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Trinidad & Tobago Inflation At 10% - Page 8

OK I agree we may not have it as bad as you all down there but we still have it bad. Look at gas for instance. It costs me twice as much to go anywhere, so I don't go out as much as I used to.

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My contract has that nice little clause at theend of it. "other duties as assigned" I think many companies have that in their contracts to help in the case of an illness or loss of an worker the other workers take on added responsibility until such a time someone is replaced or comes back to that job position.

As far as inflation and stuff that is going on nowadays the end is not in sight yet. I think there is going to be more hardships every where before we see things restablished. I hope that when it does it is not too harsh on those whom I listed as friends here.

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In the darkest hour of the country's economy, some supermarket owners want to held people on ransom, by doing what? By keeping back flour and telling them they have to spend $200 or more in goods BEFORE they are allowed to purchase flour. This is disgusting!

https://guardian.co.tt/business1.html

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JB:

JB I read my own post several times and I am puzzled about how you drew the conclusion that I considered the crisis we are experiencing here is "a game." I was merely illustrating the point that if our TT dollar was valuable, all goods would still increase along with the rest of the world.


JB:

One of the most important laws of economics is "Supply and Demand." At present, there is a shortage of wheat and the farmers are unable to meet the rising demand to supply food. There are many reasons why there is a food crisis:

1) Rising oil prices
2) Rise in production of biofuels
3) Change in diet
4) Extreme weather conditions

Once there is an item that sells very quickly and it is difficult to meet the demand and unfortunately, the price increases and usually, the quantity and quality of the product decreases. If our TT Dollar was valuable, we would still be faced with rising prices JB. And that is my point. People would continue to starve here and in other countries. Inflation affects everyone!

What I am very perturbed about is, supermarkets are going to capitalize on this food crisis. I was talking to a friend last week, who works in a supermarket and she informed me that she was instructed to "hide" certain items because a decision was made to increase the price. So now we are faced with a food crisis and people taking advantage of this crisis as the perfect excuse to raise the prices on certain items or I should say, eventually on all items!

I felt very sad when I read LDS post about supermarkets demanding that customers should spend $100.00 or $200.00 before they could buy the one item that they came for: flour. I am not surprised at this. The bourgeoisie always takes full advantage of the proletariat and hence the reason why the rich becomes richer and the poor, suffers and literally starves to death!

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You used the word "pretend" before. My response with "game" was just a rebuff to the idea that we can pretend something that is not so as an argument for something we live each day.

There are other Threads where we Discuss why everything is the way it is; Food Shortage, Biofuels and so forth are the names of some of those Threads. My point is that Trinidad is not affected in the SAME way as it is in North America, however, can we get passed this now?

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Okay JB, here is some food for thought (no pun intended). The Governor of Central Bank, Mr Ewart Williams, indicated in today's newspaper, (the Express) that the following factors are contributing to the inflation in Trinidad:

1) Excessive consumerism
2) Government spending too much (Good to see that someone else is saying this, hopefully, the Prime Minister may heed Mr Williams warning)
3) The agricultural sector needs to be encouraged a lot more in this country.

Here is the link on this report:

https://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/ar...ws?id=161313157

JB I am surprised that you are discouraging me from debating. I remember reading one of your posts from a particular thread, highlighting that there are some members in this forum, who raise a point in their posts and do not make any attempts to support their view. I am merely stating my point of view here and doing my very best to support it.

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Geenie you are something else. Yes, I encourage debate about an issue, but in this case I think we are not seeing the same perspective. You keep repeating the reasons for inflation which I DO AGREE, what I do not agree with is when a comparison of inflation is considered the SAME between two countries, in this case here and the US. My issue is with with a comparison that Buff mentioned. I believe I clarified my position already, not sure what else there is to say.

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Manning and his ministers really get on my nerves. I am so tired to hear them saying how the food crisis is a worldwide problem. Fine! But why keep repeating it! Will that make things better? Not to mention that yes, I agree is a worldwide problem but the way this Government is spending is crazy! I wonder though, will there be a limit or a drawing line when Trinis will wake up and move their butts and protest or make some sort of boycott?