Have you tried Koyame in Spanish Plains?

Ohiobuckeye
 

In some places it’s pushing 3.79. Eventually it’ll catch up to the people that are struggling!

This pandemic has certainly made everything more difficult and it’s like the ripple effect. The good thing is I ordered all my Christmas gifts early so am almost done with that as worried I might not get what I wanted. I believe if we can stop this virus, things will gradually get better

Earlier this week I went food shopping. One of the items I wanted was some bacon for Thanksgiving breakfast. It was $10 a pound. What the h*ll is going on? No I didn't buy it!

You have to watch for "specials". I bought Jimmy Dean bacon for $3.75.

I feel sorry for the young families that have to drive any number of miles to make a living with gas prices the way they are.

If you see any of them over Thanksgiving today, give them a big "thank you" for making an effect to support themselves in stead
of relying on the government.

Seriously? :ohdear: Should we give them a participation trophy also?

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Making a point
 

I believe the OP’s point is that we Americans have a lot to be thankful for. Happy Thanksgiving! :clap2:

Yes but see you choose to live where fuel has always been high, big beautiful homes outrageously price and the working mans standard of living on the lower side.

We choose to
Live here where there is a middle class that worked hard but lived a good life because our system allows competitiveness to keep pricing affordable.

We don’t want to give I our way of life if we did we’d move to Europe or an other area in the world where you get nothing for your hard earned money.

Gas and everything else should be exactly where it was 18 months ago there is no reason other than the greed of government here for it to be otherwise.

Absolutely, for the fact their smart enough to be employed.

Setting the bar a little low aren't you? I would feel very insulted if someone thanked me for having a job. Smart has nothing to do with being employed. Responsible, determined, having integrity maybe. But smart? Granted, being intelligent will probably get you farther in life. The smart ones are the ones who have figured out how to get the rest of us to pay their way.

It also keeps you from standing at Walmart pertaining to be homeless.......:boom:

Student loans? No one out runs them.

Its keeping me from shopping for a new car. Inflation microchips or whatever...

Yes, and it forces people to take inventory on their spending, and be thankful for what they have.

Totally wrong! Take a look on a gov site and check the stats on how many are no longer in the work force. Count those as unemployed and you will see the difference. Just because less folks qualify for unemployment does not mean there is LOWER unemployment. "If you know anything about economics" you would understand that. And, no I do not know much about economics but I can read numbers. The gov has some great websites that have historical data on employment.

Spending money like there’s no tomorrow….

Fuel cost insignificant!
 

I don't think so... It impacts travel of all kinds + the transport costs of anything that is purchased = higher prices for all, including those who cannot afford it. Not insignificant at all, especially when it can be remedied.

Yep, makes difference who has money at the end of month and who goes in hole working two or more jobs. Do you really think you can speak for the poor? Sorry you’re loosing measly 2.8%, the horror.

My point move and stop paying queen’s tax to keep them in their tax free compounds. I mean really kings and queens In this century. Talking about gullible…

Want to bet it’s exceeds $4.11. Big oil just loves when government flips, now their making more on gallon of gas that government.

Encouraging people to think how it started

We have stopped spending any money as a form of protest!!

This tiny island that has greater than 20% of the population of the entire USA on a tiny island that could probably fit 6-8 times into Texas - have you never heard of global trade ?? ...You are getting your cheap gas from shale and fracking ...soon those producers will realise they can get more for their gas on this tiny island ....ditto Turkeys etc. 6 to 8 times the price .. then you will start to see some shortages ... Hello Global Trade from this tiny Island !!!

From a purely British perspective I do not see myself as European.

Our Monarchy in the UK costs the British taxpayer around £1.20 (about $1.50) per annum per person ...this is less that 0.1 % of what the President of the USA costs the American taxpayer .. Our monarchy attracts a huge amount of foreign tourism and state visits to foreign countries attract a huge bonus for British business ... if we are talking a value for money scenario I know which one I would go for.

I think the media has hyped up the so called "high turkey prices" We shopped at Publix in Ocala Tuesday and frozen turkeys were 49¢ per pound. Now gas prices, that's a different story!

Sad, that most of you are only concerned with yourselves, when many Americans, especially the lower and middle income people are struggling because of inflation, that did not have to happen.

Well it wasn't quite that low. Click link for historical info for the U.S. by year. Its also important to remember "THERE WAS A PANDEMIC"! Nobody was traveling, planes were not flying etc, etc and oil was trading for below ZERO! Maybe that had something to do with the lower prices last November? Look at the data on the attached for yourselves. Yes, Gas is higher than normal but it is not absurd in price. Last November Gas nationally was $2.20 but for an "apples to apples" comparison you have to go back to November 2019 where it was $2.69. Back in 2011- 2013 gas was at its highest on this chart.

https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/Le...te_nus_dpg&f=m

Tough to pass on bacon. But at $9.00 a pound for house brand I’ll have to wait for my next BLT.

Wrong, again...

Yep, surgical removals.

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no one was driving, remember? No demand= Low gas prices. Now price gouging trying to make up for lost revenue.

=ejp52;2033414]Well this time last year gas was around $1.799.[/QUOTE]

Good point, the more people who are not in the work force the fewer people adding to productivity and at the same time are still consumers adding to demand, the supply /demand equation cannot change ,, law of economic gravity

Just wondering, do you own property in the USA? If so , why since UK is so great? Also, we have lots of people from UK and European nations coming here to work, Why if it's so much better on the other side of the pond? And the US has probably at least 10 times more tourists than UK...
:ohdear::popcorn::bigbow::bigbow:

Oh, did Brexit change your status? Just curious.

Both of those statements are factually incorrect. It really isn't that hard to do a simple search, to find facts and the truth. Then again, it seems more and more people are completely uninterested in facts and the truth, so for some people embellishments/hyperbole are just easier to make - and to believe.

U.S. All Grades All Formulations Retail Gasoline Prices (Dollars per Gallon)

Inflation notches a fresh 30-year high as measured by the Fed'''s favorite gauge

Why does this always turn into a p*****g contest about where people are from.

While predicted that inflation would occur after the worst of the pandemic had passed, it's a shame that those on the lower part of the economic ladder are seeing their increased gains in wages being eroded by it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...rkers-october/

While there are some levers that can be pulled by those in charge to try and help, there are a lot (such as the world price of crude), that no single person (regardless of their position) - can meaningfully affect. Right now, there is also an effort being made by corporations to try and make up for lost profits since the pandemic started. Ironically, for the +-52% of Americans that own stock in one form or another (individually/mutual funds/pensions/Etc.), the steady rise in stock prices outweigh the cost of inflation. Once again, it is those who don't own stocks - that are being hit the hardest.