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Purveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 06:24 PM Original message |
From Milk To Meat, US Food Prices Spike Upward |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. Thanks, George. |
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Sapere aude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. There was a song in a broadway play that went, "everything is going up!" |
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Captain Angry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. Oh give me a break. Inflation? |
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dethl (462 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
4. It is me or does this feel like a repeat of history? |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. life in repuke Amurka |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
6. I've pretty much accepted the fact that I'll never have a good steak again |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
7. Oil prices and this cause stagflation, where inflation hits even though unemployment rises. |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 06:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. From 2002 to 2005, inflation has stayed above the... |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 06:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Last year I got a paltry 2% raise |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 07:44 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. I got 3% |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
8. No biggie. We can all just eat cake, right? |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
10. I just bought a gallon of milk...NOT GENERIC milk |
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Matsubara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
12. ...and inflation stats always excule energy and food. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 06:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. They removed energy and food from the equation on purpose. |
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brokensymmetry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
13. It's going higher. Much higher. |
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Johnny Noshoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 07:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Why am I seeing that scene |
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brokensymmetry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 10:43 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Because you have a vision of the future? |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
14. Blame ethanol |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 07:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Puts a new light on Bush's enthusiasm for ethanol, doesn't it? |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
16. I saw a great bumper sticker, "My Hummer Runs on Food" |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
17. Gas up, food up, and I just got notice from Pac Power electricity is going up 13%. |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
18. I used a coupon at the store the other day & the cashier said he'd never seen coupon usage as high |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
19. Add to that the incredible shrinking sizes |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
21. And yet some peopl,e think we need a VAT on top of this. |
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live love laugh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
24. "The chief culprit is corn.." LIE. The culprit is gas prices. nt |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
25. Compared to the rest of the world we have cheap gas prices and cheap food prices. |
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live love laugh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 08:07 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. The price of food IS in perspective. It is all relative. While others may pay more, they |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
27. Is it possible to get HONEST inflation figures anywhere? |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 11:44 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Probably not |
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firefox_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
30. Don't worry, the main inflation index is stable and just fine. |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
31. Whoops |
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