Quote (duffman316 @ Apr 11 2024 08:10pm)

imo we just need to start assassinating entire company boards along with the ceo for decisions they've made

if a bunch of idiots can superglue themselves to shit, it can't be hard to pick up a knife and do some good for humanity

Quote (duffman316 @ Apr 11 2024 09:10pm)

imo we just need to start assassinating entire company boards along with the ceo for decisions they've made

if a bunch of idiots can superglue themselves to shit, it can't be hard to pick up a knife and do some good for humanity

Quote (Goomshill @ 11 Apr 2024 00:12)

The election is 7 months away. I've been saying for years that pretty much everything up until 1-2 months before an election can be disregarded because of the short attention span of voters. But I think its getting pretty safe to contradict Yellan's transitory identification and say food prices will be the biggest issue voters care about. Or top three, even if world war breaks out again. McDonalds is advertising a $25 "value deal" of 40 mcnuggets and two large fries that doesn't even come with drinks. Even ramen noodles cost more than a quarter

Today brought bad CPI news, with stubborn 3.5% yty inflation, scuttling the plans for the feds to cut rates any time soon aka before the election. And all this inflation after decades of the fed's irresponsibility is just proving that quantitative easing was the most regressive form of taxation. The investor class doesn't fret when inflation mirrors the DOW, but average joes and particularly those bouncing around the poverty line with no savings have to spend their whole paycheck on rent and food. And there are a lot more voters with credit cart debt than with private yachts.

Doesn't take Carville or Rove to identify this issue or how it will define the election. So the question becomes, how will Donald Trump exploit it? How will Joe Biden defend against it?
I figure the old post-it-note political slogan has to rule. Trump needs to find a way to drag Biden down on the economy with one memorable catchphrase, a Biden gaffe, a scandal, anything that wraps this albatross around his neck

Quote (Goomshill @ Apr 11 2024 04:34pm)

Groceries have skyrocketed in price. That goes for everything at the bottom of the spectrum to the top. Like I said in the op, even Ramen noodles cost more than a quarter now. Everyone here has seen their grocery bills blow up, so even if you choose to pinch pennies and live on potatoes, pasta, rice, beans and oats, you're still paying far more than you used to. And frankly the moment you add in fresh vegetables, fruits, fish, meat, etc, thats when you wind up paying nearly as much for home cooked meals as eating out. Even MN federal reserve president Neal Kashkari was blowing through $300+ on his grocery bill when interviewed as an example for inflation and he was buying Stouffers lasagnas.

These prices hit working people at the bottom of the spectrum the most. Those who don't have the time to homecook every meal, who use up their whole paycheck and don't have savings and investments to cushion them from inflation. Because inflation is just regressive taxation, we put money into the pockets of the past rich by taking it out of the pockets of present poors. I might have time to bake my own bread and brew my own beer while money rolls in, but I don't go to the balcony of my ivory tower and whip out my dick to the plebes and piss on them by saying "They can always downgrade from hungry man to banquet"