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39. I think all products are higher in price

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Sun Feb 16, 2014, 01:55 PM

Feb 2014

than they were 2 years ago unless they are on sale.

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Went to the drug store to buy something. Two years ago it was about $5...now its $9 [View all] Armstead Feb 2014 OP

When I mention the price of things like that.. butterfly77 Feb 2014 #1

Not picking on your daughter at all. ... but the youth have been brainwashed to RKP5637 Feb 2014 #7

This is exactly how they see it.. butterfly77 Feb 2014 #10

I do remember "stagflation" of the 70s Armstead Feb 2014 #17

Wages weren't stagnant; that's why it was stagflation. El_Johns Feb 2014 #45

It's called inflation. aristocles Feb 2014 #2

No. Sanity Claws Feb 2014 #4

Yep: jsr Feb 2014 #9

Great chart however I wonder what it would look like for OTC meds progressoid Feb 2014 #40

Rigged market abelenkpe Feb 2014 #14

agreed. this is not inflation in its normal sense. it is absolutely rigged markets. magical thyme Feb 2014 #32

What should really be scary is that when the housing bubble popped and the Gulf oil spill Dustlawyer Feb 2014 #38

It's the new feudalism taking over. zeemike Feb 2014 #41

I know you don't believe that. The money has gone to the banks, and banks don't increase demand. reformist2 Feb 2014 #18

I call it greed Armstead Feb 2014 #19

No, it's called pushing zentrum Feb 2014 #34

Rent. TransitJohn Feb 2014 #3

Same here, I've noticed prices going up and up by huge amounts, not just the RKP5637 Feb 2014 #5

Down the toilet if we're not careful Armstead Feb 2014 #23

Milk, now a luxury item. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2014 #28

Hell, for some of us...... llmart Feb 2014 #29

Yes its getting to that pount where so many basics are becoming luxuries Armstead Feb 2014 #30

How come few mention the Stock Market Racket which has been a huge source of price gauging.. busterbrown Feb 2014 #42

Well said! The corruption in this country is incredible, but we call it business. It's almost RKP5637 Feb 2014 #47

Is is something like Sudafed that contains pseudoephedrine? Lasher Feb 2014 #6

No this was a very traditional product with nothing changed or exotic Armstead Feb 2014 #24

Yes, if you calculated an inflation rate for needs Yo_Mama Feb 2014 #8

And When We Stop Buying Because We Can't Afford To Buy ...... global1 Feb 2014 #11

Good question but i don't believe they think that far ahead Armstead Feb 2014 #25

They will adjust volumes and prices to keep it up for those who can afford RKP5637 Feb 2014 #48

The government keeps printing money to pay for our growing debt... Southerner Feb 2014 #12

Have average wages gone up? No. So the inflation is not caused by money printing... reformist2 Feb 2014 #20

Money creation via Fed ZIRP and QE* feeds paper asset bubble reinflation kenny blankenship Feb 2014 #46

Actually, there has been no inflation in commodity prices compared to the peak in the last bubble. reformist2 Feb 2014 #50

If wages kept up it would be one thing...but this is more a matter of systemic greed Armstead Feb 2014 #26

LOL Skittles Feb 2014 #55

Did that product also contain less amount of content? dixiegrrrrl Feb 2014 #13

Yep, I see that all the time too, less and less content, and increasing price. Now, they RKP5637 Feb 2014 #15

A pound of coffee is now 11 oz. Last year is was 12 oz. and the year before that it was 13 oz. OregonBlue Feb 2014 #16

But we are told there is no inflation ... former9thward Feb 2014 #22

And 5 lbs of sugar GP6971 Feb 2014 #31

My daughter has picked up on the content problem as well. riderinthestorm Feb 2014 #21

No but I know what you mean Armstead Feb 2014 #27

Toilet paper! Ino Feb 2014 #36

I was just flipping through some old yearbooks wickerwoman Feb 2014 #33

I have an app for that! fleabiscuit Feb 2014 #44

Take a look at canned vegetables... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2014 #35

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I think all products are higher in price RebelOne Feb 2014 #39

I thought this was gonna be about beer Skink Feb 2014 #43

Drug stores dont sell beer in my state Armstead Feb 2014 #54

This is why the GOP argument concerning a minimum wage increase is flawed... Purrfessor Feb 2014 #49

True shenmue Feb 2014 #51

When I was a kid, candy bars were usually a dime Art_from_Ark Feb 2014 #56

This is going on with food, too. I'm glad I don't eat meat or fish anymore kestrel91316 Feb 2014 #52

you're catching on..... prices go up, wages don't. nt TheFrenchRazor Feb 2014 #53

Was it pseudo-ephedrine based? (nt) Recursion Feb 2014 #57

Don' think so, but as basic a cough syrup as I could get Armstead Feb 2014 #59

somebody explained it to me that this was NOT deflation and inflation currently at work Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #58

The dollar is weaker Boom Sound 416 Feb 2014 #60

All I know is my dollar hs become anemic, losing about half its value over the last five years... Armstead Feb 2014 #61

I sound like my father, but Boom Sound 416 Feb 2014 #62

Yep, I hate to tell you what I remember the price of gas being "when I was a kid" Armstead Feb 2014 #63