When's the breaking point?

[THEFERMANATOR]

This goes along with Ridge's post about the cost of ring free. At what point will this explosive inflation catch up and cripple us? What is the point our economy breaks and crashes? I just had to buy a set of batteries for my bURB, and it set me back $239. Why does a pair of batteries have to cost so much at dealer cost(I get trade price, not retail)? Or why does a 5 quart jug of ATF now cost $23 when last year it cost $15?

I keep wondering how much longer it will be before it cripples our economy, and we crash. There are so many examples of things I bought within the last 2 years where they have doubled or tripled, and a few things have quadrupled. Yet wages haven't gone up that much(unless you work for McDonalds and go on strike to demand more for a high school level job) to match.

Or go to a grocery store and buy ground beef for $4+ a pound now where just a year ago it was about $2.50-$3 a pound. It seems the obamanomics are catching up to us all, and we now get to pay the price for it. But what will the end game cost of it be in the end?

I know I'm not the smartest most well versed in the economy, but even I can see it is in a downward spiral with no end in sight.