He lost a lot of weight last year. They’re going to have to blame someone who has eaten more, like President Slurpee/Bacon Cheeseburger/Ice Cream/Pie himself.

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which is definitely causing corn acreage in this country to be greatly distorted, the main culprits for food price increases are really beyond our control (ie bad harvests and increased foreign demand from China/India).

he used to advertise for “food insurance” and advocates for people to have a food storage system in place. it’s so easy to think like a liiberal.

Food is getting more expensive because we subsidize so many of the purchases. Producers and sellers no longer meet the price the market will bear. They meet instead the price that the government is stupid enough to subsidize. I will win the E-VIL KONSERVATIVE medallion. I blame food stamps.

Food stamps have done for food prices what student aid has done for college tuition, tax deductions and HUD programs have done for housing, and what MediPander has done for healthcare costs. All areas have been subsidized and eventually have seen the prices go up. You’d better qualify for the subsidy, or you will no longer be able to afford the product. Enjoy your lunch

easily attain the CAFE standards of 35 mph. Note the difference in mph ratings with gas and 15% ethanol is 6 mph in the city up to 10 mph on the freeway according to the government’s own stastitics @ http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/bestworst.shtml
Where is the anti inflation party platform? Instead there is “we’lll make a deal with the devil to keep these corn farmers and Growth Energy happy,” kind of thought processes. Now a significant farming focus appears to be getting their government subsidy in a corn for ethanol tax credit,- yes?

Its great that Bernanke is an expert on the depression era but his currency consciousness strikes me as appalling, where in the world does does he think he can stimulate the economy by trying to stoke inflation and trying to keep yields low?- As if bond traders will buy into his logic and keep rates lower than 3.3 % LOL dude – To top it off food and energy aren’t calculated into whether or not rates should rise to tame that inflation. Trichet is very well aware of the situation even though the Euro’s strength is becoming an issue again in relation to commodities, IMHO. Just yesterday he used “remain vigilant” his code for raising rates again due to the same phenomenom, too bad Trichet isn’t our Central Banker, he would be able to help tame the inflation issue.

Being responsible for keeping the expenses of a small business low I know the cost has been going up but never checked until just now. I found a ten year old Grainger catalog and checked. I had to double check because I did not think it was that bad. The few items I looked at averaged out to about a 240% increase, from electric motors to switches. Depending on the business this could represent as much as one quarter of the operational costs, I am now afraid to see how much other elements of doing business has increased over the years.

Prediction, you have not yet seen how much more it will cost. Hording food sounds like a good idea, please excuse me, I have to move some stuff out of my garage.