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I'm afraid that I have stopped keeping track, stopped trying to figure it out.
What will be, will be.
posted by
TAPS.
on February 16, 2014 at 4:54 PM
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I am no good at maths so no one has ever been able to help me to understand why we have inflation. Does it matter if you are a millionaire or a billionaire. The fact is when wages were smaller, things were cheaper. Nothing has changed really. The rich could afford things years ago that I could only dream about....so nothing has changed.
posted by
Kabu
on February 16, 2014 at 3:58 PM
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Pat
A Hershey bar for 1.49? You lucky ducks! Here I pay 1.79 + 13% = 2.02! Mind you, the treatment for my latest inconvenience hasn't cost me a penny yet...I guess the taxman taketh and the taxman giveth...
posted by
Nautikos
on February 16, 2014 at 12:43 PM
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Yes fridges were expensive Pat compared to today. We kids did not think anything of it when mother chose one over a telivision, It would be a bit different today, I bet.
posted by
C_C_T
on February 16, 2014 at 10:54 AM
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Yes, medical care has gone way above inflation to where the costs within the industry are considered to be hyperinflated...Here is to hoping that costs get under control.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on February 16, 2014 at 9:40 AM
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Things that go up don't always come down.
The price of film developing back in the 70s rocketed because development requires a silver compound, and silver itself had surged in price. Well, silver has come down since those days, but the price of developing stayed right up there. Of course, I don't know what it costs now as I rarely use film.
posted by
Ciel
on February 16, 2014 at 7:02 AM
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