[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by quietpine

Here is a possible cause for higher prices. The stimulus and its after effects. Those trillions of dollars must be accounted for in the economic cycle and its payback time. Like the people and sectors that benefitted from the stimulus payback may not be fairly spread, or you might say, when elephants dance the price of eggs goes up.

That's pretty much what those posters in #14 and #25 were alluding to. Spend 7-9 trillion dollars on "fighting" COVID and global warming and you shall reap what you sow.

[ron32162]

I just don't understand why eggs, gas and Everything else has increased in price over the last two years its like it is on purpose hummmm.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by Hacker1

I noticed that bananas were way up today -- .58/lb. Last week we happened to be in Mt. Dora, bananas there were .25.

According to their website, they're 25c each if you buy them individually. If you buy by the lb they're 53c per lb.

That's at the Walmart at The Villages on 441.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

The "Handsome" brand eggs were the same $5.88 yesterday as they've been for most of the past year.

Factory farm eggs are high because of the avian flu that affects mostly birds that are forced to live in insanely close proximity to each other (tens of thousands in a single farm roost building). Eggs from hens that are raised on small farms, who roam freely within a fox-safe but open enclosure, and a spacious, airy shelter where they can sleep at night and lay their eggs in the morning, are not exposed as frequently to the avian flu as factory farm hens. So their price, while higher on average when the factory farm hens are healthy, don't fluctuate as much.

Factory chickens (and turkeys) raised for slaughter are placed in small areas that they can't move in. So, they get sick and to stop that they are all fed too much antibiotics, which goes up the chain to humans. Not sure, but I suspect that the factory (Not free ranging) egg layers are also constrained and given antibiotics.
.....Some cities like Portland, Or. allow free-ranging chickens in the city limits. Fringe benefit, they consume massive quantities of insects like most birds. Incidentally, pet cats kill many, many more birds than MOST PEOPLE realize. There were some studies about that, so kitty .....bad, bad for the environment.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

Factory chickens (and turkeys) raised for slaughter are placed in small areas that they can't move in. So, they get sick and to stop that they are all fed too much antibiotics, which goes up the chain to humans. Not sure, but I suspect that the factory (Not free ranging) egg layers are also constrained and given antibiotics.
.....Some cities like Portland, Or. allow free-ranging chickens in the city limits. Fringe benefit, they consume massive quantities of insects like most birds. Incidentally, pet cats kill many, many more birds than MOST PEOPLE realize. There were some studies about that, so kitty .....bad, bad for the environment.

You mean feral cats not pet cats, right?

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by ron32162

I just don't understand why eggs, gas and Everything else has increased in price over the last two years its like it is on purpose hummmm.

Oil prices went up due to Russia attacking the Ukraine. So shipping costs went up and the fed had to raise interest rates to prevent runaway inflation. Also, the Chinese mishandling of their Covid vaccine led to China producing less and shipping less important products like for the US automobile industry.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by RICH1

Did you hear , The news Reported Wal Mart is Paying 17.50 an hour to their workers …. Last year 2022 & back to 2021 all the bleeding hearts wanted the minimum wage to increase… Now it’s here, who did they think would pay for it?

Other 1st would countries manage to pay their workers proportionally more than the US does. Maybe compare CEO salaries from those countries to US CEOs to see the REAL PROBLEM.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by airstreamingypsy

"Bleeding hearts" You mean people who think others should be paid a living wage? If we are bleeding hearts, what do you call people who think it's okay that people need two or three jobs to stay afloat?

CEOs are the problem.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

So, in your opinion, how much should an unskilled high school dropout, an ILLEGAL alien, or a 17 year old kid looking for his first job be paid?????

Well, the illegals should not be here.....at least we agree on one (uno) thing. Not likely to agree on WHY US workers are and were so underpaid. One theory is that way back like 1940 or 1950 the rich 1% (that wanted to stifle UNIONS and therefore keep worker pay low -- decided to stop white workers and black workers from liking each other and aligning their mutual needs through mutual union representation -- the 1% adopted a divide and conquer strategy. They encouraged blacks and whites to have some animosity between themselves. This allowed the 1% to resist UNIONS and therefore keep wages low.
.........Apparently today this strategy has worked and still works. Black and white workers should be united and true brothers, but that is NOT the way it is. Black and white workers have been twisted apart and the institution of the Police has been used to keep up the division. Today Florida is out to ruin the teachers' unions.
........In Germany workers and management tend to COOPERATE with each other more than in the US. If this were done more (cooperating) we would NOT BE trying to worry about if US workers are paid too much . Or what is the cause of high prices? And is Walmart eggs cheaper than BJs or visa-versa? That would be "small potatoes" compared to the "Big Picture" US economic problems.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

Oil prices went up due to Russia attacking the Ukraine. So shipping costs went up and the fed had to raise interest rates to prevent runaway inflation. Also, the Chinese mishandling of their Covid vaccine led to China producing less and shipping less important products like for the US automobile industry.

Oil prices went up well before Russia invaded Ukraine...

Inflation was caused by massive spending, and not controlled by rate raises...

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

Other 1st would countries manage to pay their workers proportionally more than the US does. Maybe compare CEO salaries from those countries to US CEOs to see the REAL PROBLEM.

You could pay CEOs NOTHING and it wouldn't make a dent in workers wages...

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

CEOs are the problem.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

Well, the illegals should not be here.....at least we agree on one (uno) thing. Not likely to agree on WHY US workers are and were so underpaid. One theory is that way back like 1940 or 1950 the rich 1% (that wanted to stifle UNIONS and therefore keep worker pay low -- decided to stop white workers and black workers from liking each other and aligning their mutual needs through mutual union representation -- the 1% adopted a divide and conquer strategy. They encouraged blacks and whites to have some animosity between themselves. This allowed the 1% to resist UNIONS and therefore keep wages low.
.........Apparently today this strategy has worked and still works. Black and white workers should be united and true brothers, but that is NOT the way it is. Black and white workers have been twisted apart and the institution of the Police has been used to keep up the division. Today Florida is out to ruin the teachers' unions.
........In Germany workers and management tend to COOPERATE with each other more than in the US. If this were done more (cooperating) we would NOT BE trying to worry about if US workers are paid too much . Or what is the cause of high prices? And is Walmart eggs cheaper than BJs or visa-versa? That would be "small potatoes" compared to the "Big Picture" US economic problems.

[Caymus]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

Factory chickens (and turkeys) raised for slaughter are placed in small areas that they can't move in. So, they get sick and to stop that they are all fed too much antibiotics, which goes up the chain to humans. Not sure, but I suspect that the factory (Not free ranging) egg layers are also constrained and given antibiotics.
.....Some cities like Portland, Or. allow free-ranging chickens in the city limits. Fringe benefit, they consume massive quantities of insects like most birds. Incidentally, pet cats kill many, many more birds than MOST PEOPLE realize. There were some studies about that, so kitty .....bad, bad for the environment.

Cities like Portland also allow residents to defecate on city streets.

[Sabella]

We all know who’s fault this is- but we’re not allowed to say.