How much did you pay for gas and groceries today?

[The Frankish Reich]

1 minute ago, Westside said:

EVERYTHING is more expensive!! Maybe you can find some coupons to lower the cost but it is still expensive. 
You lefties have a problem dealing with realities. 

It simply isn't "expensive" to make Thanksgiving dinner unless you're doing something unusual that most Americans don't do.

Again, you can buy a free range Whole Foods turkey for nearly $100. My Butterball was $13. Thanksgiving foods are not elite foods. They are wholesome/relatively cheap foods. 

I won't argue with you if you want to tell me that the cost of a decent steak dinner for four at a restaurant has shot up in price. Thanksgiving? No.

[Westside]

9 minutes ago, BillStime said:

Do these MAGA nutters really think the economy would be any different today with Trump in charge?

 

Heck - his super amazing economy required a bailout at the BEGINNING of the pandemic. 

 

And look how Conald left it.

 

idiots 

 

After the dummycrats shut the economy down, they try to blame Trump for their failures. Typical liberal scum.

[The Frankish Reich]

2 minutes ago, Westside said:

Typical liberal scum.

And a Happy Thanksgiving to you, too!

[BillStime]

8 minutes ago, Westside said:

After the dummycrats shut the economy down, they try to blame Trump for their failures. Typical liberal scum.

Who was POTUS when COVID arrived?

 

Florida allegedly didn’t shut down and that state is experiencing the worst inflation rate.

[Tommy Callahan]

 

[Unforgiven]

     8 bucks for a smaller box of cereal with 30% air tells me everything I need 

to know about the economy. The government and their corporate allies 

came up with this scheme to rob Americans. 

Not to mention the deficit has obliterated the dollar. Its about as useless as

toilet paper. 1 dollar equals about 50 cents now post covid.

Maybe less.

[Tommy Callahan]

This will solve people's problems 

 

Some of these credit cards are at the 35% rate.  

 

 

Edited November 24, 2023 by Tommy Callahan

[Doc]

Over $1T in credit card debt. 

[Pokebball]

On 11/22/2023 at 12:40 PM, The Frankish Reich said:

It simply isn't "expensive" to make Thanksgiving dinner unless you're doing something unusual that most Americans don't do.

Again, you can buy a free range Whole Foods turkey for nearly $100. My Butterball was $13. Thanksgiving foods are not elite foods. They are wholesome/relatively cheap foods. 

I won't argue with you if you want to tell me that the cost of a decent steak dinner for four at a restaurant has shot up in price. Thanksgiving? No.

You defend inflation in thanksgiving dinner, from last year to this year, by comparing thanksgiving dinner to a steak dinner for four at a restaurant?

[Irv]

Biden.  This experiment needs to end.  Senile *****.  What a mess.  

[BillStime]

Listen to these idiots complaining about Biden doing things to help the little guy.
 

Pathetic simps

[Irv]

28 minutes ago, BillStime said:

Listen to these idiots complaining about Biden doing things to help the little guy.
 

Pathetic simps

He’s sure helping the little guy when they can’t buy food.  What rock are you living under?

[BillStime]

Just now, Irv said:

He’s sure helping the little guy when they can’t buy food.  What rock are you living under?

So Biden controls the price of goods?

 

Are you a communist?

[Irv]

1 minute ago, BillStime said:

So Biden controls the price of goods?

 

Are you a communist?

So now Biden and his buddies, and their ridiculous  experiments have no influence on anything?  Take your head out of the sand.  We had a humming economy before the socialist experiments started.  Ruined a good thing.  

[BillStime]

8 minutes ago, Irv said:

So now Biden and his buddies, and their ridiculous  experiments have no influence on anything?  Take your head out of the sand.  We had a humming economy before the socialist experiments started.  Ruined a good thing.  

Your humming economy required a $2 TRILLION dollar bailout at the START of COVID.

 

Seriously, foh 

[Irv]

What does foh mean?

[BillStime]

Facts are inconvenient for the cult 

 

 

[The Frankish Reich]

2 hours ago, Pokebball said:

You defend inflation in thanksgiving dinner, from last year to this year, by comparing thanksgiving dinner to a steak dinner for four at a restaurant?

I defend it because, from my own experience the last couple weeks, it was easy to feed six people for about 60 bucks. And since there's a lot of leftovers, I'd go with 10 people for 70 bucks. This is McDonald's, or these days, maybe less.

 

EDIT: I see the usual eyerolls and laughs from the usual suspects. But so far no one has told me how much THEY spent on Thanksgiving, and what was on THEIR tables. So give me your accounting and if its more than about 8 bucks a person I'll tell you what you're doing wrong. It's a service I provide here. For free.

Edited November 24, 2023 by The Frankish Reich

[Orlando Tim]

7 hours ago, The Frankish Reich said:

I defend it because, from my own experience the last couple weeks, it was easy to feed six people for about 60 bucks. And since there's a lot of leftovers, I'd go with 10 people for 70 bucks. This is McDonald's, or these days, maybe less.

 

EDIT: I see the usual eyerolls and laughs from the usual suspects. But so far no one has told me how much THEY spent on Thanksgiving, and what was on THEIR tables. So give me your accounting and if its more than about 8 bucks a person I'll tell you what you're doing wrong. It's a service I provide here. For free.

I will go with regular prices on low end basics since I went to two separate stores for my materials to make sure I was getting good deals and if my effort is required then the WH is truly insane:

12 lb turkey $18

6 lbs of potatoes $6

2 lbs of butter- sweet potatos and regular potatoes and breas $8

6 lbs sweet potatoes $8

Brown sugar- $2

Pecans for sweet potato topping $5

2 loaves of bread for stuffing $6 

Broth for stuffing $4

Celery- $2

Onions-$2

4 lbs of green beans $8

Half gallon milk for potatoes $3

Gravy-  $6

spices for everything- $4

 

desserts

pumpkin pie- $5 store bought

home made cookies-  $7

home made pie- $9

 

which does not include the appetizers, which was not my domain. 

 

the argument that it is reasonable to be under $60 if you are frugal is insane. I do not have Mac n cheese here, or collared greens, or any other meat. The WH statement is only accurate if you do the bare minimum.

 

 

 

[JDHillFan]

Thanks a lot, Brandon. 

 

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/american-dream-out-of-reach-poll-3b774892

 

The American dream—the proposition that anyone who works hard can get ahead, regardless of their background—has slipped out of reach in the minds of many Americans.

Only 36% of voters in a new Wall Street Journal/NORC survey said the American dream still holds true, substantially fewer than the 53% who said so in 2012 and 48% in 2016