never forget

inflation and the even worse stagflation under "If the president does it, it's not illegal" Nixon, "a tragedy in which we all have played a part" Ford, and "The government isn't the solution, the government is the problem" Reagan.

During those years working class people in much of the country only ate out on special occasions and only at inexpensive restaurants. If conditions revert to the old days I imagine that we're going to hear a lot of complaining from those restaurant owners who were apoplectic about the covid restrictions.

I went to a local restaurant for breakfast a couple of days ago. This restaurant is usually pretty busy for breakfast. There always seem to be businesses meeting and seniors who live nearby, normally make up most of the diners.

I don't go there often because its about $50 for breakfast for two. We can cut it by $10 If we don't have their shitty coffee.

This day was different

It was a ghost town.

My granddaughter who is 8 commented. "Whey are we the only ones here?"

I suspect this is becoming the norm at this restaurant and others.

We used to laugh when the cost of breakfast out rose to $30. But $50?

That's way too much.

I also note that the quality of service has dropped considerably most everywhere we go out to eat.

Even restaurant managers are becoming surly to customers.

I see a lot of these places shutting down in the months ahead as costs soar and people stop dining out.

to ignore the food prices rising much faster than inflation. My own silent curses began two months ago when retail vegetable and coffee prices took a giant leap.

There's no doubt Mr. trump's failures on a macro-level. I think if the price increases continues through the end of the year, his failures affecting hundreds of thousands of individual households could potentially spell disaster for him.

They want to kill you, kill your businesses, they just want death under -47.