[quote=SD Realtor]Sure it works for you Brian. I am sure your answer is suitable to the millions who are not as well off as you. The families with kids, and who don’t live in San Diego. I am sure children will love plain oatmeal for breakfast every day.
Some of things you say are so laughable. Honestly… If you ever find a spouse and have kids you will receive the wakeup call of your life Brian.
I cannot imagine there is a parent on this board who reads some of your life simple posts and doesn’t shake their heads in disbelief.
Your simplistic answers for everyone are never well thought out and are frequently highly impractical. As the cost of water and sewer continues to rise these same people can alter consumption of water and use the toilet less as well. The answers of govt providing further basic necessities are illogical for a govt that is debt ridden, cannot resolve mammoth entitlement issues, and for a currency that has already been devalued significantly.
Inflation in basic necessities is a disaster for those of lesser means when it is not accompanies by corresponding wage increases.
The far more realistic scenario of what will happen in the real world as opposed to Brians world is that a wider chasm will be created by the haves and have nots. Further destruction of the middle class will continue and increased welfare will be needed just to keep people afloat rather then the creation of the utopian society you envision.
So yes if that is what you espouse then higher energy and food prices are good.[/quote]
SDR,
I think one of the reasons you and I have been talking about the OBVIOUS inflation for a long time is because we have families with kids. Everything we do, all the money we spend, is multiplied by X.
Brian’s large oatmeal container might last him a month. It would last us a week, if that. We go through half of a large container in one meal (not to mention the 3 baskets of berries I use each time we serve oatmeal).
Baths? Laundry? Toiletries? Travel expenses (plane tickets, skis/lift passes, even hotel rooms — we have to get a suite or two connecting rooms these days)… For us, everything we do equals Brian’s expenses x5. Our reality is VERY different from Brian’s, no doubt about it. This is why you and I could see the inflation a long time ago.
