On the inflation front ...

[nammac]

We'll be shopping for new living room furniture this fall. The decade old leather sectional needs to go, we're tired of looking at it…

 

[jbett98]

A trillion dollar platinum coin scheme the feds have thought up to combat inflation.

https://www.moneymetals.com/news/2024/08/08/the-trillion-dollar-coin-a-dumb-idea-that-some-government-people-take-seriously-003367

 

[arakboss]

A 20lb sack of potatoes is like $5 at winco. I think the only pork grocery outlet carries is bologna.

I am going to have to eat a lot more potatoes, pasta and rice, if I want to buy any firearm food at all.

 

[Mikej]

I am going to have to eat a lot more potatoes, pasta and rice, if I want to buy any firearm food at all.

Hey Man? You get up here to NE potland I'll give you some fresh picked, grown right here by ME, green beans. Mmmm, GOOD beans! GOOD for you too!

 

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[Bobbygun]

decade old leather sectional

I don't understand how you could use a mere "decade" and "old" in the same sentence regarding furniture.

Seriously, our furniture is old because the cats are savages. Having new furniture would just make us hate them. One of the recliners in our living room was a pre-wedding gift to my wife from my grandparents. We were married in 1990.

 

[MTpockets]

Hopped in the waybackmachine to check the latest price on an Orange Vise....

At least they are on sale now....

 

[arakboss]

Maybe oil prices will come down further.

The world's largest oil importer flashes a warning about demand and crude prices | Fortune

The number of supertankers headed for China dropped to the lowest in almost two years.

fortune.com

Or not:

Exxon Joins OPEC in Warning of Looming Oil Supply Crisis | OilPrice.com

Exxon warns of a potential future energy crisis caused by a lack of investment in oil and gas production, despite widespread predictions of declining demand.

oilprice.com

 

[nammac]

Or not:

Exxon Joins OPEC in Warning of Looming Oil Supply Crisis | OilPrice.com

Exxon warns of a potential future energy crisis caused by a lack of investment in oil and gas production, despite widespread predictions of declining demand.

oilprice.com

Here we go again. More "green new deal" crap coming home to roost…

Americans cannot afford another 4 years of a democrat in the White House….

 

[Alexx1401]

Here we go again. More "green new deal" crap coming home to roost…

Americans cannot afford another 4 years of a democrat in the White House….

Elections do have consequences. Sadly we are going to need a hell of a lot more pain before we really can hope for change.

 

[CLT65]

A friend of mine who likes guns is now spouting the "greedflation" thing. He says it's actually the big, greedy corporations at fault, not true inflation.

His example was the price of gunpowder and primers. The cost of manufacture has increased, but not by anywhere near so much as retail costs. Manufacturer profits are through the roof on these things. Why? Demand outpaced supply so much and for so long, and they all saw how the scalpers and resellers would grab them up and resell them for double; it became obvious that the market would bear it, so they did the obvious free-market thing and raised prices. In an ideal free-market system, these profits would entice others to increase manufacturing capacity and enter the market, reducing prices and profits to eventually balance out. For various reasons this hasn't happened (yet).

So, the "free market" has wobbled as it will, with high profits in some sectors, as will happen at times as companies do their best to maximize profits as the naturally will. There is truth to this side of it, but it's only a part of what's been happening, and a bit of a red herring at that. I was a little surprised that my friend would fall for it.

 

[VinnieBoomBah]

A friend of mine who likes guns is now spouting the "greedflation" thing. He says it's actually the big, greedy corporations at fault, not true inflation.

His example was the price of gunpowder and primers. The cost of manufacture has increased, but not by anywhere near so much as retail costs. Manufacturer profits are through the roof on these things. Why? Demand outpaced supply so much and for so long, and they all saw how the scalpers and resellers would grab them up and resell them for double; it became obvious that the market would bear it, so they did the obvious free-market thing and raised prices. In an ideal free-market system, these profits would entice others to increase manufacturing capacity and enter the market, reducing prices and profits to eventually balance out. For various reasons this hasn't happened (yet).

So, the "free market" has wobbled as it will, with high profits in some sectors, as will happen at times as companies do their best to maximize profits as the naturally will. There is truth to this side of it, but it's only a part of what's been happening, and a bit of a red herring at that. I was a little surprised that my friend would fall for it.

He might have been referencing this

Kroger executive admits company gouged prices above inflation

Kroger's senior director for pricing Andy Groff said the grocery giant had raised prices for eggs and milk beyond inflation levels.

www.newsweek.com

 

[CLT65]

He was referencing what seems to be the official party line now, that it's not regular inflation, and therefore not Biden et al.'s fault. It's those nasty, greedy corporations and the free market that they hate so. You hear it all over now.

Like all the best lies, there's a strong grain of truth to it. Leftists desperately want to believe it so they preach it like gospel.

 

[JackFrost]

Rumplestiltzkin plan : "how much for your daughter?!"

Don't you mean "wrinkledforeskin"?
Oops, never mind, wrong thread, my bad.

 

[Alexx1401]

A friend of mine who likes guns is now spouting the "greedflation" thing. He says it's actually the big, greedy corporations at fault, not true inflation.

His example was the price of gunpowder and primers. The cost of manufacture has increased, but not by anywhere near so much as retail costs. Manufacturer profits are through the roof on these things. Why? Demand outpaced supply so much and for so long, and they all saw how the scalpers and resellers would grab them up and resell them for double; it became obvious that the market would bear it, so they did the obvious free-market thing and raised prices. In an ideal free-market system, these profits would entice others to increase manufacturing capacity and enter the market, reducing prices and profits to eventually balance out. For various reasons this hasn't happened (yet).

So, the "free market" has wobbled as it will, with high profits in some sectors, as will happen at times as companies do their best to maximize profits as the naturally will. There is truth to this side of it, but it's only a part of what's been happening, and a bit of a red herring at that. I was a little surprised that my friend would fall for it.

At every panic shortage there has ALWAYS been a lot of people caught pants down who can not be convinced its not this way. They will not listen to facts about how this works because they don't want to hear them.
If any industry really does become a cash cow others will jump in. When you ask people like this "so why is no one jumping in to make all this money"? They of course just shut down hearing you. They have their mind made up, no facts allowed.

 

[Mikej]

At every panic shortage there has ALWAYS been a lot of people caught pants down who can not be convinced its not this way.

Not US. Not this time! NO SIR! We keep at least TWO un-opened 36-roll Kirkland TPs at all times now!

 

[HiFi Magnetics]

Not US. Not this time! NO SIR! We keep at least TWO un-opened 36-roll Kirkland TPs at all times now!

Inflation or not. I'm gonna unload my frustration on this. I'm heading Portland...

 

[HiFi Magnetics]

Inflation or not. I'm gonna unload my frustration on this. I'm heading Portland...

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My favorite "was" the 80's dunki'n donut.
'Been to VooDoo donut several times and done all the rituals including stabbing the donut...
Blue*Star wipes the floor.

 

[nammac]

My favorite "was" the 80's dunki'n donut.
'Been to VooDoo donut several times and done all the rituals including stabbing the donut...
Blue*Star wipes the floor.

Miss Dunkin' Donuts, grew up on them growing up in Southeastern New England….

 

[HiFi Magnetics]

Miss Dunkin' Donuts, grew up on them growing up in Southeastern New England….

Buy the dunkin roasted coffee beans and grind it there. Like at Fred Meyers. That coffee and some local donut can get you close to the Dunki'n crave!