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the high cost of living....or, what the...?????? last month, in vermont, i was shopping in a local grocery store because i was planning a dinner for my family. i picked up a loaf of 'artisan' bread (rustic, round, 'homemade looking') from a vermont bakery. i love good bread almost as much as i like good pie. anyway, as i was setting the bread into my cart i noticed the price. $4.79 a loaf. i almost had a cardiac and i quickly put the bread back. i love to bake. i know how much flour costs. this was highway robbery. back in el paso, i was shopping in our local whole foods market this past week and i came across a box of cereal that i had read about...loaded with probiotics...from kashi. i was about to put the rather small box into my cart when i glanced at the price...$5.39....no thanks. i'll just increase my yogurt consumption. today i left my doctor's office with a prescription for an antibiotic. i no longer have prescription coverage and it can be scary at the pharmacy. i went to the costco pharmacy and asked the clerk if drugs were the same price everywhere...walmart, walgreens, the corner pharmacy...and she explained that everybody charges their own price. how do i know who has the best price since nobody posts prices, i asked. well, she replied, you can call and compare. how much is my ten day (2 pills aday) prescription i asked. $43.00 she replied. hmnn. well, is there a generic drug? how much if i go generic? $11.00 she replied. so i went generic. of course, it was a bit frustrating that i had to pry that information out of her. oh, for the good old days when i had 100% blue cross coverage (back in the 1970's) and a loaf of bread was less than a buck. excuse my complaing...i think i am in 'sticker shock.' lol. |
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My theory...if people keep paying the prices then they will keep the costs high. Refuse, let it rot on the shelf whether bread or produce. Many years ago when lettuce started getting so high, I saw a sign in a grocery store in Ohio. It said...we don't blame you if you don't buy this lettuce, if it goes unsold and rots, the warehouse will have to lower their prices to the stores.
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