On Friday, May 17, 2019 at 2:27:17 PM UTC-4, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Fri, 17 May 2019 10:56:01 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
> >On Friday, May 17, 2019 at 1:47:27 PM UTC-4, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> >> On Fri, 17 May 2019 03:38:01 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >> >On Friday, May 17, 2019 at 12:55:04 AM UTC-4, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> >> >> On Thu, 16 May 2019 20:34:53 -0500, Sqwertz >
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> snip
> >> >> >Nobody had Corned Beef on sale here for St Patricks Day. It used to
> >> >> >be $.99/$1.29 10 for St Pats 10 years ago. I think we're (Central
> >> >> >Texas) being punished for sucking up all the beef brisket from the
> >> >> >U.S. other times of the year. Smoked and trimmed brisket packer
> >> >> >brisket here comes with a 1000%-1200% markup from BBQ trailers and
> >> >> >restaurants ($2/lb raw retail, $24/lb smoked).
> >> >> >
> >> >> >-sw
> >> >> Back in those days you could buy a whole brisket for $.89/pound.
> >> >> Prices just aren't what they used to be.
> >> >> Janet US
> >> >
> >> >And wages are higher, too. Food costs in general are quite low,
> >> >even if meat prices have increased a lot in the past few years.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >Cindy Hamilton
> >>
> >> wages are higher for some people
> >
> >Wages are higher for everybody. Not as much at the bottom end
> >as the top, of course.
> >
> >Do you have an example of someone making less money for the
> >same work now compared to 10 years ago?
> >
> >Cindy Hamilton
>
> no. what I meant was that rising costs are out stripping the rising
> costs of food for many people on the bottom portion of the wage scale.
> I do not mean to start an argument about it

Sound like I was basically agreeing with you. People at the bottom
are suffering, but more because of factors that aren't rising food
prices.

Cindy Hamilton