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gristy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 11:44 PM Original message |
Food Prices Rising at Fastest Rate in 17 Years |
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. I don't think there will be much social security soon. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 12:00 AM Response to Original message |
2. Look, my house quadrupled in value between 1998 and 2006. |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
3. Have gas prices also affected you yet? |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 01:21 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. diesel |
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DUlover2909 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 05:27 AM Response to Reply #3 |
24. In 1998 I paid 77 cents a gallon at Racetrack in Dallas. |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
4. 4.5%??? What a crock. Look at the increase in the price of eggs and bread. |
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BelgianMadCow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 01:15 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. yessss!!! you are So right. More like forty percent! |
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bulloney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 05:45 AM Response to Reply #4 |
27. I've been saying for years that the inflation index is totally bogus, especially with food. |
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LongTomH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
5. Worst in 17 years? |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 12:34 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Another Bush, to be precise. |
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bilgewaterbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
6. I like how inflation is measured AFTER taking out the "volatile" food and energy segments. |
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BelgianMadCow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 01:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. We do the same. Totally pisses me off. |
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ryanmuegge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 06:33 AM Response to Reply #6 |
28. You can blame the Clinton cocksuckers for that shenanigan. |
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Systematic Chaos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
10. The 99 Cent Stores are our salvation at this point. |
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BelgianMadCow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 01:21 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. We have Aldi over here |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 08:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
41. Even at Aldi, the last box of dry milk we bought was $6.99, now $12.99, eggs have more than doubled, |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 01:25 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. yes, BUT |
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Systematic Chaos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 01:46 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I know these might be GM crops, and that does concern me. |
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heliarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 02:35 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Good for you.... |
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heliarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 02:26 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. And the saddest part... |
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Systematic Chaos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 02:32 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. The majority are from Mexico I believe. |
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heliarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 02:47 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. We are lucky in California to have so many markets... |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:22 AM Response to Reply #19 |
30. shopping at "ethnic" markets |
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Systematic Chaos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
38. I live very close to Vegas' Chinatown. |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 03:06 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. Try $3 for a red bell pepper |
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Systematic Chaos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 06:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
39. OMG where the hell is this?? |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 01:49 AM Response to Reply #39 |
48. I stopped buying them at that price |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 01:55 AM Response to Original message |
15. We've had these rising gas prices for 7 years + now . . . it was effecting everything all along --- |
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FatDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 03:13 AM Response to Original message |
21. Milk is approaching $4 a gallon in Iowa. |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 03:25 AM Response to Original message |
22. Ladies and Gentlemen... we have the Harbinger at our doorstep. |
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Broadslidin (949 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 03:50 AM Response to Original message |
23. May we, 'the amurikans' pay dearly for what we have done to the Citizens of Iraq. |
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LBJDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 05:41 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. What? |
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LBJDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 05:40 AM Response to Original message |
25. Ummm, ethanol, anyone? |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
29. Wal-Mart. By eliminating competition, and forcing most goods from China and other distant countries |
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gristy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
31. Wholesale inflation surges 1.1% in March |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
32. What is the reason for this? |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
33. I couldn't get a parking spot at the discount Oroweat bread store yesterday |
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Geek_Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
34. I read an article recently that stated |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 12:16 AM Response to Reply #34 |
47. They look at both: |
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cliss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
35. Food prices rose 4 % in 2007. |
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TriggerGal (220 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
36. 'Tis the season ... |
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rcsl1998 (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
37. K&R |
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Purveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
40. "mills across the country are using words like 'rationing' and 'shortages' if things continue"... |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
42. ROFL! Seventeen years, is it? |
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2tr4nqued (190 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
43. Is it wrong to kill Republicans |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
44. By the old, REAL pre-1980 inflation measurement... |
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gristy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 11:53 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Excellent. Thanks for that web site |
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Lithos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
45. Hey Bush finally got his Trifecta |
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