As seen at my local grocery store this morning at every check-out...

[hlthe2b]

40. And who pays for the four cent on each $0.26 if the store won't round down?

Do you expect the homeless-- counting every penny-- to pay $0.30?Why are so many here so unthinking about the impacts for the soon-to-be increased homeless and those struggling for every penny, given loss of Medicaid, SNAP benefits, and overwhelmed food banks--not to mention inflation and tariff effects.

Kindly think of those who are and will be deeply impacted. When every item they pay cash for costs them not only the inflationary increases, the tariff increases, but now as much as $0.05 extra for each purchase? Yeah, some of those people out there (including some DUers that we USED to hear from, posting at their free local libraries) ARE impacted. Small amounts do add up!

No, this won't affect you or me that much, although credit card companies may well continue to pass service charges on to us, so using cash might sound like a better option if you purchase/charge frequently. But, it will many many others.