January 11, 20223 yr 3 hours ago, VanHammersly said: Whoa, whoa, whoa, stop laughing. We're talking about pork prices in here, show some respect. My name is not Boogyman. I don't buy pork or pig products
January 12, 20223 yr Inflation jumped 7% last year, biggest gain since 1982 https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/inflation-jumped-7-last-year-biggest-gain-since-1982/ar-AASHBgu?ocid=BingNews On Donald's watch. Shameful.
January 12, 20223 yr On 12/28/2021 at 8:39 AM, The Norseman said: You're right on the demand side, but I think the supply side is a bit more complicated. OPEC cut production in line with falling demand during the pandemic and was hesitant to increase supply due to unclear future demand with the rising threat of variant related lockdowns. I'm not blaming Biden for the problem, but I do think his energy policy will lead to issues like this longer term...and most certainly he has re-established out dependence on foreign oil. All that being said, I do think its fair to criticize our energy policy for not seeing foreseeing rise demand and working to offset it. Seems pretty obvious to me that demand would rise (depleting supply) during the warmer months and the holidays on the heels of mass vaccination. OPEC didn’t cut supply because of lower demand. For awhile they were pushing supply to F over Russia. (You can park as many ships as you want off the port but there’s only so much room in a pipeline.). They didn’t lower it until the US threatened to pull troops out of Saudi Arabia.
January 12, 20223 yr On 1/11/2022 at 2:16 PM, Procus said: My name is not Boogyman. I don't buy pork or pig products Is that so, Mohamed?
January 12, 20223 yr On 1/11/2022 at 11:16 AM, Procus said: My name is not Boogyman. I don't buy pork or pig products Not eating bacon is unamerican.
January 12, 20223 yr On 1/11/2022 at 12:05 PM, Procus said: I called out someone for laughing about Covid deaths - he thought it was funny that unvaccinated people died. Think it was the same person who laughed at these shortages. Sorry to burst your pathetic little bubble. You looking for me?
January 12, 20223 yr 3 minutes ago, dawkins4prez said: You looking for me? Not in the least - I don't recall you ever doing such a thing. 22 minutes ago, downundermike said: Not eating bacon is unamerican. You just disenfranchised every Muslim, Jew, vegetarian and pescetarian in this country.
January 13, 20223 yr 5 hours ago, Toastrel said: Inflation jumped 7% last year, biggest gain since 1982 https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/inflation-jumped-7-last-year-biggest-gain-since-1982/ar-AASHBgu?ocid=BingNews On Donald's watch. Shameful. Yea trump should have done more last year.
January 13, 20223 yr On 1/11/2022 at 2:16 PM, Procus said: My name is not Boogyman. I don't buy pork or pig products Your're'erer loss, on both accounts.
January 13, 20223 yr 16 hours ago, Procus said: Are you an Islamaphobe? No. Do you still molest the neighbor's pets?
January 13, 20223 yr Quote Inflation Is Roaring Prices in Dec. 2021 were up 7% compared to Dec. 2020. Much of the increase is due to the clogged supply chain caused by the pandemic. For example, there are 100 ships loaded with containers outside the Port of Los Angeles waiting to unload on account of a shortage of port workers. When they are finally unloaded, there won't be enough truck drivers to get the goods to their destinations because some of the truckers are sick. When products are in short supply, stores can get away with raising their prices. Similar pandemic-related problems are present in other sectors of the economy, as well. Many people don't understand this, however, so they blame the president. Everyone thinks they know where the buck stops. Inflation is never good for the president's party because it is something people run up against every time they they buy groceries, gas, or other products whose former prices they know. Somebody has to get the blame and that somebody is generally the president, even though there is little he can do about it. Inflation has been higher than this before, but it has been 40 years, as shown below: People under the age of 55 probably have never felt serious inflation before and aren't saying: "Oh, inflation happens from time to time, no big deal" Older people might remember how it was in the 1970s and 1980s, but if they are living on a fixed and tight budget now, the recollection that it used to be worse is not going to put them in a good mood. Inflation is hitting hard in four sectors of the economy, as follows: Food: Just about all kinds of food, including fruits, vegetables, bread, and dairy products are up as the food industry deals with rising energy and transportation costs and labor shortages. The biggest increases have been in the prices of meat, fish, and eggs. Overall, food prices are up 6.5% over last year. Energy: Gasoline prices average $3.31/gal. nationally, although there is a lot of local variance. This is below November's $3.44/gal., but higher than it has been recently. Prices for home heating, including oil, natural gas, and electricity are also up. The food market is somewhat elastic. People can downgrade from steak to chicken or from national brands to store brands if they have to, but the energy market is very inelastic. If you need a tank of gas to get to work every week, there probably isn't much you can do but pay up, and the price of a tank of gas is something people usually remember easily. Housing: Home prices soared early in the pandemic as city-dwellers battled with each other for homes in the suburbs where they thought they could escape the coronavirus. Now they are moving back and rents are correspondingly moving up as demand is increasing and supply is static. For many people, their lease expired on Dec. 31, 2021, giving landlords the opportunity to raise the rent. And if the new lease is for a year, that increase is locked in for a year, no matter how many ships are unloaded in Los Angeles next month. Healthcare: The healthcare system is strained to the breaking point. Nurses are burned out and quitting in droves, just as more and more patients are showing up. When demand for a service is up and supply is down (due to staff shortages), that is a formula for higher prices going forward. People tend to have short memories and if prices stabilize before November, maybe the damage won't be so great for the Democrats. But if prices keep rising until, say, August, and then level off, people who are not economists are likely to miss that and still be angry that the Nov. 8, 2022, prices are still higher than the Nov. 8, 2021, prices. If the Democrats had working control of Congress, and wanted to take some of the heat off themselves, they could cut payroll taxes and increase taxes at the high end to be budgetarily neutral. But Republicans will oppose that with all they've got and some Democrats will probably resist as well, so it is not likely to happen.
January 13, 20223 yr 2 hours ago, Toastrel said: No. Do you still molest the neighbor's pets? Only if they're hot.
January 14, 20223 yr 7 minutes ago, Procus said: Publix in Miami Beach today. Do you have a link to where that picture came from ??
January 14, 20223 yr 4 minutes ago, Procus said: Publix in Miami Beach today. I don't know what you'll eat without TP and paper towels.
January 14, 20223 yr 2 hours ago, downundermike said: Do you have a link to where that picture came from ?? It's not a food aisle that's for sure. Unless they put toilet and sink scrubbers along with disposable rubber gloves in with the cereal in Florida.... Or the UK where Google lens is telling me that pick is from lol. Prices indicate that is most likely paper or cleaning supplies aisle.
January 16, 20223 yr On 1/14/2022 at 4:15 PM, JohnSnowsHair said: I don't know what you'll eat without TP and paper towels. First! I hate Brady.
January 16, 20223 yr 14 minutes ago, Toty said: It's definitely a Publix aisle (so, U.S.) - but for paper towels and "disposable cutlery", etc. If you look at the top, the aisle on the opposite side appears full of chips as @Ugluk has shown. The horror of having to wash my own dishes! And towels!
January 16, 20223 yr On 1/14/2022 at 4:10 PM, Procus said: Publix in Miami Beach today. Stop living in an ish hole town and you won't have these problems.
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