[upchuck]

Diet Rite, my fav, jumped from $1.00 to $1.38.

Sargento Cheese just jumped by more than a dollar.

But we can’t include food and energy inflation when figuring gvt benefits for Social Security recipients. Oh, no, we can’t do that

[yorkiemom]

“But we can’t include food and energy inflation when figuring gvt benefits for Social Security recipients. Oh, no, we can’t do that”

Things we actually use are excluded from that calculation. Orwellian logic.

[MrB]

Those things are included in EBT calculations, for sure.

No matter how much food costs inflate, EBTs will go up accordingly,

so, you’re gonna pay more for YOUR food at the same time you’re gonna pay more in taxes for someone else’s food.

[ELS]

But we can’t include food and energy inflation when figuring gvt benefits for Social Security recipients. Oh, no, we can’t do that

Right, because SocSec recipients don't spend any of their money on food or energy. </sarc>

[Patriotic1]

I buy fancy-pants peas: LeSeuer in the silver can. I joke that they are free range because they are so expensive. A couple of years ago they were routinely 1.10 or so, going on sale for under $1. Now, the cans run about 1.80 and rarely go on sale.

I still have the cheaper cans in my pantry but am having a hard time “shelling” out the money for more peas. But it’s not like they’re going to get cheaper.