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2010-11-05 Home Front: Culture Wars

Yay! Here comes inflation as food prices rise 5-13%

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Posted by DarthVader 2010-11-05 14:56|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Quit using agricultural land to create state subsidized bio-fuel.

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-11-05 16:25|| 2010-11-05 16:25|| Front Page Top

#2 If you want to read a nightmare on inflation, devaluation, and collapse, try Chapter 5 of "The Collapse of Complex Societies", Joseph A. Tainter. Scary reading for Americans.

Posted by whatadeal 2010-11-05 17:06|| 2010-11-05 17:06|| Front Page Top

#3 EPA.
greenhouse gas
particulate pollution fine
takeover/shutdown of farmland
practical impossibility standards

Fuel Taxes
transportation
harvest
processing
refridgerator storage

Increasing % ethanol requirements in auto fuel gives farmers sure thing crop selection turning food into fuel.

Those are the general outlines for why your food prices will increase, only to be aggrivated by speculators on the one few US industries remaining and then dollar devaluation. It might be easy to point at the marketeers, but the problem is government - the marketeers are a response to government policy.

Posted by swksvolFF 2010-11-05 17:14|| 2010-11-05 17:14|| Front Page Top

#4 Yes, it is a worry for those who have to pay. Food programs now drive the market. It doesn't matter the brand or the price. The wealthy will still get what they want. They will still eat out but not as often. Private label business works only if you have volume. They give themselves all kinds of space and cut back those who don't pay or pay enough for space. So you see the quality go and size gets ever smaller. The wealthy and food assistance people will get quality so the name brands will remain. Quality product requires a higher price. Good profit margin and you will stay in business. Knock offs and bottom feeders will be hurt the most.

Posted by Dale 2010-11-05 18:28|| 2010-11-05 18:28|| Front Page Top

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