104 million working age people on their asses. Not sure what the total working age segment comprises, but I’ll wager its around 350 to 400 million.
25%
Inflation: a pound of hamburger is over $5/lb. Apples are $2/lbs. Vegetables and fruits are more expensive than processed foods.
Fees are up everywhere. Property taxes are up regardless of property values. Health care costs are skyrocketing.
So, yeah. Even the Socialists on the stage the other night admit it isn’t working, which is funny to watch, since they are calling for more of it.
Inflation: a pound of hamburger is over $5/lb. Apples are $2/lbs. Vegetables and fruits are more expensive than processed foods.
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My strategy (from necessity): Gardening & hunting .... saves a lot of $$ on produce and beef (we don’t eat beef any more unless some else is doing the buying/cooking). So does shopping at Goodwill or other thrift stores for clothes, shoes, etc. Hand make all my presents (Christmas, birthday, etc.). I can’t tell you the last time I was at a “mall”.
USA population is currently 318.9 million so 319 ... officially. Not all of that number are of working age.
According to this source there are 203 million working age persons (people between the ages of 15-64).
https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/LFWA64TTUSM647S
Of course not all of those of working age want a paid job at a given time. Many are full time caregivers of their children or elderly parents, many are teenagers or young adults in college and some number are disabled, some do unpaid volunteer work, etc. On the flip side, many people are working past age 64 so maybe it evens out.
I'm thinking you're figures are a tad high. Just sayin'.
Winners: the Corp bottom line and stock holder dividends. Losers: Employees laid off, consumers see quality suffer, taxpayer on the hook for social service.
You can't call all 100 million lazy asses, there is a lot of blame to go around.
There is a difference between price increase for specific products or services and inflation. We are at great danger of over deflating at this point. The nickel dime economic weasels who have been saying we suffer from inflation are simply wrong.
It now costs less to eat out then to spend time shopping and cooking for yourself or for others. The food mafia sells to commercial accounts, restaurants, hotels, etc. at reduced prices. Grocery stores sell raw food and processed odd marked up so that it is more expensive than commercially prepared food. Weird situation....
#4 A dozen large eggs are $5.49 here in southern California.