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To: blam
* Food and beverage prices increased an average of 5.6%
* Cereal and bakery prices jumped 11.5%
* Sugar and sweets prices, up 11.8%
* Cooking oils, up 11.6%

Here's an idea: let's burn even more of our corn crop as fuel. Who needs high-fructose corn syrup? Who needs cooking oil? Besides, after we mandate that people burn ever more corn in their cars, we can call the result "inflation" instead of "stupid policy."


32 posted on 01/16/2010 7:32:47 AM PST by Nick Danger (Free cheese is found only in mousetraps)
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To: Nick Danger

Monsanto’s GM corn has been shown to cause organ failure in rats. That news should dampen demand for corn, eh?


33 posted on 01/16/2010 8:00:37 AM PST by blam
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