Comments on: Consumer Prices Up; Food, Energy Skyrocket

Energy Costs Shoot Up 17 Percent Since Last Year, Bread And Milk Prices Soar

[bgwinnett]

Don''t worry guys, the Dow''s rallying, Again!!! I''m sure that all those extremely smart and far sighted folks on Wall St have called the bottom of the market and that we will all be Ok, Again!!!

[element51]

I grew up poor. We didn''t have much in the way of material things but I had good parents who did the best they could. Now I am glad that I grew up that way. My mother know how to make a little go a long way and she taught us kids well. Now that I am an old man it is becoming necessary to bring back some of the things I learned as a kid. There was a sort of self sufficiency in those days that somehow got lost along the way and now we are all going to have to re-learn how to take care of ourselves. Government has been purchased lock, stock and barrell by the wealthy elete and for them all is never enough. So, get out your Grandmas old cookbook and at least you will be able to eat. Happy days are here again!

[ora734]

Element, 1 way to start is make the 1''s speculating in oil and ethanol (TAKE POSSESSION) and this is 1 sure way right now that will put an end to this maddness.
But i like you fear it''s too late the president and congress could move towards regulating the speculation with this rule change in futures trading, but they won''t....

[Gary Kempf]

Element51

I agree, I To wish Somebody would give some answers.

[parrot123-2009]

Most of us out here have a finate amount of money to spend and it seems like every week it takes more and more just to keep even. We have cut back as far as we can. We no longer have ANY disposable income to spend. As this crisis continues we find ourselves falling further and further behind. I am 63 years old and this is the first time in my life that I truly feel afraid. We need help, we need some answers and there is no where to turn. I am tired of everyone pointing fingers and saying it''''s the other guys fault. It no longer matters whose fault is is, it''''s time to start looking for some answers and who cares which party provides them. Instead of constant character assassination from the candidates let''''s hear some possible solutions.
Posted by Element51 at 01:42 PM : Apr 16, 2008

Most Repugs on these boards would label you a ''LIB'' and insinuate that you''re LAZY when they''re actually going through much worse and still woting Repug. Go Party !

[element51]

No one in their right mind wants to watch our economy continue to free fall. The question is, what can we do? It''s like watching a train wreck. You want to stop it but all you can do is stand with your mouth open and watch it happen. Will it help to make a change in government? Maybe at one time it would have but I fear it is to late now. Most of us out here have a finate amount of money to spend and it seems like every week it takes more and more just to keep even. We have cut back as far as we can. We no longer have ANY disposable income to spend. As this crisis continues we find ourselves falling further and further behind. I am 63 years old and this is the first time in my life that I truly feel afraid. We need help, we need some answers and there is no where to turn. I am tired of everyone pointing fingers and saying it''s the other guys fault. It no longer matters whose fault is is, it''s time to start looking for some answers and who cares which party provides them. Instead of constant character assassination from the candidates let''s hear some possible solutions.

[ontheleft]

So inflation last month was only an annualized 3.6%? Ha! The government is lying to us. I have no doubt whatsoever the figures have been fudged by people over at the BLS. There''s tremendous pressure on the bureaucrats to make these figures as low as possible since social security benefits and a host of other government payouts are based on these "official" figures.

They also had the gall to say there was no consumer inflation in February? My as*!! There needs to be an investigation of the BLS.

[ora734]

There is 1 way to stop the speculation on oil:

Any group or fund that purchases oil futures should have to take possession of the product they are speculating on...


Watch oil drop like a rock..

Oil was not on the futures market pre 1975. My dad in his time saw a gallon of gas go from .05 to .19 over a 40 year period. Can we say the same thing?
Make them take possession of the oil if they want to speculate..........

That is somethijng that can be done now, but you won''t see Bush admin. pushing this to much pip-pro-quo.

[mediapreachr]

Not to worry,as long as the stock market is going up,everything is peachy.
I guess the welfare of 80 to a 100 thousand people is more important than a few other million citizens.
In absurd reality country(where up is down)-that will make sense.

[naucoming4u]

Posted by mocaIeo at 12:53 PM : Apr 16, 2008
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I''d bet you mindless neo-con sheep must really get pissed off when you watch your favorite red-necks in NASCAR always turning...

...LEFT!

[ov442]

Posted by mocaIeo -- you gotta be one of the most rediculous posters i have ever seen in my life.
There is not one expert in existence that has any common sense that would blame even a smidgeon of this economic policy disaster on the Dems in congress vs these Republican morons that have spent the last decade and a half puttin policy in place that has decimated our economy and All of Bush''s policies forced through congress that have handed out casht to the rich and hammered the poor.

[lochlan-2009]

"Consumer Prices Up; Food, Energy Skyrocket"

I think NOW we can say it.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!!!

[marcpcbs]

When the greedy oil people double their prices it also runs up the cost of everything. This isn''t a recession, it''s an effect caused by greed.

[lovegetpeace]

Folks,
This is just unbelievable, I see in my cystal ball a Super-Super Majority in Congress coming 1-Jan-2009. Good-bye Filibuster and Veto Powers.

[lovegetpeace]

Folks,
At Bush''s press conferences this week, please do not ask Bush, especially if you are a reporter, whether if we have high inflation today, his quick reply will be "I never heard that before" and it will be just too embarrassing for our nation.

[parrot123-2009]

Wonder where all the Repugs went ..... Scared to post here, especially with the realities felt on this article ? Cheers!

[forthepeopl1]

this is more important to debate, than this s/h/i/t/


if it aint MR. POTATOHEAD, LOOKS PRITTY SCARED DOENT HE. ITS FUNNY TO HAVE THIS INSIDER OF WALLSTREET HAVE SO MUCH POWER..


LISTEN IF THEY ( CONGRESS) WOULD DO THERE JOBS WE WOULDN''''''''''''''''T BE IN THIS MESS.

ANYONE THAT TOOK OUT LOANS FROM 2000 TO 2007
REGARDLESS OF WHAT THERE CREDIT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE OF THIS MESS MOST HAVE LOST THEIR GOOD RATING.


THEY NEED TO COME OUT AND TELL ALL MORTGAGE COMPANYS

TO RE-FI EVERYONE NOW. NO EXCEPTION IF THEY HAVE A
MORTGAGE THAN TAKE 60% OFF THE BALLANCE AND RE-FI THEM AT 1 PERCENT OVER PRIME AND STOP ALL THE BLEEDING FOR ONCE..THAT IS ALL THAT HAS TO BE DONE, SIMPLE,FAST,AND IT WOULD STOP ALL FORCLOSEINGS,BURNINGS OF HOMES,AND STOP 10''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''S OF MILLIONS FROM BEING ON THE STREET..

THIS IS MORE INPORTANT, THAN THIS ***.

OR HOW ABOUT REPORTING THAT WE THE PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW THIS FROM CLINTON AND MCCAIN. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY TO THE 374,298 AMERICANS DEAD,HURT,MAIMED IN THIS WAR YOU SUPPOTED FROM THE START..HOW ABOUT ASKING THEM THIS


TIME TO MARCH DOWN AND TAKE THEM OUT..

[Gary Kempf]

dredre2k at 11:44 AM : Apr 16, 2008

As I understand it, The $600.00 is coming from your 09 taxes.

[dredre2k]

Has the gov''t actually told anyone how our Gov''t is paying for the economic stimulus checks? We''re borrowing more money against our debt just to dole out checks? The stimulus checks are a joke! Bush trainwrecks the country, gets us to a war for oil and allows gas companies to charge americans through the roof for gasoline & natural gas, and he gives everyone 600 dollars for their trouble!

I will be spending my economic stimulus check on paying down my credit card... this will hurt the economy since our economy thrives on the creation of more debt.

[Gary Kempf]

Hear that? That sound you don''t hear is the sound of nothing being done by the FED.....