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Originally Posted by Blueblaze
Can anyone name anything that's ONLY 8.3% higher than last year?
It looks more like 50%, when I walk the aisles at Wal-Mart, or fill my tank, or read my tax appraisal, or pay my insurance bill.
But Good News Everybody! My Social Security check went up 7% this year! (But then they hiked my Medicare bill 20%, so there's that).
Gee, you don't think this could be related somehow to paying everybody a bunch of monopoly money to take a year off and hide in their basement from Covid, do you? Whodathunk that would cause problems?
I'm trying think of a country that ever survived 50% inflation, and I'm drawing a blank. Maybe our gooberment just "identifies" with 8.3%! Everybody knows, that's not the same as lying, right? That could work, right?
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Go to Aldi, there prices have stayed the same for many items, particularly dairy products.
Also warehouse stores still very fairly priced. Still can get a fully cooked chicken for $4.99 at Sams and BJ. Bought jumbo shrimp for <$10 a pound. $1.50 for head of lettuce. Don't forget the 1/4 pound hot dog with a drink for $1.50