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 yesterday at 12:16 PM 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 

[milfandcookies]

1 hour ago, Trump_is_Mentally_fit said:

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

ozempic

[teef]

just saw that coffee was up 41% a pound from last year, and steak is 13% more.   bummer.

[Gregg]

[teef]

it's always someone else's fault.  always.  we elected a president that said he was going to lower costs day one.  do it.

[JDHillFan]

11 minutes ago, teef said:

it's always someone else's fault.  always.  we elected a president that said he was going to lower costs day one.  do it.

For both sides. Think Putin’s Price Hike. 
 

 

[teef]

1 minute ago, JDHillFan said:

For both sides. Think Putin’s Price Hike. 
 

 

well, i elected a man based on the idea that things would get better quickly.  so for it's worse.  

[JDHillFan]

2 minutes ago, teef said:

well, i elected a man based on the idea that things would get better quickly.  so for it's worse.  

That’s on you for being naive. I only voted for him because I believed the alternative would be worse. 

[BillsFanNC]

The largest economy in the world, with all the complexities and variables that influence its overall health, can turn on a dime. Literally in a single day. The Orange Menace told me it would and I believed it.

 

     - teef

[AlBUNDY4TDS]

25 minutes ago, teef said:

well, i elected a man based on the idea that things would get better quickly.  so for it's worse.  

Did it get bad overnight? Why would you expect things to get fixed overnight?

[teef]

22 minutes ago, JDHillFan said:

That’s on you for being naive. I only voted for him because I believed the alternative would be worse. 

i voted for him for the same reason, but why is it naive?  if someone running for president says they're going to fix a problem, we shouldn't have faith in that statment?

[JDHillFan]

5 minutes ago, teef said:

i voted for him for the same reason, but why is it naive?  if someone running for president says they're going to fix a problem, we shouldn't have faith in that statment?

Only if you believe in politicians. I would have expected a 48 year-old person to have learned otherwise by that age.
 

You indicated a short time ago that you expected it to happen starting on day one. That’s naïve.