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RR>> Hey!  I'm still waiting for the cost of my groceries to go down, and my
$50
  >> DOGE refund...  I could care duck all about a golden phone!

MP>Indeed. Around here, fuel prices are finally on the way down.  Getting
  >close to where they were before COVID.  That was supposedly what was
  >keeping food, and other merchandise, prices up.  However, IIRC, fuel
  >prices were the reason before the tariffs started so who knows?  :(

When you think about it, you could double fuel costs and the cost
increase on your can of beans would go up by half a cent, if that.
But the stores all take advantage of the 'bad news' and use it to
inflate prices to ridiculous levels, often up by 50% or more, with
less chance of people complaining because they have heard the bad
news and blame it on someone else..

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