On 07/02/2017 06:32 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On Saturday, July 1, 2017 at 8:58:18 PM UTC-4, rbowman wrote:
On 07/01/2017 12:59 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
I don't bleat merrily. I pay attention when I'm shopping. If I see
the size has decreased I say, "Either they had to increase prices or
decrease quantity. It's the same result in the end."

Ever ask yourself why they 'had to'? Ever ask yourself where the extra
money goes when it leaves your purse?

Sure. A lot of it goes to increased costs in materials, energy, and labor.

I don't make the same amount of money that I did 20 years ago, and I don't
pay the same for a pound of beef that I did 20 years ago.

And the increased cost of materials, etc? From roughly 1200 to 1500
prices were stable. Black Death and the influx of gold and silver from
the New World upset the dynamics for a couple of centuries, then prices
stabilized again. Barring external circumstances like those the usual
cause of inflation is the debasement of the currency by the government.
Adopting a fiat currency and the manipulations of central banks
facilitates debasement. Cui bono?