didn’t appreciate her generalization of their generation.

“Reality check. We Boomers had it just as bad,” one person commented.

‘In the 1980s, interest rates rose to 19%. That was tough too,” a second person wrote.

Another claimed their family was “damn near starving” when their interest rates hit 25 percent.