"Gas is really hard because, like for food ... I can go get the cheaper cereal or the cheaper snack — there's no cheaper gas," Vanessa Gonzalez told PBS NewsHour.
"We're kind of just pinballing between tragedies and traumas," said Kevin Reed, who had to leave his job as a teacher because he wasn't making enough money.
President Joe Biden met with the head of the Federal Reserve last week as part of a White House push to address the country's high inflation rate.
Source: PBS NewsHour