The Shining City Upon a Hill

[BillyCarpenter]

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Price increases over last yr (CPI report)...


Gasoline: +42.7%

Used Cars: +31.9%
Gas Utilities: +21%
New Cars: +7.6%
Overall CPI: +5.3%
Electricity: +5.2%
Food away from home: +4.7%
Transportation: +4.6%
Apparel: +4.2%
Food at home: +3.0%
Shelter: +2.8%
Medical care service: +1.0%

[SalesServiceGuy]

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Price increases over last yr (CPI report)...


Gasoline: +42.7%

Used Cars: +31.9%
Gas Utilities: +21%
New Cars: +7.6%
Overall CPI: +5.3%
Electricity: +5.2%
Food away from home: +4.7%
Transportation: +4.6%
Apparel: +4.2%
Food at home: +3.0%
Shelter: +2.8%
Medical care service: +1.0%

... all due to global supply chain disruptions caused by COVID-19D. Even copier/printer wholesale costs are rising across North America due to rapidly rising logistical costs.

Nothing to do with politics.

[Phil B.]

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... all due to global supply chain disruptions caused by COVID-19D. Even copier/printer wholesale costs are rising across North America due to rapidly rising logistical costs.

Nothing to do with politics.

Hahaha yeah just keep believing that BS.

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[SalesServiceGuy]

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Hahaha yeah just keep believing that BS.

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... I have to assume that since you have been out of the copier business for several years you have not heard what your copier suppliers or any other kind of supplier have been telling you.

Like it or lump it prices are rising because of global logistic problems caused by COVID related disruptions to the entire logistic chain.

Prices are rising in Canada, France, Germany, Japan, UK and everywhere else in the world. This is not a unique USA problem.

[bsm2]

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Good News

Obamas, Bushes and Clintons joining new effort to help Afghan refugees

BY JORDAN WILLIAMS
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The Obamas, Bushes and Clintons are joining a new effort to help Afghan refugees resettle in the United States.

Former President Obama and Michelle Obama, former President George. W. Bush and Laura Bush, and former President Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will serve as honorary co-chairs for the effort called Welcome.US.

In a joint statement, the Bushes said they are "proud" to support the effort.

"Thousands of Afghans stood with us on the front lines to push for a safer world, and now they need our help," the Bushes said. "We stand ready to show our new Afghan neighbors and the rest of the world how a welcoming and generous spirit forms the backbone of what makes our country so great."

[FrohnB]

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... I have to assume that since you have been out of the copier business for several years you have not heard what your copier suppliers or any other kind of supplier have been telling you.

Like it or lump it prices are rising because of global logistic problems caused by COVID related disruptions to the entire logistic chain.

Prices are rising in Canada, France, Germany, Japan, UK and everywhere else in the world. This is not a unique USA problem.

Thanks China! You lying Communist Bastards!
It's past time to take them down a notch, and start relying on our own manufacturing and production of certain goods in our own countries. Maybe throw some sanctions and reparation requirements on China for starting (and then lying about) this whole pandemic, which has caused the woes for the rest of the world, not to mention their human rights abuses. Wouldn't hurt for countries to be energy independent also.
I believe someone was already doing that.........? Wonder who that was........?

[Phil B.]

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Thanks China! You lying Communist Bastards!
It's past time to take them down a notch, and start relying on our own manufacturing and production of certain goods in our own countries. Maybe throw some sanctions and reparation requirements on China for starting (and then lying about) this whole pandemic, which has caused the woes for the rest of the world, not to mention their human rights abuses. Wouldn't hurt for countries to be energy independent also.
I believe someone was already doing that.........? Wonder who that was........?

The real president said it..his name is Trump.

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[bsm2]

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The real president said it..his name is Trump.

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Who?

News Flash He LOST Biggly

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[BillyCarpenter]

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More bad news:

Family budgets were put under even more strain in August as food prices continued to climb at a stunning pace.


The pricThose numbers are mild, however, compared to the extreme price movements in the meats aisles of the grocery store.

[bsm2]

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More bad news:

Mr Doom and Gloom. guess it sucks to YOU

[Phil B.]

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More bad news:

Beef n pork prices jumped 5% around here.
The farmer I get my meat from is still the cheapest/buy in the area.
I paid 4.99/lb for some beautiful ribeyes the other day.

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2.8M acquire health coverage

“Obamacare” grows by about 20 percent since last year. Florida has the most enrollees.

BY DARLENE SUPERVILLE

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Nearly 3 million consumers took advantage of a special six-month period to sign up for subsidized health insurance coverage made more affordable by the COVID-19 relief law, President Joe Biden says.

He called that number encouraging and urged Congress to keep the trend going by extending the more generous financial assistance, currently available only through the end of next year.

“That’s 2.8 million families who will have more security, more breathing room, and more money in their pocket if an illness or accident hits home,” Biden said in a statement on Wednesday. “Altogether, 12.2 million Americans are actively enrolled in coverage under the Affordable Care Act — an all-time high.”

That’s an increase of about 20 percent since the end of last year.

More than 1.9 million Floridians receive health insurance through the federal exchange, with the overwhelming majority of those people receiving subsidies. That’s more than any other state.

Biden had ordered the HealthCare.gov marketplace to reopen Feb. 15 for six months, through Aug. 15, to give uninsured people another opportunity to sign up for coverage for themselves and their families during the pandemic. New census numbers show that about 28 million people were uninsured last year, but the steep coverage losses that many feared were averted as about 9 in 10 Americans retained private or public coverage.

HealthCare.gov plans became significantly cheaper this April due to enhanced subsidies in the COVID-19 relief law. All the while, coverage through Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program has also been growing, reaching more than 82 million people.

The Obama-era Affordable Care Act, enacted in 2010, is aimed at increasing health cover

age by offering subsidized private insurance nationwide for people who do not get health care benefits from their employer. The law also expanded Medicaid for low-income adults, and most states have taken advantage of that option.

Together, the two components cover about 27 million people, according to the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation.

Biden said that the subsidies in his COVID-19 relief law have helped trim premiums by about $67 a month for people who were already enrolled in ACA plans, and that 4 in 10 new customers during the special sign-up window found coverage for $10 a month or less.

[BillyCarpenter]

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Let me count that ways that liberal voters are being played for chumps.


3 letters - AOC


Stands for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez


Political Leaning: Socialist


Latest news on AOC:

Attended $35,000 per ticket gala and her date was none other the Seagram's heir Benjamin Bronfman. Networth? Billions.

Highlight of the gala - AOC and her date were maskless but a masked worker was spotted carrying her long dress tail so it wouldn't be sullied on the New York street.

[BillyCarpenter]

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Anyone want to play a game?

Guess how many democrat congressmen live the fabulous life of the rich and famous?