CPI is not including food and energy, two items that everyone has to pay, and it is a much larger part of poor people's budget and rich people.

Some many bills due...low on food, car note two months behind, etc..that was extremely stressful, but having a patient and supportive wife...sometimes words truly can't explain how grateful someone is.

A dining car with a selection of hot and cold foods, beverages, whatever.I spent almost the whole time at a table with my lap top with plenty of room and about 2" of excess space on either side of the booth, just tapping away.

I know many Realtors that will work for food!

The catch 22 is that wages need to be higher, but higher wages means unaffordable products/food/services.

Structurally I know it will last another 100 years easy. 10 rooms at 500 a week is 5000 a week minus 7 dollars a day for food and power is 500 a week for expenses.

Accounts Receivable Tax Building Permit Tax CDL license Tax Cigarette Tax Corporate Income Tax Dog License Tax Excise Taxes Federal Income Tax Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA) Fishing License Tax Food License Tax Fuel Permit Tax Gasoline Tax (currently 44.75 cents per gallon) Gross Receipts Tax Hunting License Tax Inheritance Tax Inventory Tax IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax) Liquor Tax Luxury Taxes Marriage License Tax Medicare Tax Personal Property Tax Property Tax Real Estate Tax Service Charge Tax Social Security Tax Road Usage Tax Recreational Vehicle Tax Sales Tax School Tax State Income Tax State Unemployment Tax (SUTA) Telephone Federal Excise Tax Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax Telephone Recurring and Nonrecurring Charges Tax Telephone State and Local Tax Telephone Usage Charge Tax Utility Taxes Vehicle License Registration Tax Vehicle Sales Tax Watercraft Registration Tax Well Permit Tax Workers Compensation Tax STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?

And in that situation you might be able to buy enough food to feed your family for a week with that ounce of gold.

Are they receiving welfare, food stamps, etc.

There are more entertainment venues here, and food and beer is about the same.