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Compared year over year,
ground beef is up 16.5 percent
bacon has risen 16.4 percent
eggs have spiked 10.5 percent
Oranges have soared 28.5 percent
grapes 24.8 percent and even
wine is up 5.8 percent
Of the 75 price points the BLS follows, 52 have risen over the past 12 months
since dollars spent in housing costs exceed every increase you would pay on every item on that list where go housing costs go your personal cost of inflation.
here in nyc a 1% increase was passed yesterday. that is the smallest increase in years we have seen.
that small increase in dollars saved actually surpasses anything we would spend in gasoline or food increases.
trying to talk about increases in things mean nothing if it isn't applied to your own personal cost of living.
Yeah right, open your eyes. Guess you never go to the grocery store.
I go twice a week.
I also eat mostly fruits, vegetables, and fresh meat. It fluctuates randomly. My grocery bill is never high because I eat whole foods at not that packaged junk.
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