Inflation 2014- Meat, poultry, fish,eggs up 9.1% per BLS
Posted by freedomforall 9 years, 4 months ago to Government
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The focus of politics today is to promise benefits to the people, but those benefits come with a price. These gifts (universal health care, universal child care, universal education) come by taking more from people's incomes and redistributing that wealth. This doesn't create abundance for all. This creates a perpetual state of poverty for most everyone, allowing the wealthiest to control while suppressing the general population who has no hope but to beg for the promised government programs.
The focus of politics today is to promise benefits to the people, but those benefits come with a price. These gifts (universal health care, universal child care, universal education) come by taking more from people's incomes and redistributing that wealth. This doesn't create abundance for all. This creates a perpetual state of poverty for most everyone, allowing the wealthiest to control while suppressing the general population who has no hope but to beg for the promised government programs.
“If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free.”
― P.J. O'Rourke
People like me love cheap crappy food. That's why McDonalds is worth 90 billion dollars.
We like to eat at nice restaurants, but coughing up $60 or $80 for the two of us when we can burn our own dead cow at home and match it with fresh veggies for a total cost of maybe $20-30 is a more common alternative.
And avoiding the automatic 25% tip? "Priceless"...
Discovery: getting bored after several days of leftovers from large meals, able to live on less than 1000 calories per day (weight loss diet was 800 calories/day), I eventually found that buying pretty much ANY "family sized" container of food became more expensive than the 'smaller, less economical size' because of wastage!
And essentially obviated the discussion of buying a larger fridge or freezer to hold all of the grocery purchases and/or leftovers!
Economics can be fun and surprising...
Besides, what real man can resist firing up the grill? ;)
Seriously, I was overseas for almost 4 years and one thing I missed a lot was hickory smoked charcoal fired food.
My point is that the only people doing better are the ones on the dole.
For the higher echelon looters: Impalement and display on the town square to discourage looters.
For the lower echelon - the cold cruel world of private employment. Produce or perish.
The problem is that she comes home with things I would never think of eating, and she ends the argument with "you would think that I would be appreciated for trying to save money"!
I never win the discussion...anyone need any peanut butter? I think that we have about 6 jars....
After over 45 years of marriage, a day without an argument just wouldn't feel normal...!
In that case, I'm putting them into a time capsule....
But my wife will head to the store with a list of 10 items (that we agreed on), and show up at the doorstep with 10 BAGS of items...all because it was 2 for 1. To her BOGO stands for Broad On Grocery Orgy....
Hold it!! I just saw the above. Cross out newlywed. You're just a slow learner.
Message me the list...! ;-)