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Almost like the system is compensating for more than just a “minor hiccup” caused by the pandemic, almost like that’s a convenient excuse to cover up a decade of mismanagement of investment.
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This, but also it's almost like the market isn't a perfectly efficient rational machine. It's like these companies are using "inflation" as an excuse to increases prices and decrease costs without a need. If they're making record profits while increasing prices, the prices weren't caused by inflation, rather they're the cause of it.
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I remember back to my econ class where most models were predicated by, "assuming rational actors.." and think then that most people are irrational and impulsive. And to think that much of the financial world is based on those models, it really sums up why no one has a clue why everything is so fuckey.
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Quality and quantity. That box of cereal suddenly costs 0.50 cents more and has 4 ounces less of product. I hate this place sometimes
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i have a playlist for that
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Looks like peoples expectations are right where I need them to start dating again.
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I may be stupid, but at least I don't have a lot of money
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And transportation. And repairs of anything. And property taxes. And insurance. And...
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Start a garden. In pots if you have to
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Old trash cans and even sturdy bags work for potatoes if you can't find big pots. Clean pallet wood that has only heat treatment can also be used to make planters that last a few years.
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The quality has only decreased if you buy the "popular" kinds. Adams peanut butter is legit. Rice is rice. Get bread from a local bakery, eggs from a local farm, sliced meats from a local deli etc. Coke has a zero sugar Vanilla Coke and a zero sugar Sprite, both of which are great.
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stares angrily in fresh produce
You do realize not everyone lives near local farms or has time in their day to go to them, right? You do realize fruits and veggies aren't only healthy, but delicious? You do realize that poorer people don't have much choice thanks to food deserts?
Capitalism destroys choices for the vast majority of people at its current stage. The free market destroys competition, the best thing capitalism supposedly had going for it. This destruction is by design. Monopoly was always the end game.
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Exactly this. I luckily live in California, where much of the produce is locally grown and easily accessible even in many rural places. When I've traveled to other states, it's hit or miss on whether you can find fresh produce that isn't fucked up in some way if any at all. Some places might not have anything but a Dollar Tree or similar within a 50+ mile radius.
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This presumes one has these options available. Yeah, there are local delis in the neighborhood, but they're slicing Boarshead, not their own cured meats. A bakery that actually bakes their own bread is a 90 minute round trip, while the local farmer's market is over an hour each way, one day a week to get eggs if you happen to be off that day. Also, closing that list out with Coke? I remember when I worked at a grocery store in high school, a 2L bottle was routinely on sale for less than a dollar. The same bottle is over $3 now.
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coke has a zero sugar ...
and yet they're probably charging the same as full sugar, probably while adding sweeteners to the full sugar version?
I hate to break it to you but sweetened drinks aren't much better for you than sugary ones, but are way cheaper to produce, so this is just coke wanting to save money yet again
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I hate to say it, but Walmart's store brand stuff is still reasonably priced. It's not uncommon for it be half the price of the big name brands.
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