[Teacher317]

Even if it’s true that we waste 25%, which I doubt, Americans spend less on food than anyone else in the world, and less than anyone ever has in the history of the world.

Absolute nonsense

[Balding_Eagle]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3126624/posts

[Balding_Eagle]

“But, actually, food is cheaper than it has ever been, according to a chart from MJ Perry. Well... the key is that as a percentage of disposable income food prices remain ridiculously cheap. Yes, they’ve gone up, and sure wages have gone down, but it’s all about perspective.”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2616318/posts

[Balding_Eagle]

Food prices for Americans fell more than 30% over the 40 year period of 1969 through 2009, the latest year I have data on. The newer chart, which shows more recent data, but not the earlier years, essentially confirms this.

http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/4cc98caf49e2aee253050000/us-food-costs.jpg

[Balding_Eagle]

(We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)