Two reasons:
My medical not only covers routine annual exams and inoculations, but waives the deductible as well. They know that preventative care is much cheaper than waiting until things go bad.
Yep, there are only a few corporations that own most of the grocery stores in the U.S., and a few corporations that supply most of the meat in the U.S. (see Cargill, Tyson Foods, JBS, Marfrig, and Agri Stats for the meat supply).
I'm impressed you can find that many quality restaurants to dine in. Too many have taken a real dive here in my vicinity to even bother to enjoy at any price.
If it’s something you enjoy doing together and a priority, why cut back? If it is reducing funds allocated to something even mmore important to you, then I could see cutting back, otherwise enjoy.
Your increase in your auto insurance bill will more than make up for the savings with the gas bottle!Not inflation but unbelievably amazed! Had to exchange the welding gas bottle (75/25), a few days ago.
Price was DOWN several dollars. That's even with a new $6 handling fee for rolling the filled bottle 10' to the loading dock!!
This being from a business that has no issues maintaining/raising high prices!
First item, prior to covid, I've seen lowered below pre Covid price.
Just paid 4.99 for gas yesterday. There’s a few times we have been close to 6/gallon. Luckily I have a small car that runs on fumes
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Good points! Our ATMs have gone that way and now even have an option for $5 bills. I like $5's as I use those as tips. Those tips used to be a couple of $1's!
Yes, but she now has a lot of "skin in the game" when you teach her how to do the repairs/upgrades!
That takes care of any questions you might have had about "What will I do all day?"
She closed today and I drove my zero turn mower down and mowed her yard and trimmed everything up nice. So it begins.That takes care of any questions you might have had about "What will I do all day?"
I think this applies to more than just prices. When good things happen in my life, it's because I made them happen. When bad things happen, it is due to the malevolent actions of others.
Just a quick look at that, and I could tell it didn't match reality. Grocery prices are way up. Steak and many foods are about double, while my stocks only recovered to past levels in recent months. I'm not working a job, so I didn't get 10% pay increases each year to offset the price increases. Insurance has doubled, home maintenance has more than doubled in some cases, property taxes went way up, gas went way up. Of course, people are still mad about prices.
You miss the point, and I guess prove the point. Prices are up, but so are wages. The net effect is that food prices are almost exactly equal to the mythical pre-covid 5 years ago. Prices bottomed when the Fed started to increase interest rates and then were up sharply, but are now back to the 2019 trend. Whether it continues to decline remains to be seen.
Your point is valid. With high inflation, over time wage earners come out even, or at least similar. The losers are lenders (fixed income investors) and people on pensions.
