How hard is inflation going to hit, or has hit?

[grumpy356]

I was driving home last ight and thinking about things and what I was considering was BASELINE BUDGETING

(Baseline budgeting is an accounting method the United States Federal Government uses to develop a budget for future years. Baseline budgeting uses current spending levels as the "baseline" for establishing future funding requirements and assumes future budgets will equal the current budget times the inflation rate times the population growth rate.)

So Instead of a true budget, you automatically get what you got last year, and with a few % tacked on for "inflation".

But the governemnt increases these budgets by about 7% annually.

I believe this is a KEY factor in the inflation problem and nobody seems to want to even address it.

 

[Thatg9659]

Place an order for some stuff from Australia, received an inv for $227 aus paid it. My bank account shows a charge for 152. Didn’t bother checking exchange rate but was surprised.

 

[72blazer]

I had a work lunch Thursday and was in charge of sodas. I was busy and didn’t wanna deal with the high traffic at the bigger grocery store. Stopped at the gas station down the road from work, grabbed a 12 pack of cokes, bag of ice, and a small bag of candies. $18!!!! Looked down and the sodas were $9.99. Fawk. I couldn’t believe it. I made a comment to the girl and she said “you shoulda gone to Costco!” Bitch, you see a Costco around here?

Fawk.

 

[YZRider]

14 gallons of gas, 18 Coors Lights, downsized bag of chips, $95.

 

[[486]]

Place an order for some stuff from Australia, received an inv for $227 aus paid it. My bank account shows a charge for 152. Didn’t bother checking exchange rate but was surprised.

the fun thing about the us dollar being inflated away is that most currencies are us-dollar-backed
so they get fucked at "our" rate, then with their country's rate of inflation atop that

 

[72blazer]

the fun thing about the us dollar being inflated away is that most currencies are us-dollar-backed
so they get fucked at "our" rate, then with their country's rate of inflation atop that

And at what point do they get tired of it? Like us? Like another country?


We are fucked.

 

[Mikel]

 

[Burns]

now its the same......just for dollars instead of cents

 

[DRTDEVL]

 

[Wades_76_cj7]

I stopped at Jimmy John's last night for a sandwich. #9 with added peppers (no upcharge), bag of bbq chips and a large coke was $13.20

I hadn't had one in awhile and it was good but fuck me. $13 for a cold cut sandwich?

 

[DRTDEVL]

I stopped at Jimmy John's last night for a sandwich. #9 with added peppers (no upcharge), bag of bbq chips and a large coke was $13.20

I hadn't had one in awhile and it was good but fuck me. $13 for a cold cut sandwich?

Remember the $5 footlong?

 

[Wades_76_cj7]

Remember the $5 footlong?

last time i had Subway was when they still had the $5 footlongs. Subway is trash around here and I refused to eat there at current prices..

 

[Void_of_Light]

I paid over 8$+ for a hotdog and a coke at Freddys yesterday.

 

[Penetrode Offroad]

Spicy McChicken is 3.79, but if you buy a 2nd you get it for a dollar.

 

[Grnjp92]

Spicy McChicken is 3.79, but if you buy a 2nd you get it for a dollar.

But then you have 2 of them! Lol

 

[Wades_76_cj7]

But then you have 2 of them! Lol

for twice the diarrhea!

 

[Levigarrett76]

for twice the diarrhea!

prep h is expensive

 

[Dead Pool]

Thoughts rolling around in my head today. This is unsustainable and it’s past the point of no return.

 

[clodhopper]

Thoughts rolling around in my head today. This is unsustainable and it’s past the point of no return.

Yep. Russian 1990s style meltdown or worse?

 

[Burns]

Whats the plan...do I buy more ammo and build a bunker in my yard/fill it with canned food?

 

[[486]]

Whats the plan...do I buy more ammo and build a bunker in my yard/fill it with canned food?

make sure you post about it online, and alienate your family in the process

 

[Burns]

make sure you post about it online, and alienate your family in the process

How deep should my bunker be? How many feet from current foundation? Any other details I should post online? Actual address so you guys can come check it out?

 

[arse_sidewards]

How deep should my bunker be? How many feet from current foundation? Any other details I should post online? Actual address so you guys can come check it out?

Inventory of contents would be appreciated.

I wouldn't wanna show up looking for a canned beans loot drop just to find all you have is ammo and gold.

 

[bad zuki]

How deep should my bunker be? How many feet from current foundation? Any other details I should post online? Actual address so you guys can come check it out?

Mothers maiden name and favorite pets would be nice too.

 

[Void_of_Light]

make sure you post about it online, and alienate your family in the process

Good thinking. Fewer mouths to feed.

 

[the conservative atheist]

last time i had Subway was when they still had the $5 footlongs. Subway is trash around here and I refused to eat there at current prices..

I stopped going because they notoriously understaff their stores. Walked in one time, long line with one solitary employee making the sandwiches and checking out. She literally gave me a look of disdain as I walked in the door. This has been my experience at most Subways. Don't know if anything has changed as I haven't been to one in years.

 

[Mikel]

 

[MONSTERMUDDER]

Taco Bell was the last cheap hold out in the fast food game.

Earlier this year when it cost more than the $20 bill I had already prepared in my hand for 2 combo meals I knew it was over.

 

[Lawless]

I stopped going because they notoriously understaff their stores. Walked in one time, long line with one solitary employee making the sandwiches and checking out. She literally gave me a look of disdain as I walked in the door. This has been my experience at most Subways. Don't know if anything has changed as I haven't been to one in years.

I quit going when I began having to fight for more than 6 olive slices etc. it was like it was coming out of their pay or something. Actually just thinkin' about it they are all owned by a dot Indian so maybe a good amount of toppings really does come out of their pay.

 

[Void_of_Light]

Taco Bell was the last cheap hold out in the fast food game.

Earlier this year when it cost more than the $20 bill I had already prepared in my hand for 2 combo meals I knew it was over.

Around 2000 I could get a full meal for about $3. We were broke, Taco Bell was a luxury.