What Could Kevin McCallister Buy In Minnesota?
As Christmas gets closer, you’re probably rewatching some old holiday classics. If you’re one of the many people who’ve seen Home Alone recently, there might’ve been a scene that caught your attention. No, not the traps he sets up, but how little groceries cost just 30 years ago.
In the movie, Kevin buys 10 items from his local grocery store that cost him a total of $19.83 after using a $1 off coupon. He bought the following items: one Stouffer’s frozen dinner, Kraft macaroni and cheese, Wonder Bread, half a gallon of milk, Tropicana Homestyle orange juice, Tide liquid detergent, Quilted Northern toilet paper, Snuggle dryer sheets, Saran wrap and then plastic action figures.
If your jaw is on the floor, pick it back up, because we’re not done! When comparing Kevin McCallister’s 1993 grocery list to what it would cost on Target today, the cost wound up to $63.73 not including state tax. But adding in Minnesota’s 6.875% sales tax that’s $68.11, which is 343% HIGHER than it was 30 years ago.
Groceries aren’t luxuries that people can go without, people will need to buy them regardless. The economy isn’t doing well, people are struggling and Minnesotans are getting hit just as much as the rest of the country. But Minnesota’s high taxes might make things worse. How can families that can barely afford what Kevin McCallister could buy for less than $20 when the state expects them to pay an arm and a leg for taxes?
The country has been under majority Democrat control for a few years now, and our economy is worse off for it. Inflation has gotten out of control and it seems like all the DFL is doing is asking for more money while they squander it on a 729 million dollar State Building, or somehow turning a $18 billion budget surplus into a $2.3 deficit. It shows a lack of care for Minnesotans.
The DFL is comfortable asking for more taxes because they feel entitled to it, as well as feeling entitled to their positions in government, but in the upcoming election we might have a Christmas miracle.