Inflation 2014- Meat, poultry, fish,eggs up 9.1% per BLS

Posted by freedomforall 10 years, 10 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.

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  • Posted by $ allosaur 10 years, 10 months ago
    Libtards rejoice! The Progressive march toward an always pricier socialism is full steam ahead!
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  • Posted by $ blarman 10 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Especially when I can make it at home cheaper and have it taste better!

    Besides, what real man can resist firing up the grill? ;)
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  • Posted by term2 10 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I have cut back on eating out for sure. When I do go out I want decent food, but its expensive. No wonder McDonalds is going under- who wants their crap. I would rather eat at home than eat that stuff.
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  • Posted by term2 10 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    About the only thing to do is to reduce the amount you make, so as to become one of the entitled group. This inflicts harm on you though, and I can see why people dont do it. But its the only way other than outright revolution. Look at what people put up with before revolution- Venezuela and Russia. I fear we are just going to muddle through more and more of this inflation and theft of our savings until they are all gone (which will take decades). Meanwhile I will be dead. It IS very depressing.
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  • Posted by term2 10 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I have 7 employees and havent given them raises in 5 years now. Indeed they are happy to have 40 hour jobs, when most of the people on the lower end of the scales here in Las Vegas have part time jobs 24-32 hours. Our government simply lies, as it deficit spends and charges us through inflation. They should all be jailed
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  • Posted by term2 10 years, 10 months ago
    No wonder the Obama crew went after Madoff. He was competition. The government has turned the Social Security system into a ponzi scheme, paid for by current workers, and is constantly stealing from people who have saved through inflation.
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  • Posted by $ blarman 10 years, 10 months ago
    I work in the food service industry, but this has been obvious since late in GW Bush's terms. Food prices in general are creating poverty that liberals can then exploit for political gain.
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  • Posted by CircuitGuy 10 years, 10 months ago
    The wording is hyperbolic but it's true that people seem willing to turn their money over to someone else and have to lobby to get it back.
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  • Posted by Mamaemma 10 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Absolutely, and it also includes highly paid administrators at the health insurance companies who produce nothing of benefit (non-productive looting) but who skim off huge amounts of the healthcare dollar, which hurts the health care provider and the patient. So I work harder for less income, and have to see patients who can no longer afford the care they need. Pretty painful. I am outraged and helpless to change anything.
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  • Posted by freedomforall 10 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I agree, if "the dole" includes executives at Goldman Sachs and other banks who continue to receive large bonuses for non-productive looting, and those investor/trader/gamblers receiving the benefits of QEn.
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  • Posted by Rocky_Road 10 years, 10 months ago

    “If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free.”

    ― P.J. O'Rourke
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  • Posted by Mamaemma 10 years, 10 months ago
    Cost of living increases- ha! I haven't given my employees a raise in 5 years, and the truth is they are happy to have their jobs. The rest of the story is that I haven't raised my fees in 7 years. Actually my fees have effectively decreased as insurance companies lower them. I have taken a big pay cut since the 08 debacle in order to keep paying my employees.
    My point is that the only people doing better are the ones on the dole.
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