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33 Shocking Facts Which Show How Badly The Economy Has Tanked Under Obama
Zero Hedge ^ | 8-21-13 | Michael Snyder

Posted on 08/21/2013 5:27:31 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat

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To: goodwithagun
As a retailer that's what we've been seeing. Smaller quantities per same sized container, clearly labeled but with an obvious trend towards higher prices for everything. Prices are going up and have been for some time now. Marketers are doing their best to fool you.

We noticed great prices on quart and 10 oz tubes of caulk that were actually 20% less product. For that matter, check out what has been going on with a bag of charcoal.

It's buyer beware. Mom & Pops like us are just as outraged, but that doesn't help or make it any better.

21 posted on 08/21/2013 6:12:13 PM PDT by WhoisAlanGreenspan?
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To: RKBA Democrat


22 posted on 08/21/2013 6:15:08 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost

This is where the culture has devolved down to. It really isn’t about his politics AS MUCH AS IT IS about our culture - the pResident has to be ‘kool’. Remember Klintoon playing his sax on Letterman with the youts and females going nuts? Of course Klintoon’s oval orifice activity made him ‘kool’ to his followers also - if I remember correctly Klintoon’s approval rating actually went up during his impeachment.


23 posted on 08/21/2013 6:23:16 PM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: RKBA Democrat

If you garden it’s most definitely worth the time. If you purchase fresh from a farmers market for health reasons (non-gmo, organic, etc.) it’s still cheaper than buying those items canned or frozen at the store. Start with water bath and high acid foods until you establish a canning routine, then move onto pressure canning and low acid foods. Check with your county extension to see if there are any pressure canning classes. Youtube probably has some great vids as well. As for jars, Walmart price rules around here.


24 posted on 08/21/2013 6:24:35 PM PDT by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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To: Cheerio

There are people who can’t pay their rent anymore (and have to move in with other people) and who can’t afford to own a car anymore and have to take the bus, and they STILL voted for this imposter.


25 posted on 08/21/2013 6:27:46 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: Secret Agent Man

Exactly! Collapse the system by overloading it.

The communists goals were clear about the strong middle class. The rich or course control whatever system there is and the poor are the useful idiots who use their vote to beg for more handouts.

What is shocking is how well the stated objectives of the communists had succeeded under their black teflon skinned salesman. Any objections are immediately called a name. I can’t believe it. Sticks and stones. How many lives have been ruined by the fear of a stupid word - racist?


26 posted on 08/21/2013 6:29:12 PM PDT by Aria ( 2008 & 2012 weren't elections - they were coup d'etats.)
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To: RKBA Democrat

Phony accomplishments


27 posted on 08/21/2013 6:30:24 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (A half-truth is a complete lie)
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To: RKBA Democrat

Thank you for that article, depressing though it was.


28 posted on 08/21/2013 6:31:25 PM PDT by Standing Wolf (No tyrant should ever be allowed to die of natural causes.)
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To: Chickensoup

plain cloth diapers...”

And once the baby is out of diapers, they make the best dust cloths ever.


29 posted on 08/21/2013 6:32:05 PM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: thecodont

Of course they vote for this imposter - they’re desperate thanks to the imposter. They don’t see the cause and effect of the communist. They are exactly what he wants.

“When the people get hungry enough they’ll take anything you give them”


30 posted on 08/21/2013 6:32:17 PM PDT by Aria ( 2008 & 2012 weren't elections - they were coup d'etats.)
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To: Grams A

And once the baby is out of diapers, they make the best dust cloths ever

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they do they do!


31 posted on 08/21/2013 6:34:06 PM PDT by Chickensoup
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To: goodwithagun

I also notice it when using one of my old recipes that calls for one can or box of something as one of the ingredients. Never used to have to measure anything because it was all standard 16 ounce or one pound. Nothing is 16 ounces any more. That extra ounce does make a difference in consistency and taste on occasion. For some things I would rather they’d leave the size alone and just increase the price. Nobody is being fooled because the price always ends up being more for less.


32 posted on 08/21/2013 6:37:53 PM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: RKBA Democrat

Just leaves me gasping. This economy is hardly breathing. If it were a human you’d have to put a mirror up to it to see if it is actually breathing.

The number of people making less than $30,000 a year is staggering. These people could make more on the dole and that is the shame of it. Just plain humiliating.


33 posted on 08/21/2013 6:38:55 PM PDT by Sequoyah101
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To: Secret Agent Man

“...The middle class is the class that can prevent the destruction of the country, ...”

Not when half of them are too stupid to realize what a hardcore Marxist asshole is... and votes one into the highest office.


34 posted on 08/21/2013 6:39:26 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: RKBA Democrat

Save


35 posted on 08/21/2013 6:44:00 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux)
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To: Standing Wolf

You’re welcome. And it is depressing as hell.


36 posted on 08/21/2013 6:44:03 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Power disintegrates when people withdraw their obedience and support)
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To: goodwithagun
I Got a vacuum sealer. Not the food saver kind but a commercial chamber sealer. With it I can put up way more in less time than running a batch of jars. Takes me less than a minute to seal a bag.

With a chamber sealer you can also do liquids or powders with out messing up the vacuum pump. I will marinate meat in a bag all day because it will suck the liquid into the meat.

What I have is a vacmaster and it cost about $550 on amazon. Because it is a chamber sealer the bags are not the expensive bags for the other sealers. They cost about 8-10 cents each which is less than the cost of canning jar lids.

In addition I picked up a power inverter for about $35 dollars for my freezer. It allows me to run two freezers from my car battery if the power goes out.

I still can but it is when I make broth during the winter. This way the heat from canning heats my house and adds humidity to the air in the winter.

37 posted on 08/21/2013 6:45:36 PM PDT by jimpick
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To: RKBA Democrat

If the economy is so bad, how can Pres—ent Screwtape afford to spend 1.5 billion a year on vacations?


38 posted on 08/21/2013 6:49:26 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Huskrrrr

<< 34. My liberal friends are no longer posting pro-Obama articles on Facebook. >>

Haha! Same here.


39 posted on 08/21/2013 6:50:33 PM PDT by Nita Nupress ( Use your mind, not your emotions. Refuse to be manipulated by Marxists!)
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To: Chickensoup
Soros hates the States

Obama hates white people.

40 posted on 08/21/2013 7:00:24 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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