Re: I'm gonna stop driving for about 6 months

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"Hachiroku ????" <Trueno@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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we haven't had no-fault insurance here for ~30 years. The state
allowed
it
again in April.

People are going nutz with the new low insurance rates. I upped the
coverage on the Supra and am paying half of what I was before.

However, I read the fine print. The policies are for 6 months instead
of
a
year, and the insurance companies can raise the rates at any time for
just
about any reason.

This reminds me of the trend in food products, and one in particular,
ice
cream.
It used to be that ice cream came in half-gallon tubs. Then the tubs
were
reduced in size to 1.75 quarts. (but guess what! the price remained
the
same!)
The latest change is that the tubs are now 1.5 quarts...
but everything's still all right because the price is still the same!
Ain't progress grand?
In the same vein, our inflation figures come out showing that prices
have
increased only 1.3 % or so,
BUT they fail to measure the increases for two items....
FUEL AND FOOD. damn, but these economists are sharp as tacks!
It's
like the shell game is being played on a national level. Just how
dumb
do they take us for?


Most people get annoyed if their income doesn't keep pace with
inflation.
If
food manufacturers don't increase their prices, how are *their*
employees
supposed to get the same income growth that *we* want? Are manufacturers
supposed to eat the increased cost of raw materials, rather than pass
them
along to the consumer?

That's usually how it works. But the pro-big-business whitehouse has
ensured that it's owners and shareholders who've profited. Employees
are doing more work for the same amount of money and the same amount
of money isn't worth as much as it was. Thanks, Bush!


I'd like 5 minutes in a locked room with Bush as much as you would, but
I'm
not clear on how he had anything to do with cost increases in the food
business, and I'm talking BEFORE the cost of transportation got out of
hand,
which he *is* directly responsible for.

Not just the food business, every business. He and his repulsivacans
fought a minimum wage increase as long as they could. Poor trade
policies that support business and not employyes hurt too. Changes to
the FLSA (2004?) meant business can exempt more people from overtime
pay. Meaning they work more hours for less money.

I'm sure there are more, but those are the first three I can think of.


Well, that's part of it. But, keep in mind that Breyers passed along 7 price
increases between 1997 and 2002. I believe the package size decreases began
in 2003.


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