why is everything so expensive?

cause greed has taken over the world!

inflation.

Because it costs so much.

Can you please try to be a little more nebulous?

Global economy is the reason. China now pays their workers more money and is still trying to kill us with lead, ect.. Oil for fuel to get the products to you is at all time highs. Corn has gone up drastically as more of it is being used for making fuel. So now any meat cost more to raise. This year there was a drought covering all the south east and a late freeze killing the blooms of fruit trees causing the amount of food in the country to be less so more imports drove food prices higher even if imported from the parts of the country with rain as long as they did not flood.

Add all those and other factors together and then add it takes fewer people to make those items with automation(robots) and you can see how easy it is to pay these outrageous prices.

There is one more factor that many of you were pushing through congress. Minium wage increase like we are going through again hurts the economy. The middle class is hit the worst. The rich company owners adjust their prices BEFORE the rate hike so they do not lose money when the time comes to pay their employees more money. Many salary people will not get a raise or they get it the next time they redo their contracts. Many people making over minium will not get a raise or get it later. So in short everything goes up 3-6 months ahead of the wage increase and none of us get the wage increase til the wage increase or after. It brings the value of the dollar down(bad economy and the wage increase are really hurting it now).

This a definately a topic don't ask unless you really want to know.

Later, John