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Skittles

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29. you know how food and drink packaging is getting smaller
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 05:47 PM
Jun 2019

that's another way they try to hide inflation

Walked into a grocery store lately? Food prices are definitely up hlthe2b Jun 2019 #1
HELL YEAH I have, I grocery shop all the time, and prices are WAY THE HELL UP ... mr_lebowski Jun 2019 #3
Because the inflation numbers are designed in a way to not include the costs that affect most people Salviati Jun 2019 #9
And we get most of our food and energy from China? Igel Jun 2019 #14
This is an explanation to the post that I responded to. Salviati Jun 2019 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author NutmegYankee Jun 2019 #30
+a brazillion! nt tblue37 Jun 2019 #26
interesting point gopiscrap Jun 2019 #2
I suspect that when they changed the measurements used to measure inflation, they ... SWBTATTReg Jun 2019 #4
That's my suspicion as well ... somehow the impact of the inflation these tariffs are causing mr_lebowski Jun 2019 #8
Many different indicators out there too...just that someone has got to tie it all together and ... SWBTATTReg Jun 2019 #10
It takes awhile for those things to start having an impact. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2019 #5
I have definitely noticed the increase in the price of avocados. smirkymonkey Jun 2019 #25
Some will get absorbed in lower profit margins. roamer65 Jun 2019 #6
Point,in the Mid Seventies, Wellstone ruled Jun 2019 #7
The price of everything is rising rapidly. Do you buy food, clothing or gas? onecaliberal Jun 2019 #11
Of course, hence the post ... mr_lebowski Jun 2019 #12
No one is actually trying to give us accurate information from this criminal squatter administration onecaliberal Jun 2019 #20
Official inflation numbers don't unclude gas or food. AJT Jun 2019 #27
It is trending up recently, just not way up yet. MarvinGardens Jun 2019 #13
Under Greenspan/Boskin we changed the way we compute inflation. Jim__ Jun 2019 #16
Ah, I suppose that 'helps' ... watch, by 2020 the basket will consist of Prison Nutraloaf (nt) mr_lebowski Jun 2019 #17
taxes (or tariffs) are not necessarily passed on to the consumer Mosby Jun 2019 #18
Nobody wants to hear that here dumbcat Jun 2019 #23
In the article you posted, it says it does NOT apply to necessities Farmer-Rick Jun 2019 #28
Two numbers. Voltaire2 Jun 2019 #19
You want the dirty socialists to rip off the US Taxpayers? Kid Berwyn Jun 2019 #21
True, good point there ... (nt) mr_lebowski Jun 2019 #22
Related...have heard people say on CNBC that trump wants an interest rate drop to Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2019 #24
you know how food and drink packaging is getting smaller Skittles Jun 2019 #29
I smell another tax to take care of this increase in prices due to Trump Tariffs. Of course, NCjack Jun 2019 #31
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