#MAGAFLATION - $12.99 dozen eggs (Page 26)

[K1052]

I don't know what's going on with olives.. but I would buy Filippo Berrio Olive Oil for cooking and frying for like $18-20..

Now it's like $45 cheapest.. sometimes as high as $60. On amazon it's 63.77.. not that I would buy it from there.

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P.S. If someone would like to point me to some American grown/ made Olive Oil which is cheaper.. please tell me. I try and eat healthy whenever I can.

Weather in southern Europe for the past few years has been terrible for olive production so prices have risen and imports from Turkey exploded.

This year expected to finally be better and prices should fall.

 

[Indus]

Weather in southern Europe for the past few years has been terrible for olive production so prices have risen and imports from Turkey exploded.

This year expected to finally be better and prices should fall.

Sadly I think Biden had no defense vs this..

https://twitter.com/x/status/1866905493190648018

 

[fskimospy]

Sadly I think Biden had no defense vs this..

https://twitter.com/x/status/1866905493190648018

The federal government has almost nothing to do with housing prices too.

 

[K1052]

When decades of housing underbuilding collide with a once in a generation pandemic which resulted in rapid migration and climate change which is sending insurance rates through the stratosphere.

I patiently await President Trump to kindly solve all these problems by pressing the "Things cost less" button hidden in the Resolute Desk that Brandon could not find.

 

[manly]

I get my coffee (Bustelo) at Costco and prior to covid it was 10 buck for 4 10 oz bricks, then during covid it went to 12.50, this past weekend it is now 16 bucks for the same amount of coffee.

I used to buy Bustelo, but have since shifted to whole beans. There are regularly fantastic deals on Amazon on both ground and bean coffee. Might be prudent to stockpile a bit before inauguration.

The deals usually require the Subscribe and Save "trick."

 

[Indus]

The federal government has almost nothing to do with housing prices too.

Simple universal basic income and basic housing 10 feet x 10 feet would solve so many of our problems though but the right chooses to constantly demonize it.

 

[Brainonska511]

When decades of housing underbuilding collide with a once in a generation pandemic which resulted in rapid migration and climate change which is sending insurance rates through the stratosphere.

Americans have shown they can't rub two braincells together on housing. Vacancy rates in cities skyrocketed leading to fantastic rental deals during the pandemic, and prices of used and new cars skyrocketed thanks to limited supplies. Yet somehow, with these real experiences, people will still stand around and deny reality like Patrick Star insisting it's not his wallet.

Edit: grammar and to add a premade meme on the subject (one of many that would apply to housing arguments)

 

[Brainonska511]

Simple universal basic income and basic housing 10 feet x 10 feet would solve so many of our problems though but the right chooses to constantly demonize it.

Let me give you the cliffs of the arguments:

1) subsidizing demand doesn't fix the supply crisis
2) nimbys don't actually want to build more housing, and that spans both parties at local levels where the problem needs to be solved. You'd also have people screaming that a 10x10 SRO is inhumane, or there are enough vacancies across the country, or name a reason

 

[fskimospy]

Let me give you the cliffs of the arguments:

1) subsidizing demand doesn't fix the supply crisis
2) nimbys don't actually want to build more housing, and that spans both parties at local levels where the problem needs to be solved. You'd also have people screaming that a 10x10 SRO is inhumane, or there are enough vacancies across the country, or name a reason

Yup. Increasing supply is the one and only answer to this problem.

I don't give a shit how we accomplish this, it just needs to happen. (although if you legalize housing construction the market will correct the problem for 'free' from a taxpayer perspective)

 

[MomentsofSanity]

$30 gas a gallon??

https://twitter.com/x/status/1867010071865037012

This is likely more about electricity. Niagara Falls etc... provide a lot of power to the North Eastern US. We sell at a loss generally to the US.

 

[purbeast0]

LMAO.

This is what the idiots voted for.

Let's add tariffs to help though!

Trump Backtracks On Campaign Pledge To Bring Down Grocery Prices

The president-elect walked back what was always a wildly unrealistic campaign promise.

www.huffpost.com

 

[RearAdmiral]

I don't know what's going on with olives.. but I would buy Filippo Berrio Olive Oil for cooking and frying for like $18-20..

Now it's like $45 cheapest.. sometimes as high as $60. On amazon it's 63.77.. not that I would buy it from there.

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P.S. If someone would like to point me to some American grown/ made Olive Oil which is cheaper.. please tell me. I try and eat healthy whenever I can.

I usually buy the California Olive Ranch oil at Sams. The one with 100% CA olives. I think it is around $15 for 1L so about the same price. Looks like it is out of stock though.

 

[balloonshark]

We import 4.7 million barrels per day of oil from Canada. A 25% tariff is going to hurt Americans. This oil is different than our oil. The Canadian oil has US refineries just for processing that type of oil so it's not like we can replace it with our own oil.

The damn 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico are also going to increase car prices $5000 to $10000. I'm sure that will also translate to even higher insurance prices and higher used car prices.

Higher prices without meaningful wage increases means less people buying less things which is going to hurt the economy. Tough times are ahead folks.

 

[manly]

We import 4.7 million barrels per day of oil from Canada. A 25% tariff is going to hurt Americans. This oil is different than our oil. The Canadian oil has US refineries just for processing that type of oil so it's not like we can replace it with our own oil.

The damn 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico are also going to increase car prices $5000 to $10000. I'm sure that will also translate to even higher insurance prices and higher used car prices.

Higher prices without meaningful wage increases means less people buying less things which is going to hurt the economy. Tough times are ahead folks.

Trump is a fucking dumb ass, but I suspect the corporate grifters all around him will convince him not to trade war with the entire world (heck, just CA and MX alone would be devastating for all economies).

China OTOH I would expect at least a continuation of current tariffs and conflict, although his pledge to increase tariffs is also fairly likely IMHO.

 

[eelw]

Trump is a fucking dumb ass, but I suspect the corporate grifters all around him will convince him not to trade war with the entire world (heck, just CA and MX alone would be devastating for all economies).

China OTOH I would expect at least a continuation of current tariffs and conflict, although his pledge to increase tariffs is also fairly likely IMHO.

But I wonder if we and Mexico don’t do retaliatory tariffs, just let the Americans suffer, how long would they go on for?

 

[manly]

But I wonder if we and Mexico don’t do retaliatory tariffs, just let the Americans suffer, how long would they go on for?

Trump is a classic bully, which means he's a pussy. Push comes to shove, he's licking spit off of Putin's boots.

It's not quite as simple as let the Americans FA and FO; the extent of Trump's policies would spark a global recession.

So if he does slap harsh tariffs on CA and MX, the only question is if he backpedals before the damage is done. Also, I don't know what he can actually get away with. My understanding is he has nearly carte blanche on tariffs. BUT we also have trade agreements (that he negotiated just years ago) and the WTO would have a word with the U.S.

 

[fskimospy]

Trump is a classic bully, which means he's a pussy. Push comes to shove, he's licking spit off of Putin's boots.

It's not quite as simple as let the Americans FA and FO; the extent of Trump's policies would spark a global recession.

So if he does slap harsh tariffs on CA and MX, the only question is if he backpedals before the damage is done. Also, I don't know what he can actually get away with. My understanding is he has nearly carte blanche on tariffs. BUT we also have trade agreements (that he negotiated just years ago) and the WTO would have a word with the U.S.

Tariffs are supposed to be done by Congress but they left a huge loophole that let the president enact them unilaterally for the purposes of national security.

The idea of course was that the president would act responsibly and only use them for national security. Of course here Trump will just declare it all national security so yes.

 

[Brainonska511]

Tariffs are supposed to be done by Congress but they left a huge loophole that let the president enact them unilaterally for the purposes of national security.

The idea of course was that the president would act responsibly and only use them for national security. Of course here Trump will just declare it all national security so yes.

Yes, inherent to the creation of rules was that reasonable people would be navigating them, not some utter moron advised by the second coming of nazi Carl "the executive exists in the exception" Schmidt

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

Yup. Increasing supply is the one and only answer to this problem.

I don't give a shit how we accomplish this, it just needs to happen. (although if you legalize housing construction the market will correct the problem for 'free' from a taxpayer perspective)

Don't need more housing if you deport large swathes of the population *taps head*

 

[fskimospy]

Don't need more housing if you deport large swathes of the population *taps head*

What’s even dumber about Trump’s position here is you still do. If you look at the type of housing undocumented immigrants occupy it is not the housing the average American wants.

At the very low end it might reduce prices but the rest of the market will not be affected. If anything it could drive prices up because nobody will be left to build new houses.

 

[pete6032]

Sadly I think Biden had no defense vs this..

https://twitter.com/x/status/1866905493190648018

What is that video? Where is she shopping?

 

[Indus]

What is that video? Where is she shopping?

I'm guessing Floriduh.

And btw.. why the fuck would these dum dums vote Trump??

https://twitter.com/x/status/1867277622712906195

That's like going to Spain to run with the bulls and saying I hope the bulls don't gore me because it would wreck your insides.

 

[QueBert]

I'm guessing Floriduh.

And btw.. why the fuck would these dum dums vote Trump??

https://twitter.com/x/status/1867277622712906195

That's like going to Spain to run with the bulls and saying I hope the bulls don't gore me because it would wreck your insides.

He said his entire shit would be gone forever after 2 days, but he's not worried because he doesn't think it's going to really happen? Trump didn't build the wall, and he didn't replace Obama Care. But I think he will carry out his plans to deport brown people. I can't even imagine how much a gallon of milk will cost after that. And cereal's made with grains which are grown by farmers.

A bowl of cereal costing $10 probably isn't far fetched if Trump does what he says. And that's assuming you'd even be able to find milk and cereal in stock.

 

[Muse]

I used to buy Bustelo, but have since shifted to whole beans. There are regularly fantastic deals on Amazon on both ground and bean coffee. Might be prudent to stockpile a bit before inauguration.

The deals usually require the Subscribe and Save "trick."

I always get SF Bay organic coffee at Costco, it comes in 3lb bags, whole bean. Last bag I bought was $18.99 on 10/29/24. Occasionally they have a special on it, but rarely recently. A friend of mine told me to always buy organic coffee, that the other stuff is especially bad for you (that was over 20 years ago).

 

[manly]

I always get SF Bay organic coffee at Costco, it comes in 3lb bags, whole bean. Last bag I bought was $18.99 on 10/29/24. Occasionally they have a special on it, but rarely recently. A friend of mine told me to always buy organic coffee, that the other stuff is especially bad for you (that was over 20 years ago).

That's a good price. Does it say organic on the label? Not all SFBay varieties are organic.

I usually keep 4-5 months supply on hand. I'm not a coffee snob and just buy a pack or two when there's a deal.