When's the breaking point?

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Originally Posted by smokeonthewater

They say that if you drop a frog in boiling water it will jump out but if you put it in cool water and gradually heat it up it will sit there and cook to death...... They are heating our water folks!

It seems like every month the prices go up 10%. People who buy the stuff all the time don't notice it so much, but when you go a few months without buying something it's quite the shock. And it's everything it seems like. When I was outfitting my jon boat I couldn't believe how much some of this stuff has gone up. Moeller 6.6 gallon fuel tanks are a bargain at $75, yet I used to buy them 8-10 years ago for $25 for the same exact tank(has plastic gone up that much?). 5/16" EVINRUDE fuel line assemblies are now $60 for the cheapest one I could find, last one I bought 10 years ago was $25 full retail at a dealer. And so on and so on.

Or go to the grocery store, why does a bag of chips need to cost over $4? 10 years ago they would have been $1.29. Or milk is over $4 a gallon when just a few years ago it was $2.

They used to tell us prices were going up because the economy was going down. Now they say prices are going up because the economy is good. So which is it?

With my wife being a teacher and me being gimped up, our income isn't that great. But we don't have many bills, and everything we have is paid for. Yet we live paycheck to paycheck most of the time. Why should you have to make $75K+ just to live a decent life. 20 years ago you could live a nice life(better than many) on $25K, but with the out of control taxes, fees, and living expenses you have to make triple just to try and live something of a life instead of being to "LIVE" life. It scares me to think of what it will be like for my son by the time he is grown up.