Eileen Carino Salas Blog 2

Throughout my life I have  witnessed neoliberalism in New York. One of the most recent things I have witnessed that relates to neoliberalism is some people have chosen not to get tested or even go the the hospital for experiencing Covid symptoms because they don’t have enough money to pay for it or that they are unable to receive health care. Some things that have affected me personally is the increase of cost in my things such as transportation and even cost of produce in stores. With public transportation the price used to be $1.50 then turned to $2 then $2.25 and now $2.50. It can be considered a bit of a big difference because it is something that people use everyday and most times more than once. For the past few years there has been a significant increase in cost of produce that sell in supermarkets. Since Covid many people have been having difficulties paying for their groceries which mean they need to purchase less  groceries. The increase of tuition for schools in New York has increased throughout the years. When I was younger my three older sisters all attended catholic high schools where the average cost was about ten thousand a year. As time past by tuition started rising where it soon began to cost twelve to three thirteen thousand a year. Unfortunately, as it came to the time where I was applying for high schools the tuition began to cost too much that my parents weren’t able to pay for my education at a catholic high school. This relates to Dickinson’s text because in our society there are many things that the government chooses to do that don’t benefit us. In addition, blacks, latinos, and hispanics seem to be the communities that receive the least amount of help whether it’s to better the neighborhoods, healthcare, education and living supplies.