The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for July 01, 2022

Enjoy the moment, Brutus.

…and bills, taxes…and so on.

Put gas in your car first or you will be walking.

$6.99/pound for cherries!

Don’t eat so much.

Or you fill up your car to get to the grocery store.

24 hours? More like 2-4 hours in my case.

Propinquity; the feeling you get when you realize your working adult life has a greater kinship with the fictional Born Loser character than with the fictional Superman or Prince Charming characters

Stopped to get milk at a local store, the lady checking told me milk is going up $.020 tomorrow, I said isn’t everything, she said, “except my paycheck” wake up politicians!!!

My weekly food bill went from approx. $55 last year to $75 this year. I’m a single male who eats out most of the time.

Good thing he is walking or he would use it all up buying gas on the way home.

mom and I know that feeling all too well. :(

Brutus has a way of putting things in to perspective.

I had to buy gas and groceries on the same day. That overtime came in handy.

Talk about sticker/receipt shock. However, Brutus is not alone in seeing how far his paycheck doesn’t go. In this realm, l am afraid that most of us are born losers…..

It’s called inflation Brutus, and I am not going to get political and name names especially since 75% of the population already know who is responsible.

Has there ever been a time when people didn’t complain about prices?

Then you’re handing out IOUs on Sunday.

“Creator” either does his own shopping or listens to his Significant Other. My money is on the first option as being the most likely to happen… : )

When practicing inflation estimates, I recommend using exponents. Consider our personal groceries, the “executive” and others we are paying salaries to and buying the groceries for. No different than Brutus buying groceries for Corporate Prez. It adds up.

brutus must be getting a better paycheck than i am – my response when i get paid is, well, who do i pay and who gets to wait…?

“Prosperity in a bear market” is a contradiction in terms.