Comments on: Maybe Higher Food Prices Are Actually Good For Us as a Society

By: Booboo

Booboo — Sat, 10 May 2008 17:01:04 +0000

I don’t think we need a swift kick, I think we need to get smart. Smart about our leaders, read and think through issues, and turn off the media. We are being led around like sheep. Even the so-called “green” movement is politically motivated. Sure save, but don’t make it into a religion. There’s more to life than that. I drive 200 miles each day because I HAVE TO. There are no jobs in my area. My 4 hr daily commute feeds my family and pays my bills. Geez, everyone doesn’t live in the “city”, wear black, has the retro “unkempt” look, and frequent coffee shops. Maybe I’m just angry today. Maybe I’ll fire up my F-250 and go down the road and kill groundhogs.

By: Mrs. Common Cents

Mrs. Common Cents — Sat, 03 May 2008 16:37:07 +0000

I agree with you, particularly about the entertainment value of CNN, which is what prompted me to read your article. It’s actually healthier for our society to be taking less wasteful measures. We definitely could have used this wakeup call, and gas prices in America are still far lower than in other countries. However, the impact on emerging economies is also real, which is what Dan White emphasized. People who are subsiding on $1 a day are drastically impacted by food inflation, although I don’t think that’s the point or the target of your article. For wasteful American’s, it’s the swift kick in the pants we needed.

By: Tony Wheeler

Tony Wheeler — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:03:28 +0000

Great points here. My family and I just moved across the country and I gotta say that we are feeling the crunch. I took a decent pay cut to move here, like half! So I would have to work twice as much to make the same amount..insane! Glad I’m not having to do that, but I empathize with the people who do it every week.

By: JM

JM — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:20:06 +0000

Drink water instead of soda. Its not quite free, but in my area its like $3.50 per 1000 gallons.

Seriously though, I am getting sick of people complaining that they have to actually cook at home and eat their left overs. I’ve been doing that forever. We eat out from time to time, but as a luxury, not as a supposed time saver. My wife and I spend an average of $6 a day to feed ourselves all three meals, and we eat healthy too. fresh fruits and veggies every day, barely anything out of a can or box.

Somebody should tell those people to get a rice cooker for Pete’s sake!

By: Jason Simon

Jason Simon — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:03:03 +0000

I hope more people think twice before they toss their leftovers in the trash, but others are in situations where grocery hikes hurt dearly. I think rising prices is good in some respects and not so good in others.

By: basicfinancial

basicfinancial — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:15:08 +0000

Wow, Chris was pretty down on things, although he makes some valid short term predictions. Loko at American Axle now. My neighbor will be moving to one of the other plants out of state that her company owns because the union won’t accept a $20-$30 dollar an hour wage.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:20:17 +0000

What I find somewhat unfortunate is that nobody seems to acknowledge the real effects of inflation and how it impacts the world. Our Federal Reserve Chairman INTENTIONALLY caused this inflation in order for our exports to increase. It has been tried before by other nations and they have ended up moving backwards.

Rising food costs occur before everything else because crops take from a few months to a year to turnover. The next thing that will happen is that labor unions will demand higher wages in the next 3-5 years when their current contracts expire. After that, there will be major banking troubles in 20-30 years due to mortgages being lent out when the dollar was actually worth something more than toilet paper.

Lets not forget who this hurts the most, though. The more the dollar decreases in purchasing power, the more people who are already on the verge of starving, die.

Even more sad is the fact that a democratic president and congress would end up kicking the economy when it is down.

By: Serendipity

Serendipity — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:16:47 +0000

I have to agree with the overall point here. Complaining about having to eat leftovers is ridiculous (and it’s the lazy choice–amazing more people aren’t into them already!). The trend toward cooking at home is also probably one of the most accidentally healthy things our generation could experience. But I do worry when a gallon of soda costs pretty much pennies and a gallon of milk costs $5.

By: David

David — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:46:47 +0000

Seems that the locally grown foods should be cheaper (less transportation costs), but that does’nt seem to be the case.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:39:05 +0000

The article is not bad, although not very well thought out. But the author, who bitches and moans ad nauseum about CNN, my never have experienced real news crap. Try Fox. Try ABC. Get a grip.