http://monoblogue.us/2007/10/16/the-market-basket-october-2007/ I've presented news and views from Maryland's Eastern Shore since 2005, but my writing can be found at several conservative websites. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:28:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://monoblogue.us/2007/10/16/the-market-basket-october-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-79648 monoblogue » Blog Archive » A leading linkee Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:40:38 +0000 http://monoblogue.us/?p=674#comment-79648 [...] By the way, have you noticed how Joe posts every few days a picture of what the price of gasoline was a year or so prior? Over the last 2 years, I’ve done the same with grocery prices in posts I call the market basket. When I do my shopping next month and see how the prices on the list are compared to prior periods, I’ll begin to add the price of a gallon of gasoline as a seperate comparison item too. So I’ll give credit to Mr. Albero for that part of the idea; however, I’m really scared to see what inflation has done to the price of groceries when I do my shopping. I think it’ll be brutal. [...] [...] By the way, have you noticed how Joe posts every few days a picture of what the price of gasoline was a year or so prior? Over the last 2 years, I’ve done the same with grocery prices in posts I call the market basket. When I do my shopping next month and see how the prices on the list are compared to prior periods, I’ll begin to add the price of a gallon of gasoline as a seperate comparison item too. So I’ll give credit to Mr. Albero for that part of the idea; however, I’m really scared to see what inflation has done to the price of groceries when I do my shopping. I think it’ll be brutal. [...]

]]> http://monoblogue.us/2007/10/16/the-market-basket-october-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-65181 zuuumie Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:43:19 +0000 http://monoblogue.us/?p=674#comment-65181 On the subject of Wal-Mart's retail cost-cutting and it's effect on competitors, it's an easy thing to do for Wal-Mart, a Bermuda Corporation that pays "ZERO DOLLARS" in U.S. Federal and State income tax on profits. Not to sound like I'm picking on them, they are not alone, among other "Once-Upon-A-Time True Blue American Corporations", in this case who manufacture nothing jusu like Enron and Global Crossing, like KPMG, Bank of Americas parent NationsBank, AIG/American General, State Street Bank, and 1000's of others, and those who do manufacture products such as Intel, Lucent, Global Crossing, HP, IBM, etc., etc. etc....1000's more as well. Zuuumie On the subject of Wal-Mart’s retail cost-cutting and it’s effect on competitors, it’s an easy thing to do for Wal-Mart, a Bermuda Corporation that pays “ZERO DOLLARS” in U.S. Federal and State income tax on profits.
Not to sound like I’m picking on them, they are not alone, among other “Once-Upon-A-Time True Blue American Corporations”, in this case who manufacture nothing jusu like Enron and Global Crossing, like KPMG, Bank of Americas parent NationsBank, AIG/American General, State Street Bank, and 1000′s of others, and those who do manufacture products such as Intel, Lucent, Global Crossing, HP, IBM, etc., etc. etc….1000′s more as well.
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