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OK, so it wasn't a LOT of puffery.
Take a look at three basic commodities in my life - beer, donuts and gasoline. All three have increased pretty substantially in price. Now look at my income. It stayed flat before it fell off the cliff.
So if I wanted to keep consuming beer, donuts and gasoline at the same rate, I would have to spend less elsewhere (not gonna happen) or incur debt (through a home equity loan or credit card debt - both bad).
I know for a fact that the baker is making less money these days. And the small breweries I fancy are making less money. Eventually something has got to give.
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