Posted by 36 coupe on March 02, 2011 at 03:50:10 from (199.2.58.159):
In Reply to: Money OT posted by Paul Shuler on March 01, 2011 at 09:26:54:
Same thing happened here in the last 10 years.RE tax has doubled.I used to buy our fuel oil out of my SS check.My wife is still working so she took over the oil cost.I cant stay here on my SS.We use 700 gallons of oil plus wood.1000 gallons per household is the average use here.The last 10 years has been hard.My mail order book business dried up.In 1997 I was selling 1000 bucks a month worth of books.Ad costs went nuts, postage went up.Post offices started returning book lists that didnt have the new addresses on them.I sent a list to a regular customer,it came back.A search found the fellows phone numbercalled him.He said he lived in a town of 500 people, lived a quarter mile from the post office and people in the office knew him.I mailed the list to his new address and he sent me an order for 160 bucks worth of books.I basically lost all contact with good customers.One magazine I advertized in went from 75 cents a word to 3.50 a word for a classified ad.I had to give up as the profit margin dropped to near zero.Farm insurance has gone fom 500 bucks a year to 900 in 10 years.Watch grocery prices.Saw a can of Bushes Grilling beans.Bought some at 1.49 a can .Next month 1.69, then 1.79,the last time I looked 1.99.One big grocery chain bought a small store.First thing they did was raise the price of a half gallon of milk 19 cents.We are in a depression right now.
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