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re: So sick of the price of everything right now.
Posted on 9/19/23 at 8:25 am to Mo Jeaux
Posted on 9/19/23 at 8:25 am to Mo Jeaux
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Then what should it cost? Give me a reasonable figure though.
A single Bojangles combo (biscuit sandwich/side/drink) ran me about $6 just before Covid. I don't live in the south anymore, so I can't really compare, but it was cheap then.
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Posted on 9/19/23 at 8:30 am to Corinthians420
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1971 is when the neverending cycle of debt started, when the gold standard was abolished
How about when George Washington cut down his father's cherry tree? I'm sure the Left can draw some type of parallel there as well with inflation. I swear y'all are all woven from the same cloth of zero accountability and deflection. I couldn't live my life with zero responsibility, but to each his own I guess.
Posted on 9/19/23 at 8:31 am to Mo Jeaux
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Then what should it cost? Give me a reasonable figure though.
$5 for a biscuit/drink combo seems about right. Maybe $6 for the steak
Posted on 9/19/23 at 8:31 am to Tomatocantender
You don't see any correlation? 
This post was edited on 9/19/23 at 8:48 am
Posted on 9/19/23 at 8:35 am to Lsupimp
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While it is factually correct to spread blame around it is also important to remember that Statism in general aspires to creating these conditions.
While I understand and appreciate your point, I offer a different line of thinking.
Rest of the world throughout history had some form of primogeniture where inheritance was based on bloodline in some form. Most that fled the rest of the world to populate the United States were those sons and daughters who were left out. They usually came here with nothing and built something through multiple generations of VERY hard work.
The Civil War allowed the wealthy to not serve and the Robber Barrons emerged (pure Capitalism) until the government had to step in. This was the first appearance of what I call "Corporate Monarchies". From the 1900 to 1950 we swung the other way to "Game Theory Humanism" and the wealthy served active duty in WW I and WW II. The 1950's to the oil shocks of the 1970's this was more the status quo. Since 1980 the pendulum has swung back to pure Capitalism Robber Barrons but individual people / families has lost control to faceless shorter term management.
We have now entered a more dangerous version of Corporate Monarchies where fewer and fewer control the wealth and power and "Public Choice Policy" has proven correct but nobody discusses it as most media fester "Us vs Them" to distract the actual citizens from the consolidation of powerful monopolies and oligarchies through Social Media and sound byte modern politicians.
MSNBC = "Us vs Them" = Democracy vs Fascism
FOX = "Us vs Them" = Democracy vs Communism
The problem is both distract from Corporate Monarchies, which is the truth
TL : DR You are probably assigning blame to the wrong party
Posted on 9/19/23 at 8:40 am to jchamil
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$5 for a biscuit/drink combo seems about right. Maybe $6 for the steak
Well, GetCocky said that the combos were $6 before COVID. We've had three years of rampant inflation since then. Also, the poster didn't mention a combo, so it doesn't appear that he was taking advantage of any cost savings. Adding in tax, and "almost $18" just doesn't seem that egregious to me.
I'm not saying it's cheap or even a good value. It just doesn't trike me as being all that odd, all things considered. I don't eat fast food all that much, so just trying to gage where things are.
This post was edited on 9/19/23 at 8:41 am
Posted on 9/19/23 at 8:43 am to Mo Jeaux
you can still get a filling meal at most fast food places for just $5-10.
Mcdonald's, Taco Bell, and Wendy's specifically. I think the dollar/value menu items are better than the combo meals anyways but that's just my opinion.
Mcdonald's, Taco Bell, and Wendy's specifically. I think the dollar/value menu items are better than the combo meals anyways but that's just my opinion.
Posted on 9/19/23 at 8:46 am to Tomatocantender
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The word I believe you're looking for is accept (I know, English can be a little tricky).
More like autocorrect puts words in that are not the words I actually typed
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You are a clown with this 1980 baseline bullshite that you lifted from some outdated textbook.
No, I am a very old dude who has actually lived through it and does not need a textbook to tell me what I actually saw.
Again, you keep drinking the Kool Aid and thinking you are right and you will continue headlong into a horrible future, blaming the other side the whole time as you crash.
The difference between us is a shift in American society. I grew up in a household where 3 - 4 generations all sat down together and had actual discussions about real life. We learned and we spoke our own thoughts and came to logical long term solutions or we agreed to disagree and moved on.
This era has replaced that with the 5 second soundbite, 120 character discussions (including emojis), and an accepting of invasion of privacy by faceless corporations who data mine you for control and profit.
HTH
Posted on 9/19/23 at 8:48 am to Corinthians420
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The problem is that idiots keep voting for this thinking their D or R candidate is gonna try to fix it.
That right there is the "money shot" but god forbid people actually pay attention to it.
Posted on 9/19/23 at 8:49 am to Cheese Grits
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Back in the 1980's there was a "garbologist" who studied trash. He wrote a paper of scientific research that I feel sure maybe 10 people read but it was fascinating. The part in his research that was most interesting is that the poorest people in the study and the richest people in the study ate the same thing and the folks in the middle ate something else.
Rich & Poor ate home cooked fresh foods. The poor because it was the cheapest at the time and the rich because they had the staff to cook for them.
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Folks in the middle ate fast food and processed food (frozen food) that were already prepared and MOST unhealthy do to poor dietary ingredients sacrificed for convenience.
Fast forward to now and obesity has skyrocketed as most everybody has moved to fast food and processed food.
Just something to think about!
Eating like that is a good way to go from middle class to poverty....health problems are probably the #1 threat to economic stability. I don't know that for certain but I have known a lot of people doing fine who had minor to major health setbacks who were ruined financially.
Posted on 9/19/23 at 8:50 am to grizzlylongcut
Idk, but there’s an entire city living under the interstate in Nola. Went a different route today and besides the Tchop exit, tents are all under I-10. And beggars on corners. Lady working at gas station says alot aren’t from around here and she doesn’t know what brings them. It’s insane. One day we will all be there with them if things continue.
Posted on 9/19/23 at 8:54 am to Corinthians420
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1971 is when the neverending cycle of debt started, when the gold standard was abolished
The question is why?
While I admire and respect your point, could it be that also coincided with the first oil shock in the 1970's?
Nixon was a great POTUS just his paranoia got the best of him. As stated above, Nixon, nor Ford, nor Carter could fix (as POTUS) the damage to the US national mindset or fiscal policy from how OPEC changed America forever.
Posted on 9/19/23 at 9:02 am to Cheese Grits
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The question is why?
It gave the government the ability to spend money they didn't collect.
They can now print money without having gold to back it, so they can spend $5 trillion on covid bailouts.
The budget tended to stay pretty balanced when they couldn't print as much money as they "needed" and actually had to collect it.
Posted on 9/19/23 at 9:15 am to Cheese Grits
Posted on 9/19/23 at 9:19 am to Cregg
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I went to Taco Bell the other day for the first time in probably 3 years. Could not believe how frickin expensive that shite is now.
Chipotle Chicken Burrito is 2 dollars, and fills me up.
Posted on 9/19/23 at 9:20 am to Dixie2023
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Where was that? That’s insane and can’t be right.
Two Tide Free and Clear (112 capsules) $37 each. Cafe Bustello K-cups (72 pods) $36 and bottle of spray in wash $3.. Actually comes to $114 plus tax. I must have gotten some shopper discounts. Randalls store. in Houston
*Got three coffee drinking teenagers, and while I appreciate them doing their own laundry, might need to ration the Tide pods moving forward.
This post was edited on 9/19/23 at 9:25 am
Posted on 9/19/23 at 9:23 am to Corinthians420
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It gave the government the ability to spend money they didn't collect.
Might I offer a different possibility?
I knew Huddleston personally and several others the last time "public access" was given to Fort Knox. If there is no more gold standard, then the accounting of actual reserves can be shifted to some other entry on the government books.
The L&N (one of the more powerful companies in US history most know nothing about) was headquartered in Louisville, KY (a very short distance to Fort Knox). One of the largest naval ordnance bases was also in Louisville and Fort Knox was one of the largest Army bases (50K at peak employment). The largest private ordnance supplier was just outside of Lexington, KY.
With the primary US gold reserve and a gold standard in place, this all makes sense.
Ft Knox is down to 500 - 1,000 and the Armor is GONE
The L&N is GONE
The Naval base is a shell of its former self
The private Revolutionary War munitions is now part of a private on the East Coast
Could all be possible because all that gold is also long gone?
Could it be we went off the standard to trade that gold for oil all these years, and by now there is none left?
FWIW : I still have silver certificates from that era (collectors items now) that were a secondary metal with the same "Will pay to bearer on demand" language our regular currency used to say?
Something to ponder.
Posted on 9/19/23 at 9:23 am to OysterPoBoy
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That whole bean baw about to tear you a new one.
He can kiss my arse. He's probably too busy boring some poor chick in a bar about the subtle hoppiness of his craft brew IPA.
Posted on 9/19/23 at 9:23 am to Mo Jeaux
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but what did you expect this meal to cost?
I expect it to cost about $10.
Posted on 9/19/23 at 9:24 am to Tantal
Yes it can all be blamed on him
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