chem1st Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 The loaf of bread for example. Up 2p in the past week. More than 20% in a year! The hidden tax, is the shrinking in the size of the average loaf of bread. Supermarkets advertise offers on 'crates of beer'. They are not 24 pint crates... Portions of food, dwelling size, wages, decreasing. Debt, debt, debt, increasing. Is the decrease in the size of a loaf of bread, or the decrease in size of XYZ factored into annual inflation measures? We can all have 1g loaves of bread an be rich beyond our wildest dreams! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 If you're talking about food, the increases are probably due to greed by the retailers and the changing diet of Eastern countries who are now competing for our food stuffs (weestern type food). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obelix Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Yes it is accounted for, and no it's not a stealth tax on the poor. Remind me again which Govt had 25% income tax in the 1970's - and which PM devalued the pound as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erebus Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 You would have been better advised to mention the energy price rise, they say 19% but that is an overall average, for the poor its 30% as they use less, and the first 250 units are at theis new increase of 30% and they are unlikely to exceed these units. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swan_Vesta Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Just bake your own, It's so much nicer and costs less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 You would have been better advised to mention the energy price rise, they say 19% but that is an overall average, for the poor its 30% as they use less, and the first 250 units are at theis new increase of 30% and they are unlikely to exceed these units. And the supppliers will probably have 5 or 10 years of trade via SLAs anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Star Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 The loaf of bread for example. Up 2p in the past week. More than 20% in a year! The hidden tax, is the shrinking in the size of the average loaf of bread. Supermarkets advertise offers on 'crates of beer'. They are not 24 pint crates... Portions of food, dwelling size, wages, decreasing. Debt, debt, debt, increasing. Is the decrease in the size of a loaf of bread, or the decrease in size of XYZ factored into annual inflation measures? We can all have 1g loaves of bread an be rich beyond our wildest dreams! Lidl sugar peas went up by 14p a pack this week... Outrageous!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Just bake your own, It's so much nicer and costs less. Can't afford the energy costs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upinwath Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Supermarkets advertise offers on 'crates of beer'. That about sums up the stupidity displayed in the OP. It's all the Tories' fault we can't have a loaf of bread with our beer. Some years ago the Yanks were doing forced sterilisations on the thick so they couldn't breed. I wonder if it wasn't such a bad idea after all.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenyweeny Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 yes i have noticed asdas put some of their prices up..maybe its to do with some of the shops they bought off nettos..i may be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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