Re: OT: Inflation in the US

In article <Aevjj.160$so6.112@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
sci.electronics.design, notthisjoergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
says...
TheM wrote:
"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:478E68EF.97AE2E38@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

What's changed ?

Graham

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080116/economy.html


Well, the Europeans were charged up front for most of that. What's the
tax on gas over there? Something like 200%? As for food I have never
experienced a sticker shock like in the Netherlands when I stepped into
a butcher store for the first time after moving there. A pound of nice
beef cost more than five times of what it cost in the US back then. I'd
be surprised if that changed much.

Food is incredibly cheap in the US.

For the record: We pay $3.19 for gasoline right now, today, right here
in our little village. That includes all taxes and comes to about
$0.90/Liter. At Costco (a club warehouse) I could get it for about 6%
less, just came back from there but didn't need gas. So, dudes, what
does it cost in Europe?

I paid $2.89 yesterday. I just ordered a credit card that gives a
10% rebate (60 days then 5% after). Gas prices have been moving
all over the place but so far only thieves along the Interstates
have gotten as high as $3.19 (they were back to $2.99 this
morning). It's amazing the difference in the price of gas five
miles makes.

--
Keith
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