Posted on 07/16/2014 5:24:54 PM PDT by blam
If you have an Aldi store where you live take a look.
Food inflation: big problem severely under-reported by MSM.
Something to think about. Similar scenarios have been discussed before in various ‘alternative’ literature.
Just imagine how much more it would be if Hershey didn’t move factories to CHINA!?
20 Signs The Epic Drought In The Western United States Is Starting To Become Apocalyptic
NOT TRUE:
Though prices of everything , especially Commodities are rising, and rising fast, is just a byproduct of our Monetary System.
THE VALUE OF EVERY DOLLAR YOU OWN IS BEING STOLEN RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU, and it has been going on since the creation of the Third Central Bank. It really got kicked into High Gear when LBJ began his “War on the Family”, less than 7 short years later Nixon “Officially Declared the US Bankrupt”. Since then the Banking Oligarchy has Stolen at least 5% of your Money’s VALUE Every Single YEAR.
The last 6 years with ZIRP and TARP, and QE Forever it has been around 13% Annually.
Welcome to Serfdom.
All our utilities went up this last month. Gas is up. Our paycheck is down due to insurance hikes.
Armed guards on food trucks. You mean like they do in Guatemala?
*** On Tuesday, Hershey announced that the price of all of their chocolate bars is going to go up by about 8 percent.***
I still remember when a Hershey bar cost 5 cents. And a bigger bar cost 10 cents. And a huge bar cost 35 cents.
But then that money was real silver.
Soon Tide Laundry Soap WILL be money.
I read one story where in Kentucky, all the folks buy canned pop with their EBT, haul it down the street and sell it for 60 cents cash on the dollar to another store who repeats the cycle.
They have been hiding it by putting less in the bag too. Have you bought a bag of chips recently? More than half the bag is air.
CWII Spark — Food, or the lack of it, could spark things. The question is if it’ll spark in time to prevent another Holodomor.
(Armies travel on their stomachs, restrict food and you restrict the effectiveness of any opposing you.)
“Soon Tide Laundry Soap WILL be money.”
Already is in some places. Probably is a better means of exchange as it at least has some utility. I guess you could use FRNs for kindling if you had to, but laundry soap will at least get your clothes clean.
Trade goods seem a good idea at this point. Booze, sugar, gas, ammo, flour, honey, cigs, etc.
Thanks for the tip.
Armed guards on food trucks. You mean like they do in Guatemala?
Si.
Aldi’s has some really good prices. This week here they have pineapples for .99 cents. Now that’s a good deal.
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