Ted Rall Editorial Cartoon, January 07, 2013 on GoComics.com

wcorvi said, 5 months ago

A bit ago, the Bernanke redefined inflation to be increase in wages, instead of prices. So, as long as you stay at the same income, there ain’t no inflation.

mikefive said, 5 months ago

If you can’t get rid of the problem, redefine the symptoms of the problem in such a way that the symptoms no longer identify the problem. Problem solved!

TJDestry said, 5 months ago

The nice thing about Ted’s work is that it isn’t fact-based, so dropping the CCPI from the legislation didn’t impact his ability to rant about how unfair it’s going to be.

jonesb said, 5 months ago

@TJDestry

Are you insane or just woefully misinformed?

Ms. Ima said, 5 months ago

Or we could all throw a revolution and get free stuff!!!!! Viva, communism is the answer. The question is: how do you give limited free stuff to an ever expanding country without mass murders?

Respectful Troll said, 5 months ago

My local grocery store hasn’t had some of the produce I buy recently. It came in a day or two later, but Dorothy told me they are having to find other suppliers because drought in the US, and other factors in other nations are making some items harder to find. A news story on the radio said beef ranchers are talking about smaller herds this year in expectation of further complications from drought and increases in feed for cattle and other meat producing animals.
Communism, as perceived by Karl Marx, is not the answer, however-
COMMUNE-ism, like the kibbutz groups in Israel, might be. Building water pipelines from flood prone areas and coastal desalination plants along interstate systems to drought prone areas might also be a good idea. It would definitely create construction jobs and preserve our food and clean water supply.
If you cut down on the number of bullets a gun can fire before being reloaded, and do background checks on 100% of gun buyers would help reduce the mass murders.
These are some revolutionary ideas. We should be able to access free clean water. We should also have “free” safety of our food and air.
Respectfully,
C.

lisapaloma13 said, 5 months ago

How carnivore-centric! Completely skipped over the legumes. Better just to eliminate the dead animals from the diet.

Ted Rall said, 5 months ago

@TJDestry

“Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, told The Hill newspaper that cuts to Social Security are now off the table but will be reconsidered later in the year as part of raising the debt ceiling.”

http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20121231/BENEFITS02/312310001/Chained-CPI-proposal-off-table-now-lawmakers-say?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Congress

Ted Rall said, 5 months ago

@mikefive Exactly. And this is leaving out the fact that previous presidents, including Reagan and Clinton, redefined the inflation rate so as to down play price increases in housing and fuel, both of which have been skyrocketing in recent years.

Ted Rall said, 5 months ago

@TJDestry Now let’s all hold our breaths and wait for Mr. Destry to apologize for his unfair slag of my work.

Ms. Ima said, 5 months ago

@Ted Rall

After the revolution, how does the new dictator keep inflation low? Who gets the houses? How will fuel be allocated if it’s free? How do the social security receivers get their checks?