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To: SeekAndFind

Just a quick calculation:

A bar b que salad and drink cost $5 in 2000.

Today the same meal at the same restaurant costs $18.29.

That’s 3.65 times more. Inflation is much higher than official numbers state.

We can’t bump up interest rates to 1981 levels to crush inflation. We are too much into debt for that.

When is it time to panic?


6 posted on 05/24/2024 9:36:24 AM PDT by packagingguy
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To: packagingguy

The time for panic was years ago.


8 posted on 05/24/2024 9:39:34 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: packagingguy
We can’t bump up interest rates to 1981 levels to crush inflation. We are too much into debt for that.

That should be a manageable problem, I think. But it would sure make some people mad. Especially the way they're cancelling debts for people lately.

13 posted on 05/24/2024 10:42:44 AM PDT by xoxox
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I can now feed a family of 2 on what I used to feed a family of 5. Lets go brandon.


16 posted on 06/06/2024 7:11:43 AM PDT by Texas resident (Biden=Obama=Jarrett=Soros)
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