It's wonderful, D3, to know we're not alone. You have a family here too.
Blessings to you and yours.
MM
Inflated Prices
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It's wonderful, D3, to know we're not alone. You have a family here too.
Blessings to you and yours.
MM
Ahh, but when big oil companies do that, even though they are all receiving tax subsidies, here they are, gouging us in gas prices....20% cut on imports, and yet 65% increase in price. What was once $21 in Wal-Mart is not $25.43 for the same grocery item.
Price gouging? Yeah. What makes the difference is who's doing it. With so many in Congress with oil interests, we're not likely to see anything from them to stop big oil from price gouging. My half-brother, who has a business management degree from years ago, and who's very liberal, figured he'd show me how I didn't understand business, and how supply-demand works. (snort) Yeah, and if I were mathematically challenged, I'd probably have believed his malarkey when trying to explain that they are not so greedy.
Yes, the oil industry is subsidized with our tax dollars just like that farming industry, but that's one of those dirty little tid-bits mass media doesn't talk about any longer. We better hope there's no earthquake in Antarctica, because they'll raise gas prices even more....
MM
Just a bit of levity or else crying,which doesn't fill our tanks either!
Today "big oil" is to blame for high prices. Yesterday it was Putin. Tune in tomarrow for the unveiling of the next victim in the blame game.
It is sad to think that we are facing the very last of days before Jesus's second coming.
This with gas and food prices inflated is just the beginning........
Tomorrow schools and hospitals may be closed.
We may be commanded to burn our bibles and books.
Then there is the horror of turning in your family,friends and neighbors for loving God.
Jesus told us to be not troubled and not to have fear,for he is with us. All that happens here in the earth has been ordained of the Father and it is HE we must have faith in. God is still in control !
This with gas and food prices inflated is just the beginning........
Tomorrow schools and hospitals may be closed.
We may be commanded to burn our bibles and books.
Then there is the horror of turning in your family,friends and neighbors for loving God.
Jesus told us to be not troubled and not to have fear,for he is with us. All that happens here in the earth has been ordained of the Father and it is HE we must have faith in. God is still in control !
Fresh veges are very high to buy at the moment
Possibly we did not have a good season and so prices going up, if theres abundance prices go down.
Pandemic has affected everything, its not as if school teachers don't get sick or nurses don't get sick either. I think some people expect that people are robots and aren't subject to the same thing as everyone else.
When people don't have much food, what happens is they might fight to get it from somewhere else. I don't know what the beef is between Ukraine and Russia but its probably over a wheat field. Not sure why Ukraine couldn't just lease some land to Russia so they could grow some crops or a port so they can get food. Maybe they refused, or didn't offer a high enough price, though surely the oligarchs can afford it. I think they are paying for that mistake.
Remember what the Bible says on how to love your enemies? FEED THEM
Possibly we did not have a good season and so prices going up, if theres abundance prices go down.
Pandemic has affected everything, its not as if school teachers don't get sick or nurses don't get sick either. I think some people expect that people are robots and aren't subject to the same thing as everyone else.
When people don't have much food, what happens is they might fight to get it from somewhere else. I don't know what the beef is between Ukraine and Russia but its probably over a wheat field. Not sure why Ukraine couldn't just lease some land to Russia so they could grow some crops or a port so they can get food. Maybe they refused, or didn't offer a high enough price, though surely the oligarchs can afford it. I think they are paying for that mistake.
Remember what the Bible says on how to love your enemies? FEED THEM
Actually, the root cause is greed, not big oil, Putin, or any thing or any one else. It's greed, coursing through the veins of all those greedy little market pimps out there who point their fingers at each other rather than to look within themselves.
On the other side of the spectrum of extremes are all those bleeding heart liberals out there who defend the greed of all those groupings of greedy people with enough influence to affect the markets into what we see today, especially those politicians they voted into office who are profiting off it all.
MM
Actually there is a reason the liberals like importing oil. Kickbacks. Still wondering what happened with Hunter Bidens laptop.
I remember many years ago when there was a dispute in Venezuela between the workers and the owners of the companies. There was a threat of a strike by the workers. Gas prices went up instantly. The issue was resolved and not one drop of oil was missed and yet the gas prices remained at the higher level for months after. Greed is the root of all evil.
I would agree that greed (love of money) is the root of all kinds of evil, but not all. The KJV-only gang has for years harangued about modern translations rendering that key verse with "all kinds," but they lack the credible evidence that the "all kinds" is consistent with reality. Eve wasn't tempted to evil because of a love for money, it was knowledge and coveting the idea of being like God. Money had no part in any of that, nor in any part of MANY evils, so when the KJV rendered it "root of ALL evil," (emphasis mine), that's simply irrational to say the newer translations erred in wording as they have.
MM
I remember one time a friend I knew was giving away a skirt to another friend but this other friend who was not given the skirt got insanely jealous for some weird reason, over a skirt that didn't even fit her.
They had a big fight (I heard about it afterwards, from both sides) and they didn't remain friends after that.
I though the friend that wanted that skirt was coveting, and I told her so. I became a bit wary of her after that, knowing that she had this greedy streak in her, wanting things that were not even given to her. She did repent though.
If I give things away I try to do it in private rather than in front of everyone, knowing that the ones who leave empty handed could become irrationally jealous. But that doesn't excuse that behaviour.
They had a big fight (I heard about it afterwards, from both sides) and they didn't remain friends after that.
I though the friend that wanted that skirt was coveting, and I told her so. I became a bit wary of her after that, knowing that she had this greedy streak in her, wanting things that were not even given to her. She did repent though.
If I give things away I try to do it in private rather than in front of everyone, knowing that the ones who leave empty handed could become irrationally jealous. But that doesn't excuse that behaviour.