About two months ago MP Dunleavy wrote about her rising concern with inflation.  She noticed that her spending from a year ago has gone up dramatically.  She spent $400 last year on groceries, this year it was $587.   She spent $140 on miscellaneous items last year and $346 this year.  She blames inflation.  Was her [...]

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This past year inflation has been eating at everyone’s salaries.  For people on a fixed income, retirees, this hit probably has been tougher than most.  On 7/1/2008 my mom was told that the union was refused when they asked for a cost of living raise.  Instead they will continue on the set raise of 2%/annually.
What [...]

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It appears that GM is downsizing their truck and SUV market here.  They are closing 4 plants within North America which make trucks and SUVs.  The company is also laying off 8,350 workers in North America. 
Short term this will hurt many families, but long term it will mean less jobs in America and perhaps more [...]

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Wow, I written about how expensive food has become.  Well Liz Weston has published her findings here (with help from 3 coupon sites) about the increases in food prices.  What she found was amazing.  5 staples of people’s budgets were way up.
Flour – up 37%
Eggs – up 34.8%
Sweet Peppers – up 29.2%
Milk – up 23.1%
Dried Beans – [...]

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