This economy sucks!!!!! I am sooooo frikin MADDDDDDDDD

[greenbriar]

went to the grocery store. 281 dollars for groceries and that is not even for the month~

Milk 4.09 eggs 2.15 and on and on


We went to college to better ourselves but we are being nickeled and dimed to DEATH

we can never get a head because when we get a raise, gas pricse also rise

as well as milk, bread, eggs and EVERY frikin thing else


I know...I am thankful that we have jobs and insurance and things, but geezh can we ever get a head?????

[greenbriar]

1. who was it that said

if the minions are struggling to keep a float, they won't rage at the government?

[NMDemDist2]

2. i feel your pain

I'm planting a big garden this year to hopefully offset some of the rising prices

if I get a bumper crop I may even make a $ or $$ at the farmer's market

but either way, my freezer will be full for winter and we'll have yummy veggies all summer and fall

[NNN0LHI]

3. I filled my tank today for $3.12 a gallon and felt like I stole something

Its above $3.20 a gallon everywhere else.

Don

[leftofthedial]

4. try living in this toilet of a country

WITHOUT a job

[Warpy]

5. Save your rage because it's going to get much, much worse

Whenever you see somebody angry in the supermarket, talk to them and make damned sure they know who to blame. Same at the gas pump. Let everybody know this is what that party does when it gets into power too long. Don't let them forget it. It's not the person, although he's a disaster. It's his party.

[blues90]

16. I got angry at the super market

And I was removed by security for upsetting customers . No one gives a damn about my of anyones anger we are in this alone .
all I saw were people accepting things as they are . I scream at gas stations but have yet to get a chorus going .

I really have to question how many people are even willing to voice their anger or frustration , they just go along with it all .

What a sad sorry country we live in .

[LibDemAlways]

24. I get pissed, too. I'm just so goddamned tired of

being kicked around by big corporations, the government, other people. After a while you just want to vent, and you come here hoping you've found a safe haven, only to be reminded that people are rude and obnoxious here, too.

Yesterday I received a 28 page Census Bureau survey in the mail demanding answers to all sorts of personal questions about my health, finances, home, job...including such beauties as whether or not I bathe myself. I kid you not. If you haven't received one of these yet, you will eventually. The feds hope to have the US covered by 2010. Anyhow, I was outraged at this bullshit attempt to invade my privacy, and posted here asking if others had received the thing and how they had handled it.
Some DUer who apparently works for the Census Bureau took it personally and called me an idiot - for being pissed at the government's attempt to follow me into my bathroom.

What this country desperately needs is for people to get pissed and start making noise - loud and long. There's strength in numbers and we could accomplish a lot if we'd unite. Unfortunately, most people are so cowed and afraid of making waves that the crap we get handed only gets piled on higher and higher while we struggle not to be crushed under its weight.

[Warpy]

26. Stop screaming. Start talking.

You'll have better longevity in most situations.

[blues90]

27. I've tried talking , no one wants to talk

I have had enough , people here walk around with this blank look on their face and a cell phone .

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

18. I agree, been doing this for some time now. Also phone your

reps often, keep the office staff busy.

[BeHereNow]

21. YES! Never pass up the opportunity to remind them WHO is to blame.

I think we should start an action.
Random fliers in public places educating the public
as to why they are struggling to pay for food and gas.

BHN

[Ghost Dog]

28. And please resist the temptation to blame it on 'foreigners',

thanks. :-(

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. Remember this is by design

this is going to destroy the middle class (if not already done it)

[louis-t]

7. Paid $6 for a gallon of OJ yet?

I refuse.

[greenbriar]

8. we will go without

!

[lumberjack_jeff]

9. Did you happen to catch a price for torches and pitchforks?

We might need to stock up soon.

[walldude]

10. If it weren't for Costco I'd be paying over a grand a month

for food. Feeding 5. Even with Costco it's around $600-$700 a month. Not counting side trips to the store and eating out once in awhile...

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. For me it is the PX... and Costco...

but I fully undestand

[ixion]

11. yep, it truly sucks

I buy less and pay more just about every week. :grr: :argh:

[debbierlus]

12. We ain't seen nothing yet

It sucks. My fixer upper house is in shambles because we can't afford the price of materials...

We need a revolution. It will only come when the depression hits full on....

Sometime in late January of next year.

[Zyg]

14. Could be worse...

You could live in the UK, my friend. Petrol is over £1 a litre. Coke costs more. Pay raises are below inflation (in real terms). We have an inept gov't. Oh, and we're still suffering from post-imperial malaise.

On the plus side, we have the highest obesity, childhood asthma and teenage pregnancy rates in the whole of Europe.

[greenbriar]

17. then how is your medical

coverage????

[cap]

20. it must be tough to be getting a guaranteed pension. and unemployment benefits..

and tough not to have high infant mortality like the US...or people putting off seeing a doctor

[sam sarrha]

15. read naomi kleins .. the shock doctrone.. it is the plan..

[knitter4democracy]

19. You know it's bad when the bakery outlet's really busy.

Ours ran out of bread the other day when I was in there. The clerks were shocked--they'd never seen that before. It used to be there'd be a few people roaming around in there, but most days now, there's a line.

Same with Horrocks, our farm-market-like store in town. They have the cheapest prices and best quality. It used to be that mornings were fairly quiet. Hardly anyone in there. These days, every time I go in, it's packed. People have looked at the prices and seen where it's cheaper like I have.

Bakery outlet bread here costs $0.59/loaf, twenty cents more for organic. Eggs at Horrocks went up this week to $1.59/doz, highest I've ever seen it there. We can't drink milk, so we drink Silk--Target has the lowest price and is still just until three bucks. Everywhere else, even Horrocks, is over $3.50 a half gallon.

Big Lots is another good place to look, especially for cereal and pasta sauce (if you need the fast already done-up version) and canned goods. I've gotten organic cereal there for a dollar a box before.

The fancier grocery store in town's a desert. Hardly anyone shops there anymore. I don't think it'll stay open much longer.

[slackmaster]

22. Recommended!

I have a "good" job and haven't seen a real raise in over three years. Meanwhile costs keep going up, and the company keeps laying people off and putting MORE work on the shoulders of the survivors.

[Wiley50]

23. Find out if there's an ALDI store nearby

you have to bag your own groceries (and pay a nickle for a bag if you don't bring your own)

and plug a quarter into the shopping cart (which you get back when you return the cart) Great Idea!

BUT YOU SAVE 30-50 PERCENT OFF OF EVERYTHING

for food that is the same or better quality


I rarely by anything anywhere else

[greenbriar]

25. yep

we used to shop there


and will start again