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To: blam

The phenomena described in this article has been observed for a while. The best term I have seen for it is “screwflation”. Screwflation is defined by the stuff that the middle class buys and (mostly) needs, such as health insurance, road tolls, college tuition for the kiddos, etc... have all increased in price at a much greater pace then their earnings.

This is pretty good article about it from 2011: http://www.barrons.com/articles/SB50001424053111903588204576369783343545812
If a candidate starts mixing in some commentary on this trend and promises to do something about it, he or she would be unstoppable.


9 posted on 09/23/2015 11:41:56 AM PDT by L,TOWM (Is it still too soon to start shooting? [No social transformation without representation])
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To: L,TOWM
The best term I have seen for it is “screwflation”.

That's a great name for it! We're getting screwed left and right. In our community there are news articles about wanting to raise the sales taxes, always "for the good of the community". We're sick of high taxes and fees. They want to push it well over 10 percent. When I was a kid, sales taxes were about 4 percent. Screwflation takes a higher and higher portion of our incomes at a greater pace than our ability to keep up, and it's never enough so they'll take more. Why the heck do we have to be gouged leaving less and less of our money in our pockets? I blame politicians and government of all types, they're all thieves who need to be spat on and pummeled. If government didn't tax so much then others wouldn't demand so much for services.

11 posted on 09/23/2015 12:39:51 PM PDT by roadcat
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