How much did you pay for gas and groceries today?

[JDHillFan]

11 minutes ago, Wacka said:

My 503b is now up 14.6% since 1/1/25

Kudos to you for checking on it after yesterday’s bloodbath. It’s been a good year, not a great one. Hoping for great next year but can live with good. Anything less than good and the pitchforks come out  

[The Frankish Reich]

Trump may ease tariffs on bananas and coffee. Rationale: we don't grow bananas and only a negligible amount of coffee.

But I thought these were "reciprocal tariffs," aimed at getting exporting countries to treat us fairly. If you're going to have leverage over Colombia's treatment of our exports, you're gonna have to tariff coffee (oh, and cocaine).

 

Just another example of the lack of any logic to Tariff Man's entire concept.

[Joe Ferguson forever]

4 hours ago, The Frankish Reich said:

Trump may ease tariffs on bananas and coffee. Rationale: we don't grow bananas and only a negligible amount of coffee.

But I thought these were "reciprocal tariffs," aimed at getting exporting countries to treat us fairly. If you're going to have leverage over Colombia's treatment of our exports, you're gonna have to tariff coffee (oh, and cocaine).

 

Just another example of the lack of any logic to Tariff Man's entire concept.

The fastest and most effective way trump and his economic gurus found to address affordability was to decrease tariffs thereby affirming that tariffs are a tax on Americans. 

[Homelander]

On 3/14/2022 at 12:24 AM, Big Blitz said:

Not sustainable. 

 

 

All they do is lie.

 

 

[JFKjr]

15 hours ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:

The fastest and most effective way trump and his economic gurus found to address affordability was to decrease tariffs thereby affirming that tariffs are a tax on Americans. 

 

Americans do consume more than the rest of the planet.

 

Maybe tariffs will put us on a "consumption diet."

 

 

 

[Homelander]

 

[AlBUNDY4TDS]

5 hours ago, Homelander said:

 

The real spike came in 2021-22.

 

Hmm who was in charge then?

[All_Pro_Bills]

14 hours ago, Homelander said:

 

Where there's a will there's a way. Anyone incapable of budgeting about $250 a week for food needs to spend a little time to learn how to manage money properly. 

A few hints. Use manufacturer and store coupons, focus on sale items, avoid certain high priced items, don't buy what you don't need or will waste. That's what we do and it works.

Edited 1 hour ago by All_Pro_Bills

[Trump_is_Mentally_fit]

18 hours ago, JFKjr said:

 

Americans do consume more than the rest of the planet.

 

Maybe tariffs will put us on a "consumption diet."

 

 

 

Ya right. More likely some bio-tech company will come up with a pill to make people shop less