During a recent stop at the local mega/super/enormous store where you can purchase almost anything you like under one roof (if your willing to crawl on the floor to get your soda from the back of the bottom rack), I discovered that my usual pack of bargain polish sausage is now in a package of 14 instead of 16. If my math is correct that is a 12.5% reduction in meat by product for the same price. It also appeared that the plastic "cans" of coffee are now a tad smaller. For the same price... I'm really not sure what else, but I'm sure there are many more. Think about the increase in profit for the company that manufactures those dogs. The new packaging gets them a free one to sell every 7 or so. I know this has been going on for years, but come on... Usually the decrease the amount of product and cut the price a tiny bit to make you believe you're getting a deal. Not anymore. We live in a "take it or leave it" market place. Believe that. Don't want to pay the high price for fuel? Walk. Don't like the age or conditions you work in? Join the ranks of the unemployed with little hope for finding a job, let along a well paying job. There was actually a politician, a short time ago, that made the comment on a radio station that it was time to realize that our children are not going to get to go to college. Can you believe that?? He's saying that the next generation as little hope of doing as well as this generation has done. I think he's wrong, or at least I hope he is, and what a great thing to say to boost peoples morale.
So, what's going to happen from here? More of the same I suspect, at least for a while longer. It's going to take a change like we have never seen before to turn this trend around. Maybe it will come next year, the Mayans seem to think something big is going happen in 2012. Maybe we'll get our 2 hot dogs back.
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