Posted on 03/15/2024 5:32:46 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie
A loaf of PLAIN white WAL MART brand bread was 84 Cents/loaf for YEARS...
NOW—$1.48 a loaf.
77% increase. MY SOC SEC went up 3.2%
Have receipts back to 2000 on hand for reference.
I know people who retired and on SS, along with a modest nest egg, who definitely fell behind the past 3+ years.
No, it certainly did not.
I got out of debt and this swallowed up what I was expecting to be surplus income.
I know it would be a lot worse had I not gotten out of debt...but to call it a disappointment would be an understatement...
Some items at the dollar store that were a dollar are now two dollars - 100% increase.
And 1000 Family Dollar stores closing because their profit margins tanked…
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