Prices are going UP. And in 2011 prices for everything that we buy will go rise like never before seen. Price inflation is bad. It's bad for me, it's bad for you and at the end of the day, if we have to pay more for the same item that we bought yesterday or last week then, unless our income also went up, we have become poorer.
Our U.S. Government says that inflation (prices rising), is rising at a rate of 2.2% per year. See here http://online.barrons.com/public/page/barrons_econoday.html
Let's look at these charts to see if our U.S. Government is lying to us...
Wheat UP 57%
Think- sandwich bread
frozen pizza crusts
Whataburger hamburger buns
Cotton UP 148%
Think- Dresses at JC Penny's
Uniform's for baseball and work
Coats and Jackets
Live Cattle UP 24%
Think- Steaks
McDee's Hamburgers
Fine leather purses and handbags
Hotdogs
These charts are 12 month charts, covering price increases from the last year. We can safely say that their rise is a tad more than 2.2% per year. These are facts. And these price increases, unless your hourly wage or salary went up as much as "King Cotton" up above became poorer as a result. In future postings I will offer ways to combat the ravages of inflation so that our daily bread and clothing alone, does not take all our income.
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