Paychecks only go so far. Then ya dead ass broke until the next one. trump and his minions can't spin that.

That is what Dems need to run on...inflation directly caused by trumpconomics, supported by Vance. Not calling it affordability. Hammer the shit out of republicans for rubber stamping everything trump does. Tether him and Vance around their necks.

and caving to whatever greedy corporations & billionaires want.

..... again.

Yet we see exactly the opposite at the grocery store or any other store or on our insurance bills or utility bills

You’d think even the dumbest among us would know they’re being lied to. How long can he get away with blaming Biden??

Dems should shout from the rooftops on economic issues first and foremost.

Every day they report about the sunshine and rainbows Trump is shitting out.

roast (grade AAA) at sale prices that we had in the spring $6.99 per lb. It was excellent but just checking this weeks sales, back up again.

Produce shelves going empty , on a Wednesday

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on more and more of the produce as well.

having trouble getting asparagus and what they are getting is very poor quality.

I'm 77, live in a senior facility, and have literally not cooked in over a year. Which means I'm currently vague on grocery prices.

I am very fortunate.

$12.99 a pound in many stores. Plain old hamburger is routinely $6.99 a pound and more. A couple of years ago chuck roast was always about $6.99 a pound by me and would go on sale at $4.99 a pound. Ground chuck was usually around that $4.99 a pound level and sometimes on sale for $3.49 a pound. Plain old hamburger was usually around $3.69 a pound and would go on sale for around $2.99 a pound in 5 pound packs.

$40 billion for Argentine ranchers and $12 billion for American farmers and ranchers.

Probably easier to skim from money going out of country.

That's not really a meaningful number. It comes into focus when you look at the base numbers. The average card debt per household is $9,326. The average number per individual is $6,523. To me that number sounds crushing. The average credit card interest is 23% plus so say 23%. That individual is looking at $125 per month interest, probably a minimum payment of $150. If you had a spare $150 you wouldn't be $6K in debt. That's a tough hole to dig out of in a falling economy.

And a failing economy is almost guaranteed. The AI/Tech bubble is going to detonate soon. There are any number of ways that will crash the general economy. And when the morons in charge fail to do anything meaningful, things are just going to go down hill from there.

I think it's a safe guess that as the economy becomes tighter, more and more people will resort to stretching their income with plastic. That is a trap that can lead to a downward spiral. A better solution is belt tightening. That may be unpleasant, but it won't haunt you forever. BTW

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE IN DU-LANDIA!

And I cooked it to perfection last night. 😃

I was buying pork steak at the local stand alone butcher shop last week and I got a chuck roast for $7.79 a pound while all the stores were higher. I put it in the slow cooker on low but it was one of the worst roasts I ever had. Horribly stringy and so tough you couldn't chew through even the smallest bite. I had to toss the roast and just have the vegetables.

Usually that butcher is OK but lately I'm having my doubts. I wanted smoked pork shanks and he said he could order them in. So he called when they came in and I went in great anticipation. Instead of shanks he ordered hocks sliced like a disc about an inch or so thick. They were even labeled from his supplier as hocks. I told the lady behind the counter that's not the same as a shank. She went in the back to tell him and she came back out and said "He said it's the same meat." Obviously I'm checking out different butcher shops. It ticked me off that he would do that. He had hocks when I was in the first time. All he did was order more hocks. My money will spend elsewhere. Imagine if you told the butcher you wanted a rolled pork roast and he tried to hand you a shoulder roast and then saying "it's the same meat." It's kind of like an argument I had some time ago about chicken soup. I like to use necks and the person I was speaking to said they just use wings and breast meat. They said there was no difference because "it's all chicken". My way is more effort to get the bones after cooking but the taste is better to me using the darker meat. I guess some people load up on the spices and other flavors so they can't tell a difference. I like to taste the meat rather than a ton of spices.