Posted on 02/22/2024 8:33:57 PM PST by SeekAndFind
And the prepper says, “I’m fine.”
Baloney, it’s never been this bad. Maybe the depression era. But 30 years ago? Not this bad. Not close.
Going only by the headline: I buy eggs in six packs now because I live alone. 3 weeks ago the eggs were .90 per six. I just added them to my grocery list for this week; they are now 1.60 per six. Three weeks...wth?
It hasn’t been too totally bad in Canada. Eggs have gone up by $0.30 for 30.
I’m a rare guy, I have a budget.
My budget for all consumables
pets,dinner, beer, anything that an animal consumes
is 30% of my monthly budget.
in my records other than military service, it has been that since age 16 I’m 68 now.
My recollection and experience coming of age in the 70’s; prices never come down and recovery takes 10 years for wages to increase.
One of the reasons I’ve been doing multi-day fasts, that saves money on food.
Across the board, yes. Had lunch out with a friend yesterday. Not a fancy place, but local and reliably good. He had a pastrami sandwich. I had a BLT. We both had some iced tea. With a 20% tip for the excellent service we received, it was around $45. Holy crap. I’m so old that I remember when $45 would keep me fed for a week.
I’m 66. Always seemed to be hope but I’ve never seen inflated prices with stagnet( recessive) wages.
I don’t remember 30 years ago on the 90’s being like this at all. No one was crying about the economy and food prices like this in my life. Am I wrong? Not even Carter years?
I am 70 and I have NEVER seen food prices like this NEVER all of my neighbors and friends feel exactly the same way!!! Electric bills are also OUT OF CONTROL!!
Off the shelf medicine, increased 58% over the last 3 years.
Was $11:94, then $14.94, then $17.94, and 02/15/2024: $18.9.
Impossible. It just can’t be that simple. Don’t you know you MUST use a smart phone with a budgeting app that allows you compulsively ‘monitor’ things on a 24/7 basis? (63, and with a similar program...)
Why the sudden increase?
They say bird flue, but I suspect feeding illegals and destruction of food plants also play a part.
42 years, 1990’s were fine.
The value of a dollar in a restaurant is now only half what it was on January 20, 2020.
I’ve never felt “pinched” by inflation up until the past 3 or so years. My annual income has risen each and every year of my adult life, and I always felt that I was at least treading water. No longer. EVERYTHING has become prohibitively/ridiculously expensive. Across the board, and very suddenly. I feel seriously pinched, for good reason, and I don’t like it one damn bit. I’m one of the lucky ones who can make adjustments to keep things on track pretty quickly, as I’m solo these days. I can’t imagine what young families or those right on the edge are going through, with their budgets often stretched to the absolute limits, and for some, beyond. Meanwhile, we are lectured by billionaires and strident, emotionally unbalanced teenage girls who tell us we need to get with the program... Got it...
It has certainly made me shop for food on the basis of maximizing nutrients and calories for the buck. Don’t pay for empty calories.
The value of a dollar in a restaurant is now only half what it was on January 20, 2020.
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