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Not Just Gas! Check Out the Drastic Price Increases on These 21 Everyday Items

Oct. 17, 2012 11:20am Benny Johnson

Tuesday’s presidential debate touched on some massive economic issues that are affecting all Americans. The immense increase in gas prices was a crucial part of the discussion, but have other everyday products seen a drastic increased in price over the same time period? According to Blaze research on data provided by the the Bureau of Labor Statistics* gas prices are not alone in skyrocketing over the last decade. Wait till you see chocolate chip cookies!

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Gasoline [all types]

2002 Average – $1.44
2012 Average- $3.73
Percent Increase:

158%

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Beer [per 16 oz.]

2002 Average – $.99
2012 Average-$1.24
Percent Increase:

25%

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Eggs, grade A, large [per doz.]

2002 Average – $1.03
2012 Average-$1.80
Percent Increase:

73%

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Coffee, Ground Roast, All Sizes [per lb.]

2002 Average – $2.92
2012 Average-$5.58
Percent Increase:

90%

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Peanut Butter [per lb.]

2002 Average – $1.96
2012 Average-$2.75
Percent Increase:

40%

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Milk, fresh, whole, fortified [per gal.]

2002 Average – $2.75
2012 Average-$3.47
Percent Increase:

26%

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Loaf of Bread, white

2002 Average – $1.01
2012 Average-$1.41
Percent Increase:

39%

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Spaghetti and macaroni [per lb.]

2002 Average – $0.91
2012 Average-$1.32
Percent Increase:

44%

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Orange Juice [per 16oz.]

2002 Average – $1.84
2012 Average-$2.69
Percent Increase:

46%

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Apple, Red Delicious [per lb.]

2002 Average – $0.94
2012 Average-$1.35
Percent Increase:

43%

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Wine [per 1 liter]

2002 Average – $6.23
2012 Average-$10.03
Percent Increase:

60%

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Electricity [kilowatt/ hour]

2002 Average – $.091
2012 Average-$.130
Percent Increase:

42%

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Beef Steaks [per 16 oz.]

2002 Average – $4.40
2012 Average-$6.22
Percent Increase:

41%

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Margarine,soft, tubs [per lb.]

2002 Average – $o.86
2012 Average-$2.09
Percent Increase:

143%

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Tomatoes [per lb.]

2002 Average – $1.18
2012 Average-$1.44
Percent Increase:

22%

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Turkey, whole [per lb.]

2002 Average – $1.05
2012 Average-$1.65
Percent Increase:

56%

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Bacon [per lb.]

2002 Average – $3.23
2012 Average-$4.52
Percent Increase:

39%

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Ground Beef [per lb.]

2002 Average – $2.28
2012 Average-$3.69
Percent Increase:

61%

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Cookies, chocolate chip [per lb.]

2002 Average – $2.59
2012 Average-$3.61
Percent Increase:

39%

But have no fear, Strawberries have only increased by 1 ¢ per pint!

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Strawberries [dry pint]

2002 Average – $1.70
2012 Average-$1.71
Percent Increase:

.006%

*[Data based on "U.S. city average".]

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Comments (238)

coyote1hell
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 12:24pm
Your taxes on everything went up..because of “Executive Orders” from Buh’rack…that’s all

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- WakingSheep
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 1:37pm
  This has more to do with the devaluation of the dollar (FED policy) and it’s influence worldwide (petro dollar) than it does with executive order.
  
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- WakingSheep
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 1:39pm
  And guess what; our beloved republicrats aren’t talking about either.
  
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- Copper Catfish
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 2:02pm
  We’re talking prices, not taxes!
  
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- ICanComment
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 2:07pm
  Yep, the problem is systemic, although fearless leader certainly isn’t helping. It’s everything together – progressives on both sides of the aisle, and of course the Fed is a huge part of the problem. They think we won’t notice if they tax the crap out of us through inflation. Ethanol that no one wants causing food prices to rise… It all has consequences.
  
  …ah, but there’s no inflation. Everything is fine, everything is good. Just go to work, watch the half hour of the local evening news, and pretend like nothing’s wrong. We can only hope that this is starting to get people’s attention.
  
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- I support God's Israel!
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 2:54pm
  We make our own bread and we buy in bulk. We also go to an Amish (Mennonite) meat market that also sells eggs, meat, and cheeses. So, look to your neighbors in this way for items cheaper than the grocery store.
  
  We also have a wood-burning stove that heats our entire modest home, and a whole-house solar battery backup for just the furnace, pumps (water) AND STOVE that will last for about 2 weeks without a charge, but it charges daily because we try to use it once a week to keep it going. IT IS AWESOME!
  
  If we had to, we could live without utilities pretty well. Our whole-house alarm is also on the solar battery backup, just in case.
  
  We have a motorcycle, in case gas is scarce, and bikes for warmer weather. I am retired, so we’re good to go.
  
  We have a basement full of food stuffs that will last for years and enough drinking water to last for 5 years.
  
  May I suggest that you start right now in obtaining some of these things or you will be sorry. I had a couple of IRAs that I cashed in to buy the major items, with money to spare and now I live off my 401k, cash, and bartering. BARTERING IS THE WAY TO GO, IF YOU CAN!
  
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- I support God's Israel!
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 3:06pm
  The reason gas is so expensive is because we do not have enough refinery plants. Obama has shut a lot of them down! If we had crude petroleum refinery plants, we’d have more than enough oil.
  
  Obama does not like big oil and that is why he shut them down.
  2010: http://www.examiner.com/article/breaking-obama-shuts-down-33-of-the-country-s-oil-refining-capacity
  2012: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-02-23/angry-about-high-gas-prices-blame-shuttered-oil-refineries
  
  Also, Obama has shut down power plants.
  http://donnyferguson.blogspot.com/2012/09/obama-shuts-down-two-okla-power-plants.html
  
  And several solar-powered plants, that YOU, THE TAXPAYER, paid for have been shut down:
  http://www.nrsc.org/2012/07/another-taxpayer-funded-obama-berkley-solar-plant-shuts-down/
  
  AND, SO, WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO HATES BIG BUSINESS, ALTOGETHER, INCLUDING OUR COUNTRY-RICH OIL AND COAL. This alone, is enough for me to vote for Romney.
  
  OBAMA MUST GO.
  
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- SocialistSlayer
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 3:07pm
  Which brings up a valid point – When prices increase on items you pay more taxes on them.
  
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- afishfarted
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 3:53pm
  Now, considering the price of staples have increased–for varying reasons as stated above–, how are the seniors on SSI supposed to survive with a meager 1.7% increase? There’s the crime. Inflation is based on the cost of goods AFTER gas and food are removed from the equation; the very things seniors spend money on !! I tell ya, it won’t be long before we start hearing about seniors eating dog food again. Especially if Romney gets elected
  
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- DareToBeWise
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 4:01pm
  @I Support God’s Israel! “We make our own bread and we buy in bulk. We also go to an Amish (Mennonite) meat market that also sells eggs, meat, and cheeses. So, look to your neighbors in this way for items cheaper than the grocery store. ”
  
  …at least until the FDA shuts them down.
  
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- Taquoshi
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 4:11pm
  I didn’t know until recently, that people using food stamps can’t buy household items, such as paper towels, dish detergent, shampoo, toothpaste, tooth brushes, windex, bath soap, toilet paper and lots of other similar items. I have started buy one extra item when I go to the dollar store and once a month take it to a nearby group that has a household pantry for the seniors and those on limited income. I’ve been doing the same thing at the grocery store for the local rescue mission for some time. It will be a sad day when I can’t manage to stretch our budget to help others.
  
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- cdrdi
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 5:34pm
  Not only are prices going up, but the amount/size of products is decreasing. Have you noticed that ice cream is not 1/2 gallon (2 quarts) anymore, it’s 1.5 quarts? Hagen Daas lost 2 ounces and is no longer a pint. My hot dogs are 6 a package. Even my dog’s treats got smaller and there’s less in the package. A box of Fanny May candy at stores in Chicago is no longer a pound. That’s sneaky price increases. My husband wrote to the government CPI people about inflation and they told him, yes, but the price of furniture is up only 1.8%, Yep, they equated the price of peanut butter going up 40% to the cost of furniture. We’ve got to clear the decks and get President Obama and his cronies out and Governor Romney in to stop the madness.
  
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- fgbouman
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 6:07pm
  That’s a devaluation issue, not a taxation issue. And what the heck is “Tatical Bacon”? Is it from military-trained pigs?
- NORTHBRO
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 6:10pm
  average of 4 percent per year is normal
  
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- afishfarted
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 6:12pm
  lol @ fgbouman.
  
  All I can figure is it’s the part of the pig left over from target practice; Bullet free
  
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- scinqmars
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 6:15pm
  Inflation is caused by the Fed devaluing the dollar by over printing it and buying their own dept (quantitative easing). This is an underhanded back door tax on all of us.
  
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- GusGusto
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 8:44pm
  I would like to see the same study with medical services over the past 4 years!
  
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- MadAsHeII
  Posted on October 18, 2012 at 2:36am
  Some of the answers on here show just how out of touch people really are. You have not seen anything yet. We are going to see such a massive increase in prices that it is going to ruin each and every one of you that post on here. Some on here get it, but most of you do not. The government borrowing money, having the FED print it out for them, endless wars, foreign aid, all of it. The FED is causing this problem because our government is an addict. Romney is not going to do anything about it. He will make it worse, Obama will make it worse, and all of you just continue to be duped into thinking that Romney will be some type of savior. You should have listened to Ron Paul. You should still listen to Ron Paul but you have all been brainwashed so have fun in your future poverty.
  
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- TONY BOLOGNA
  Posted on October 18, 2012 at 5:22am
  @ I Support Gods Israel –
  
  Instead of seeing one article in a ‘no-name’ paper that was written in the op-ed section and believing every word as if it was written by Gods hand himself, why dont you try to educate yourself and look things up yourself. You might find it not only interesting but rewarding as well. This way you might actually get to the truth instead of some idiots perception of altered reality.
  
  Obama did not shut down 1/3 of the US refineries. Nor did the EPA under Obama shut down 1/3 of our refineries. Why not go the the data source for any historical investigation of US refining capabilities. Here is the link to the reality of US refining:
  
  http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=pet&s=mocleus2&f=a
  
  ps – I have solar panels also and they are GREAT! The initial cost was a little rough, however, it has paid for itself in a little over five years and since then the rest is gravy! Or, instead of gravy, how about NO electric bill for ten months out of the year!! And the two hottest months when the central air is humming 24/7, the bills are extremely low. God – I love free energy!
  
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- Bill Rowland
  Posted on October 18, 2012 at 6:33am
  We live in a small town on the Texas Coast. Everything comes here by truck, food, clothing, tools, gasoline all comes bvy truck. The only think we don’t get by truck is fish and even the fishing boats use deisel. Our entire economy is effected by the price of fuel. The trucker pays more he has to charge more and the retailer has to pass on the cost to the consumer.
  Sweet Old Baracks interferring with drilling effects us in different ways as many of our residents used to work on the offshore rigs and now are working in the Eagle Ford Shale field.
  This is just one small part of the overall economy but it is repeated in various forms all over the country.
  Lets add Sweet Old Baracks name to the unemployment rolls.
  
  OMG Nov 6, 2012
  
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- Go Glenn
  Posted on October 18, 2012 at 10:13am
  To date I have only seen one article that makes this point………
  
  Deficit spending IS INFLATION.
  
  It makes no difference if the Gov’t borrows or prints the extra money it spends.
  Either way it has exactly the same affect on the economy……..more dollars chasing the same goods.
  The real problem though is that most people don’t even understand that inflation is destroying every item that own. During a strong economy they only see that value of their homes increase and think that is a good thing. WRONG……….when their home along with everyone else’s home increases they are actually seeing inflation which is the devaluing of the dollar.
  
  It is not rocket science but I am still amazed that people don’t understand what inflation is and more importantly what causes it. Too many people say that they are not concerned abou the deficit. No worried about the national debt. They are too stupid to see that it not only hurts our children and grandchildren…………..it hurts us TODAY.
  
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- CABERNETQHS
  Posted on October 18, 2012 at 11:00am
  @I support God’s Israel
  
  You’re living my dream.
  
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- SavvyCowboy
  Posted on October 18, 2012 at 11:10am
  @COYOTE1HELL – Good think Mitt has “Buh’rack” on the ropes and will knock his communist @$$ OUT Monday October 22nd otherwise we’d probably see 500 – 1,000% increase every MONTH after 4 more years of “the one”!!!
  
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- MarsBarsTru7
  Posted on October 18, 2012 at 11:19am
  Well, I have been doing the grocery shopping for my family since 1998, and I’ll tell you right now that these numbers are off. They’re so off, in fact, I’m going to look up alternative sources and email them to The Blaze editors.
  
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- tinker2
  Posted on October 18, 2012 at 11:52am
  And it’s just the beginning..
  
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- Kevin The Elder
  Posted on October 18, 2012 at 12:06pm
  Those things are some of the real basics for people living on Social Security, and the increase for them this coming year is barely over 1%. That’s all right, let ‘em eat cake, that wasn’t one of the items listed here.
  
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- cessna152
  Posted on October 18, 2012 at 2:09pm
  How about gold? Silver? Cereal? Fertilizer costs are CRAZY!!! I used to buy the 5000 sq ft bags at $6 now they are $17!! Top soil used to be .97 cents per bag several years ago, nw $2.227
  
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- georgette
  Posted on October 18, 2012 at 4:32pm
  and how about the high cost of holidays?
  for Trick or Treating, some kids are going as Solar Panels…. figure they’ll get bigger handouts.
  
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- jwpowers41
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 10:41am
  AND THEY ONLY GIVE SENIORS A 1.7% cola
  
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- richard40
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 2:40pm
  “And guess what; our beloved republicrats aren’t talking about either”
  
  I heard romney say he would not reappoint bernanke, and would instead appoint a fed chairman that would concentrate on a sound rather than inflationary dollar. That would help a lot. I have also heard repub talk about a bill that would revise the fed mission to concentrate solely on keeping a stable dollar, which would be even better.
  The cause of thses price rises is the fed inflating the money supply, to keep unemployment temporily lower, probably to get obama reelected, at the cost of present and future inflation.
  
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- richard40
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 2:51pm
  The real culprit is the bernanke fed inflating the dollar to temporarily reduce unemployment, to help obamas reelection, at at the cost of present and future inflation. After the election both inflation and unemployment will rise dramatically, but at that point obama will be reelected, and will not have to run again, so why should he care. Bernanke is willing to do this because obama has already promissed to reappoint him, while romney has said he will not.
  
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- Deb C
  Posted on October 24, 2012 at 11:19am
  Not only is the price of gas obscene…but WHERE the price of gas is being manipulated! The gas prices around Jeep, Powertrain are at least $.30/gallon cheaper !!! What’s that all about ??
  
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calmandcents
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 12:23pm
I think President Romney should merge the Departments of Commerce, Interior, Labor, and Housing. Then, appoint RON PAUL as the Secretary.

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- right-wing-waco
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 1:20pm
  calmandcents
  “I think President Romney should merge the Departments of Commerce, Interior, Labor, and Housing. Then, appoint RON PAUL as the Secretary.”
  
  I would prefer that a President Romney ABOLISH about 80% of the government agencies, starting with education, HUD, Fanney & Freddy, and welfare as well as food stamps. These are ALL state issues and none of the business of the Federal gov.
  
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- sonseeker
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 1:55pm
  thats the best and most realistic idea i’ve heard in a while
  
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- Texas Lady Juanita
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 2:39pm
  PLEASE get this reccomendation to ROMNEY asap. A fabulous idea!!
  
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- mtcountrygrl
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 3:37pm
  Price up on wine, coffee, and chocolate chip cookies! How is that not a “war on women” LOL!
  
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- 762x51
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 4:54pm
  I think President Romney should merge the Departments of Commerce, Interior, Labor, and Housing, EPA, Energy, and Education. Then . . . . .
  
  Abolish that new department.
  
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- montanalablover
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 7:38pm
  To Right Wing Wacko: You are absolutely right. I’ve said that for a long time. 1/2 the Federal government needs to be eliminated and turn alot of stuff over to the states to handle. You know what I need or think the Federal Government owes me: A strong defenses (Army, Navy, AF, Marines, Coast Guard, CIA, FBI, Border Patrol, DEA,etc), policemen, firemen, a Surpeme Court, FDA (need the foods and drugs to be safe), infrastructure (roads, bridges, etc) and that is about it. I don’t need the government for anything else: health care, retirement savings, not jack. Get out of my way and leave me alone and let this country prosper and thrive. And let Fed Ex or UPS take over mail in this country, the postal service has screwed that up and bankrupted it.
  
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- crazyrightwingmom
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 10:29pm
  Hey right wing…you’re name is almost like mine! Maybe we’re related.
  
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country_hick
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 12:21pm
I would like to know why housing and furnishings are included in the calculation for the Consumer Price Index.

How often do you buy a house, stove, sofa, bed, recliner, etc?

Including items that you MIGHT buy every 5 years is used to keep the inflation rate DOWN. Just like not including people not employed by not looking for work keeps the unemployment rate down. Lies, damn lies and statistics…

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- Americanius
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 1:01pm
  They don’t include actual housing prices. They came up with a convoluted way that assumes you buy a house then rent it back to yourself. The CPI is as reliable as the BLS unemployment numbers. Congress “fixes” it about once per decade to keep it artificially low to control COLA costs of government programs. Had they continued using the CPI from the 1970s the country would have defaulted long ago from COLAs and Congressional salaries would probably be over $1 million per year. More lies without the sex and videotape. Oh, wait we are getting screwed aren’t we.
  
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- I support God's Israel!
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 3:10pm
  @Fubared: If you are going to Wiki for your info, you are not well informed. Wiki IS biased toward Obama and the Progressives. Not only that, anyone can edit the information there, so ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO BELIEVE SOMEONE AND ANYONE WHO CAN CHANGE INFORMATION AT A WHIM? Not me, but you will????? DUH.
  
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- skimmer57
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 4:36pm
  How about blue jeans?Only $129.99 will get you one pair of Glenn’s new line of blue jeans. I thought the economy was in the tank? Glenn Beck seems to think it’s a great time to start hocking $129.99 pairs of blue jeans. I guess they have really gone up according Glenn Beck! The only one who can afford them is Bishop Mitt! Anything for the almighty dollar!
  
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zorro
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 12:08pm
Why did you use a 10 year time period? Didn’t the conversation last night center around “when President Obama came into office”? I think you need to go back and re-do this using the correct time period of 2009 to 2012.

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- bobdiamond
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 12:16pm
  This is why Obama is going to lose, no matter how much they try to convince people that the Emperor’s economy is garmented in fine clothes, we all know it is naked. Read political commentary at: http://smallcraftadvisorychronicles.blogspot.com/
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 12:16pm
  It doesn’t matter. Devalue the dollar, and increase the prices. Today’s dollar is equal to 6 cents in 1970. The money changers are the real enemy. Always have been.
  
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- bobad
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 12:23pm
  I second that. Fooey on 10 years, my grocery bill has jumped 20% in the past 2-3 years!
  
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- Patrick_Henry
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 12:23pm
  Zorro… I agree if the objective was about Obama’s term, the data should cover 4 years. However, I find the 10 year comparison very illustrative of the result of the Federal Reserve debasing the dollar for a decade, as well as legislating we put a major food source (corn) in our gas tanks (ethanol). Why do American not acknowledge the simple economics…if we have 30% more dollars in circulation for the approximate same supply of goods, the price goes up 30%? That is the great debacle..
  
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- Briggston
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 12:26pm
  you forget, the president is making claims that the commodities like the gas price being low when he took office was only because of the bad economy. 2002 was a decade ago right after the recession caused by 9/11 and the economy was already rebounding. This proves what he says is false. Remember Obama has been stating that trickle down economics and the free market has never worked. If so this president was in a time capsule for 1983-2000,2002-2007, and never heard of the 1920s, 1945-1967, or the industrial revolution which even stalins henchmen admitted that the poorest american was better off than most of the russian citizenship (For which he was shot).
  
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- Briggston
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 12:28pm
  you forget, the president is making claims that the commodities like the gas price being low when he took office was only because of the bad economy. 2002 was a decade ago right after the recession caused by 9/11 and the economy was already rebounding. This proves what he says is false. Remember Obama has been stating that trickle down economics and the free market has never worked. If so this president was in a time capsule for 1983-2000,2002-2007, and never heard of the 1920s, 1945-1967, or the industrial revolution which even stalins henchmen admitted that the poorest american was better off than most of the russian citizenship (For which he was shot)
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 1:51pm
  Jihad Jerk
  Money changers? Since when are nazis coy? Be bold in your belligerence towards a race and people. What does wiki say about them?
  
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- StanO360
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 4:19pm
  The Jerk, the devaluation of the dollar has reversed for the most part, due to the even weaker Euro. But the great bulk of food and feed is all domestic and unaffected by the dollars strength or weakness. Remember gas is brokered in dollars too.
  
  Besides that, the US is probably the large economy that is least reliant on exports/imports.
  
  I’m not defending our current economic policies at all. We need to keep spending below 20% of GDP (at the most) and we would all be better off.
  
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- zorro
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 6:35pm
  I agree with all your points about using the 10 years vs. 4 years. My point is simply that we can make a better conservative case if we show just how high the price of doing business has gotten since Obama took office. I’ve seen it at work and I’m sure you all have to. Some of us are lucky to work for major employers that don’t like to lay people off but they get it back somehow. Our medical has increased radically and when a person leaves, you can forget about hiring a replacement. We’ve been two people short for three years with no hope of getting them back. So the rest of us are forced to do more with less. It sucks but better than having to look for a job.
  
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- Fatheroftwo
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 9:18pm
  Hey Jerk…. maybe you should use both eyes to look at your calculator…..that number is 16 cents to the dollar; 1970 to 2012!! and you call everybody else unintelligent!
  
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xena
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 12:06pm
What is so sad is that we have people that are only voting for Obumer ,because he is half black.I think we should up the age for voting to 21,because these college have no clue what is going on and the are neive enough to believe Obumer.

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- VRW Conspirator
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 12:48pm
  Xena…
  
  we can go back to the way it was under the Founding Father’s generation… and for the first 30-40 years of this nation..
  you could only vote if you were a taxpayer…which means your were a business owner, merchant, land-owner, or property owner…didn’t matter about age…mattered that you had SKIN in the game….
  
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- I support God's Israel!
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 3:12pm
  @VRW Conspirator: Actually, I like that plan. ONLY taxpayers and those in the Military, should be able to vote and not those 18-year olds not working and/or going to college.
  
  Yes, I like that.
  
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jcldwl
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:59am
At least I don’t have to buy eggs anymore since getting my own chickens. 4 hens producing 3 eggs a day. Plus they are entertaining to watch.

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- DeOppressoLiber
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 12:08pm
  Here is one for Dear Leader and all the Progressives
  
  http://twoflower.livejournal.com/pics/catalog/1383/14839
  
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- skimmer57
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 12:57pm
  What about blue jeans? Glenn’s got a sweet deal ! Only $ 129.99 a pair.
  
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- I support God's Israel!
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 3:19pm
  @skimmer57: If you do not like that, then don’t buy any. I happen to love QUALITY and I will be purchasing several pair in the next week or so.
  
  What I really don’t care for are people who complain about high prices and people making lots of money and all I can think of is SUPPLY AND DEMAND. If there is not enough demand, Glenn will have to close his Jeans business down. If he does well, it is because people want quality and like his product(s). So, how can you possible NOT like that, UNLESS you are a liberal. Because, we all know that MOST liberals either don’t work, are on welfare, don’t have a brain in their head because they cannot think to make their own money or even get a decent job (they’d rather take it from someone else, who actually works for a living.). Liberals are a DISEASE that is ruining this country with all the entitlements they get. Now, I am all for taking care of the downtrodden, but when there is no accountability for those who receive freebies, then it becomes a burden on society, the rest of us.
  
  So, I think you are jealous because you are NOT a pioneer in business, nor do you have any good ideas in your head. You just want to complain about others, never looking in the mirror at yourself. YOU SOUND LIKE A PROGRESSIVE.
  
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- Tractorboy
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 4:14pm
  JCLDWL…….Chickens are fun, I have a couple that hop up on my lap and read Blaze stories with me, if you like the layers, try market birds, start to finish 8 weeks and your done, we just finished 20 cornish cross, they average 4.25 lbs.dressed out, chicks, feed ,processing they cost $2.17 a lb. best tasting chicken you will ever eat, without all the growth hormones and other stuff.
  
  What I would like to know is the total hit on the middle-class, has anybody come up with that number, The $4300.00 decline in pay, plus the added cost of fuel, food, health insurance, seemed like Romney was going in that direction in the debate when he was rattling off Obamas accomplishments, seems to me that would be one ugly number that would probably make a lot of middle-class people mad if they knew it.
  
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BlackCrow
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:57am
!% inflation my arse!!! The government and the Federal Reserve have to cook the books because if interest rates would correct to what they should be with inflation this high the interest on the national debt would consume every cent of federal revenue shutting down the government. Game over!!! Instead they are pumping money into the system which is the exact opposite of what every school of economic thought teaches. They are out of ideas! There is no way on earth they will be able to reverse course slowly enough to prevent an implosion. The collapse is coming, its just a matter of when and what will be the trigger.

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HUGGINGMYBABIES
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:51am
I started noticing about 3 years ago that my pennies were not going as far as they had the previous 3 years. When you’re dropping $200 a week on food and you go from 8-10 bags of food down to just 6…..something bad is happening. Hold on tight, its going to be a bumpy ride.

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- sillyfreshness
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:58am
  But the government said there is no inflation. Why? Because they changed how they calculate it. Now they look at prices of 747 jumbo jets, cruise ships, tractors, and anything else that 99% of Americans don’t buy or use. They stopped calculating on everyday items because it didn’t fit their lying agenda.
  
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- pudssweetie
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 4:25pm
  @Sillyfresh, you are partially right about their calculations but not at the extent of what you think. Food is no longer being figured in when calculating inflation because food prices usually go up faster in price than any other commodity. When you take food out of the equation, inflation is kept down to a minimum and shows that our economy is not as bad as what people say. Add food back into that equation, inflation goes up and shows the economy is not doing so well. As for the consumer, we know that food prices have gone way up and know that the inflation rate is much higher than what they say it is.
  
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- sillyfreshness
  Posted on October 18, 2012 at 2:06am
  They stopped calculating cost of living on food and utilities. It’s not because they react too fast, it’s because if they did include that stuff, we’d be at 50% inflation. Just look at fast food and the $1 value menu that’s now the $1.79 value menu for example. The 2 biggest things in everybody’s lives, food and utilities, have been removed from their inflation calculation. Now they use the price of washing machines in place of food and price of lawn mowers in place of utilities. Figures can’t lie, but liars can figure.
  
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- JoeBloe
  Posted on October 18, 2012 at 5:01pm
  @PUDSSWEETIE
  
  “Food is no longer being figured in when calculating inflation because food prices usually go up faster in price than any other commodity. When you take food out of the equation, inflation is kept down to a minimum and shows that our economy is not as bad as what people say.”
  
  Violent crime statistics under the Obama administration no longer include murder, homicide, etc. that were the result of a gun because bullets travel faster than knives, arrows, fists,etc and kill more people at one time than any other weapon. When you take guns out of the equation, the murder rate is kept down to a minimum and shows that violent crime is not as bad as what people say…
  
  …..At what point did you realize I was illustrating the absurd by being absurd?
  
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yiska8
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:49am
These percentages are right on the mark. Being in the non-47%ers who refuse to leech off the government with food stamps, I haven’t made homemade lasagna in at least three years, I have to buy the frozen kind and only when it’s on sale with a coupon. Comes out to about the same or a little less than buying all the fresh ingredients. Lasagna is my favorite just based on this alone, I LOATHE BARRY SOETORO and his five- star eating hag of a wife. He took away my right to afford homemade lasagna and a nice glass of red wine! That SOB!

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- jethrObama
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:57am
  Obama thinks that it’s enough to hold the line on taxes (he hasn’t!!!) or lie about it, and with the other hand allow energy to rise, and the fed to print money which makes our dollars worthless!!!!
  
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- yiska8
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 12:53pm
  Communists/Facists eat well, print money and spend it faster than any “capitalist pig” is capable of building the wealth.They’ve all done it to get what they want. Hitler, Mussolini, Franco, and Stalin all lived very well by creating funny money and leaving their people to carry a wheel barrel full of currency waiting to fight over purchasing some flour, wheat, or baked bread. That is what Barry wants, he’s the top commie-in-charge and well fed, but all those leaders fell eventually.
  
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Big Media Bias
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:48am
Everything the government releases on the economy is a total farce.

Food and Energy (electric, gas, etc) prices are NOT included in inflation numbers.

People who have run out of unemployment benefits, and are still not employed, are NOT counted in the unemployment numbers.

The National Debt, now at $16 Trillion, does NOT include unfunded liabilities like Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security (In 2010 it was $104 Trillion).

Quantitative Easing I, II and now Infinitely $40 Billion a month printed and pumped into the markets to keep Wall Street afloat.

Nothing is real. Prepare for a collapse. Prepare.

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Detroit paperboy
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:46am
A free nation with free markets thrive and prosper on cheap and abundant energy,,,,,,,it is the root of our economy, that’s why the American hating liberal communists always will attempt to restrict our energy first and foremost……………………..

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- The_Jerk
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:57am
  Media first, energy second.
  
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- RightThinking1
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 1:04pm
  My feeling is that the academic institutions are largely to blame. Liberal academics influence the way that young people think, the young people then carry that into the society in general, and the media particularly. Then, the cycle grows and repeats.
  
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- yiska8
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 1:09pm
  We have plenty of gasoline and have sold it all to China. We are not using it here because we can’t afford it.. We are paying Europe’s prices in the 1990′s. We have plenty of gas, but it’s not staying here. I wish Romney had mentioned this and asked Obama about it. Why don’t we keep our own resources and keep prices lower here in the U.S. and export the leftovers? Oh wait, I know, Obama cares more about the booming middle class in China and their ability to buy cars and pump them full of our plentiful,cheap gasoline and thinking he’s doing American a favor with high exports. What a putz.
  
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Dom321
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:41am
I see the rise in my food bills, and gasoline by the week. I wonder why the general obama-voting population ignores these facts. Perhaps food stamps? Ignorance? Blind Idiocy?

The democrat education system has done its job.

Certainly, Hollywood doesn’t give a rats ass if the population gets shafted. They have millions available to them. As well as the obamas.

Compare how much the obamas have contributed to charity or tithed vs. the Romney family. No contest. That’s whats in the obama’s heart. They are EMPTY.

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- TMDesign
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:48am
  This is amazing, and yet you have individuals hailing Obama and threatening those who do not want to vote for him. Seems so familiar: http://pic.writelydesigned.com/23/
  
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- SCREW-WINDOWS
  Posted on October 18, 2012 at 5:10am
  I recall someone saying that the cost of energy would necessarily skyrocket it takes energy to produce everything yes even going to work will become non profitable. Even the recent COLA and foodstamps are being out paced by the rise in prices which any sane person should realize Obama has to go.
  
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noobamazone
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:40am
If Obama is 100% for the “middle class”, which now seems to be anyone making less than $45,000 a year, WHY DOES HE NOT extend the Bush tax rates permanently?? Why is he only going to do it for one year? This needs to be brought up and it’s being overlooked!

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- The_Jerk
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:48am
  This is the hidden tax that has been produced by the money changers of the Federal Reserve. The product of a devalued dollar. Muslims are not the problem.
  
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- Zipit
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:59am
  In the case of or economy! Only one Muslim JERK! Only one.
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 12:20pm
  Zipit, it matters not who is in office. Rothschild Brothers of London, 1863. “Give me control of a nation’s money and I care not who makes it’s laws”
  
  People are simply too simple to understand. Our dollar today is equal to 6 cents in 1970. You’re the dupe being played by the money changers.
  
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OhioRifleman
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:40am
By the by, the can of CMMG Tactical Bacon shown in the bacon section… $4.30 my arse! That Tac Bac is $17 a can!

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- MeteoricLimbo
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:56am
  Save the can, buy a pig…
  
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HMSFBTE
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:37am
I’ve always wanted a $500,000.00 bill! 4 more years of Obummer and it seems like my dreams will come true! Too bad it won’t be worth the paper it’s printed on!

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MeteoricLimbo
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:37am
I wonder what health insurance premiums have done since 2002. You can bet your bippie the liberal community will blame this on Bush. They are very good at blaming.

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- olderjarhead
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 12:06pm
  I can tell you first hand, that since the muslim took over, my rate went from $380 per month to $620 per month. That is with my health insurance paying $0 on my behalf. Maybe I should just save the money, and get health insurance when I need it. Am I being foolish? $620 per month would enable me to get rid of my 10 year old car, and drive a nice set of wheels. Something to ponder.
  
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- RightThinking1
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 1:00pm
  Insurance costs, which Obama said would be reduced by $2500/year, have actually *risen* by $2500/year.
  
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momrules
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:34am
I’ve had many conversations with others while in the grocery store. We all agree that it is getting harder and harder for any of us to make the dollar stretch and everybody is cutting back.

Unfortunately I do believe that soon we will look back at the time we are at now and remember them as the Good Old Days.

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- AmericanStrega
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:44am
  Have you also noticed that some goods are no longer available? I’ve been noticing this for the past 3+ months. Everytime I go the the grocery I see less and less of a choice for certain products.
  
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- Sy Kosys
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 12:09pm
  what some distributors have done is reduce the volume but keep the price the same, to keep that psychological advantage over the consumer.
  
  Case in point, frozen package of gulf shrimp. 4yrs ago it was 16oz for $5 flat. 2yrs ish ago the weight was reduced to 14oz, and about a month or three ago it was further reduced to 12oz, all the while maintaining the $5 pricetag.
  
  Extraordinarily high diesel prices sure as hell add to the prices too
  
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- Irememberamerica
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 12:22pm
  Let’s not forget the shrinking of the packaging either.
  If the tuna cans get any smaller, you won’t get 1 sandwich out
  of it. I become shell shocked every time I step into a grocery store.
  
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- I Luv America
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 12:53pm
  All of you are so right. I “brown bag” my lunch everyday and will usually include a Jello gelatin snack cup. Jello used to put 6 cups in a pack but recently went down to 4 per pack. And they advertised it like it was something good. The price didn’t get any lower, though.
  
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- PortlandPrepper
  Posted on October 18, 2012 at 8:56am
  You are so right! These will be remembered as “the good old days”. Prices of all foods have been rising and with the drought this year beef and chicken will be much more expensive next year. Add to that the increased cost for fuel and you can be sure that the food you buy today will cost you much more next year and even more in 5 years. Instead of wasting money on stupid stuff or putting it in a savings account at .02% interest make a purchase at http://www.srmarketplace.com Most food has a 25 year shelf life WITHOUT refrigeration. It’s tasty and NOT some mushy beef stew or salty lasagna you may have tried while camping. They have recipes and show you how to cook with long term food storage ingredients. Highly recommended!
  
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Drip-T
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:34am
These numbers were taken over the past 10 years… how about over the past 5 years? What about years prior to 2002? Is this related to Administrations or is it due to other issues…
We need some additional informationg, but I will agree that these increases are far too high over a 10 year period. I also fully believe that our current President had done many damaging things in his basic policies that made prices increase… primarily when you consider his statement, “…energy prices will necessarily sky rocket…” Energy is used in all product, therefore he wanted them all to raise.

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sWampy
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:33am
Cause most of the strawberries come from south/central America, or are grown here, picked by illegals who we supplement with food stamps, housing and free phones, so their true cost has really have doubled also.

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- Git-R-Done
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 8:53pm
  They only mentioned dry strawberries, which aren’t the same as fresh strawberries.
  
  I’ve notice the price of fresh strawberries dramatically increase over the past 3 years. Even at Costco.
  
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Gonzo
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:32am
Barry explained all that last night. Prices are up because the economy is doing so well under his central planning. So you see, in Obamaworld doubling gas prices is fantastic news! Four more years!

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- PontiusPirate
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:34am
  They both lied by downplaying the potential global economic consequences of approaching peak oil production.
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:39am
  I thought they both omitted the devaluation of the dollar.
  
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- PontiusPirate
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:42am
  That too
  
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- Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:43am
  Peakoil is a myth.
  
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- GJPinks
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:52am
  Heck!!! Let make it official Julius Obama, leader for life!
  
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Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:29am
Hold on there. The government just said that inflation is only around 1% despite the massive printing/digitizing of money, low interest rates, and the skyrocketing of prices. How can there be inflation if the government says there isn’t any? Furthermore, have you seen the price of iCrap? It’s coming down so there must not be any inflation. Oh yeah, have you seen your 401K?!?!? You should be wealthy now! Look at those returns! /sarc LOL

Man that’s fun. Gee, we’ve only revised the formula 3 times since 1980 and the BEA owner occupied rent model is about on par with the Dr. Mann Hockey Stick lie…but sure let’s pretend that inflation doesn’t exist because 95% of people have been deprived of education and reason/logic by public education indoctrination. Yay!!!!

http://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data/inflation-charts

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- OhioRifleman
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:36am
  Sad but true.
  
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biohazard23
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:28am
OK, that’s it. Wine, beer, bacon, chocolate and red meat ~ basic life necessities ~ have increased in price. Time to revolt! :)

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- Sy Kosys
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:45am
  You had me at bacon…
  
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- biohazard23
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:51am
  muuuaah! :)
  
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Joss
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:28am
So much of government entitlement spending is indexed to inflation that they dare not include food in the equation. They simply can’t afford it.

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rickc34
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:28am
If Obama wins how much more will we pay? 200% 300% more?

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- Americanius
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 12:54pm
  Prices will necessarily skyrocket.
  
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godlovinmom
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:27am
My life in pictures…as a homemaker…I can say with all truth…EVERYTHING HAS WENT UP in the last four years…Obama thinks we’re idiots!

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- 4xeverything
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 1:40pm
  Right there with you. This is the reason that I’ve been buying in bulk and preserving/canning and dry storing everything that I can. With 6 mouths to feed the seemingly small increases in everyday items becomes stupid astronomical when compounded every month.
  
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- I support God's Israel!
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 3:25pm
  Then get angry (and sin not) and tell everyone you know about how we can get out of this mess WITHOUT OBAMA. Vote Romney. He is much better than Obama, even if you don’t care for some of Romney’s policies (which I do not). The alternative (Obama) will be devastating for America, I guarantee it.
  
  TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW THAT IF THEY WANT TO SURVIVE IN THE NEXT 4 YEARS, THEY MUST VOTE FOR ROMNEY. I do believe he will put people back to work and thereby, helping our economy. WHEN PEOPLE HAVE NO JOBS, THERE IS NO MONEY BEING USED TO PAY FOR THINGS, WHICH MAKES THE ECONOMY SUFFER.
  
  THINK ABOUT IT, PEOPLE. THINK LONG AND HARD AND ASK YOURSELF IF OBAMA HAS BEEN BETTER FOR YOU IN THE LAST 4 YEARS. I doubt you will say yes. EVERYTHING HAS GONE UP BECAUSE OF OBAMA AND HIS MARXIST POLICIES.
  
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- godlovinmom
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 5:48pm
  ISUPPORTGODSISRAEL…oh my friend, I am on it…ALL my children (in their twenties) vote…now I’m working on their friends :) Have to agree with ya…not everything about Mr. Romney I support…although we are finding out he’s a pretty good man…and a darn site better than that socialist we have on OUR white house!…I truly believe come November…Obama will get the wakening of his lifetime…November 2010 was nothing compared to what’s coming for this liar! Keep fighting the good fight!
  
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