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#661401 - 02/08/11 05:12 PM Anyone else notice...
Sol Duc Offline
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The price of food at the grocery store lately? The prices are going up and the portions seem to be shrinking. 2.49 for a phugging head of iceberg lettuce? YGTFKM!! foul mad
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#661402 - 02/08/11 05:18 PM Re: Anyone else notice... [Re: Sol Duc]
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Going to be more of that coming as gas prices rise...

Gas goes up, food prices do too...

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#661412 - 02/08/11 05:52 PM Re: Anyone else notice... [Re: ]
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Money supply,..........................

Thanks Bernankrupt thumbs
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#661431 - 02/08/11 07:01 PM Re: Anyone else notice... [Re: StinkingWaters]
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I don't buy iceberg lettuce, but did see that a half gallon of milk went up a dime. And steaks have been on sale cheap, so I bought extra. I don't pay too much attention to the cost of food ever since I noticed that 3/4 of my grocery bill is spent on wine.

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#661437 - 02/08/11 07:18 PM Re: Anyone else notice... [Re: StinkingWaters]
Sky-Guy Offline
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Originally Posted By: StinkingWaters
Money supply,..........................

Thanks Bernankrupt thumbs


Exactly!.... this has been planned American citizens.... enjoy the ride.
Might be a good idea to stock up on non-perishables and meats for the freezer now. We are.
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#661441 - 02/08/11 07:26 PM Re: Anyone else notice... [Re: Salmo g.]
Sol Duc Offline
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Box of Wheaties 18oz $5.25, lunch meats,Bacon seem to have skyrocketed!
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#661455 - 02/08/11 07:58 PM Re: Anyone else notice... [Re: Salmo g.]
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Originally Posted By: Salmo g.
I don't pay too much attention to the cost of food ever since I noticed that 3/4 of my grocery bill is spent on wine.


thats why i like Sg, he drinks his dinner.
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#661473 - 02/08/11 09:01 PM Re: Anyone else notice... [Re: Brewer]
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Recent government report says the US has no inflation except for food and fuel. Go figure.
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#661500 - 02/08/11 10:03 PM Re: Anyone else notice... [Re: bait dunker]
goharley Offline
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Would you rather the government set price controls? Why do you hate free-market capitalism?
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#661522 - 02/08/11 10:37 PM Re: Anyone else notice... [Re: ]
Magicfly Offline
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I don't mind paying the higher prices for food. I get paid very well for what I do. But what I do mind is paying $1.99pd. For apples. Only to bite into one and it's $hit. It gets my blood boil like right now.

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#661527 - 02/08/11 10:44 PM Re: Anyone else notice... [Re: Magicfly]
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Sobering.....Yes we can! rofl

January 2009 TODAY % chg
Source

Avg. retail price/gallon gas in U.S. $1.83 $3.104 69.6%
1
Crude oil, European Brent (barrel) $43.48 $99.02 127.7%
2
Crude oil, West TX Inter. (barrel) $38.74 $91.38 135.9%
2
Gold: London (per troy oz.) $853.25 $1,369.50 60.5%
2
Corn, No.2 yellow, Central IL $3.56 $6.33 78.1%
2
Soybeans, No. 1 yellow, IL $9.66 $13.75 42.3%
2
Sugar, cane, raw, world, lb. fob $13.37 $35.39 164.7%
2
Unemployment rate, non-farm, overall 7.6% 9.4% 23.7%
3
Unemployment rate, blacks 12.6% 15.8% 25.4%
3
Number of unemployed 11,616,000 14,485,000 24.7%
3
Number of fed. employees, ex. military (curr = 12/10 prelim) 2,779,000 2,840,000 2.2%
3
Real median household income (2008 v 2009) $50,112 $49,777 -0.7%
4
Number of food stamp recipients (curr = 10/10) 31,983,716 43,200,878 35.1%
5
Number of unemployment benefit recipients (curr = 12/10) 7,526,598 9,193,838 22.2%
6
Number of long-term unemployed 2,600,000 6,400,000 146.2%
3
Poverty rate, individuals (2008 v 2009) 13.2% 14.3% 8.3%
4
People in poverty in U.S. (2008 v 2009) 39,800,000 43,600,000 9.5%
4
U.S. rank in Economic Freedom World Rankings 5 9 n/a
10
Present Situation Index (curr = 12/10) 29.9 23.5 -21.4%
11
Failed banks (curr = 2010 + 2011 to date) 140 164 17.1%
12
U.S. dollar versus Japanese yen exchange rate 89.76 82.03 -8.6%
2
U.S. money supply, M1, in billions (curr = 12/10 prelim) 1,575.1 1,865.7 18.4%
13
U.S. money supply, M2, in billions (curr = 12/10 prelim) 8,310.9 8,852.3 6.5%
13
National debt, in trillions $10.627 $14.052 32.2%
14


Just take this last item: In the last two years we have accumulated national debt at a rate more than 27 times as fast as during the rest of our entire nation's history. Over 27 times as fast. Metaphorically speaking, if you are driving in the right lane doing 65 MPH and a car rockets past you in the left lane. 27 times faster, it would be doing 7,555 MPH!

Sources:
(1) U.S. Energy Information Administration; (2) Wall Street Journal; (3) Bureau of Labor Statistics; (4) Census Bureau; (5) USDA; (6) U.S. Dept. of Labor; (7) FHFA; (8) Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller; (9) RealtyTrac; (10) Heritage Foundation and WSJ; (11) The Conference Board; (12) FDIC; (13) Federal Reserve; (14) U.S. Treasur


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#661585 - 02/09/11 12:21 AM Re: Anyone else notice... [Re: Sol Duc]
goharley Offline
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Registered: 03/27/02
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That is sobering. It's gonna take a long time to recover from the travesty of the bush years, considering we're still seeing residual effects of the Raygun years.
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#661603 - 02/09/11 01:15 AM Re: Anyone else notice... [Re: goharley]
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Posts: 4000
Loc: Ahhhhh, damn dog!
Originally Posted By: goharley
That is sobering. It's gonna take a long time to recover from the travesty of the bush years, considering we're still seeing residual effects of the Raygun years.


+1


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#661625 - 02/09/11 02:48 AM Re: Anyone else notice... [Re: Somethingsmellsf]
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Registered: 04/20/09
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That's why I just live off of Taco Bell and HG800 40 oz's
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#661631 - 02/09/11 04:21 AM Re: Anyone else notice... [Re: GodLovesUgly]
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Hey, well at least our wages have kept up. beer
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#661648 - 02/09/11 10:27 AM Re: Anyone else notice... [Re: ]
Dave Vedder Offline
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Registered: 10/09/02
Posts: 8379
Loc: West Duvall
And another opinion on why food prices are rising

"J.P. Morgan says that even in the face of recent food price gains, they expect prices to move higher still over the next few months, due to low inventories and slack production. The brutal weather of recent weeks, ranging from cyclones and floods in Australia to uncommonly cold weather in the Southern U.S. and Mexico, has made the agricultural climate even rougher.

Will that have an impact on inflation? In the developed world, the answer is probably not. Agricultural staples make up a surprisingly small amount of consumer inflation measures because of efficiencies in production. The calculus for emerging markets is different. And already food and energy costs are contributing to inflation spikes in China (around 5%), Brazil (5%) and India (9%)."

So maybe its just normal market supply and demand. Maybe no gubmint plot.

I am constantly amazed by folks who think the government can't do anything right but still attribute huge comlex conspiracies to the government.
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#661649 - 02/09/11 10:35 AM Re: Anyone else notice... [Re: Dave Vedder]
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It all boils down to this - I'm right, everyone else is wrong, and anyone who disputes this is clearly a dumbfuck.

Registered: 03/07/99
Posts: 16958
Loc: SE Olympia, WA
Normal supply and demand!?!?!?

WTF!?!?

What is everyone supposed to piss their pants about now?
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#661668 - 02/09/11 11:18 AM Re: Anyone else notice... [Re: ]
docspud Offline
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Registered: 11/01/06
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Loc: Silverdale Wa
To many people start doing that AM and they will need to find a way to tax that. Maybe a ground use or nutrient extraction tax. You know, for each head of lettuce you grow takes ____ nutrients out of the ground which is then less fertile so you are charged ____. Simple. grin
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#661681 - 02/09/11 11:41 AM Re: Anyone else notice... [Re: docspud]
goharley Offline
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Registered: 03/27/02
Posts: 3188
Loc: U.S. Army
Originally Posted By: docspud
To many people start doing that AM and they will need to find a way to tax that.
Food is not taxed. Of course that fact doesn't support your dog whistle (tax) obsession very well, so continue on.
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#661690 - 02/09/11 12:00 PM Re: Anyone else notice... [Re: goharley]
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Loc: Seattle
"Food is not taxed. Of course that fact doesn't support your dog whistle (tax) obsession very well, so continue on.
"

Not directly but the land it is grown on is taxed, the workers that produce it are taxed , transportation to the market is taxed the market is taxed and you are taxed when you go pick it up if you drive or take a bus. After you eat it and take a dump the sewage is taxed. So much for your no tax statement eh!
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