inflation

[GeoFisher]

Geo, there is no denying costs for common goods have risen , but the increase didn't start the day Brandon took office. I have grocery receipts, I can prove it.
I keep hearing how bad everything is and no one can afford to live and blah blah blah dee blah.
Horsephokey!
If times are sooo bad someone explain to me how EVERY lake, state park and outdoor venue is busting at the seems with people slinging money faster than vendors can catch it.
The next time a marina tells you it's been a tough year you should punch them in their lying ass mouth as hard as you can. What they won't say is business is off the charts and they can and are charging whatever they want because people are running over people to pay it.
I will admit it , I am living pretty **** good right now and that is either BECAUSE OF TRUMP THEN BRANDON or IN SPITE OF TRUMP THEN BRANDON
does anyone else have the sack to admit they are doing pretty well these days????.....

I never said it started with Biden.......but it is definitely accelerating under Biden. For 20+ years inflation was at about a manageable 4%. It is significantly higher now. 6% last month, 9% the month before.

I don't know the answers, but I do know I'm not looking forward to the double inflations that are coming.

Later,

Geo

[stripernut1]

no Geo I don't think that's what you are implying. my point is this....
I 100%agree inflation is REAL and could become painful if the trajectory continues.
But...and a big but..the effects of catastrophic inflation are hard to see by people's activities. I mean if you try to build a new home you are put on a waiting list that seems never ending. New boat? good luck, again a huge waiting list.
Try to get a full time slip at Jamestown marina and you would be lucky to even get on the waiting list. And this is in spite of a substantial annual rate increase.
the point being I think we (consumers) are being fleeced on a lot of goods and services. Under the covid umbrella many justified increased prices due to increased cost. many of those costs have been controlled but the retail price remains high for no other reason than "just because ".
And like you I don't have any answers, that's supposedly what we pay our "leaders" to resolve.
At Thanksgiving I was lamenting the high gas prices with my son. A relative bluntly told me "stfu nobody's forcing you to buy it".
I quickly answered "I can't make a living if I can't drive".
He smiled and said "you're correct...and big oil and the government know that"
so we are approving our situation by continuing to invest in that situation.
Later
Stripernut