Fred Habacht Posted October 13, 2021 Report Share Posted October 13, 2021 Not as much as was predicted but large nevertheless. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibarra Posted October 13, 2021 Report Share Posted October 13, 2021 Here is the website if anyone wants to look at it: https://www.ssa.gov/cola/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gringohombre Posted October 13, 2021 Report Share Posted October 13, 2021 Same response as I posted responding to another notice of this here. Horrendous inflation taking place NOB. Please no celebration until the COLA reaches 50%!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Habacht Posted October 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2021 As in previous years when we received little to nothing....it was always suggested that many were not happy....as for me....anything is far better than nothing. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeside7 Posted October 13, 2021 Report Share Posted October 13, 2021 3 hours ago, ibarra said: Here is the website if anyone wants to look at it: https://www.ssa.gov/cola/ Thank you for the resource web page Inflation is going in the same direction world wide. Oversea freight charges have gone out of sight. Sadly COLA will only reflect a fraction of the true cost for fighting this horrible Pandemic...There is no free lunch Virginia ..now watch out for the other shoe to drop. Increase Taxes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyvmx Posted October 14, 2021 Report Share Posted October 14, 2021 Inflation is here too. I've been tracking it for a couple of months. Rice, toilet paper, Tuna fish. Mostly goes up a few pesos. Crunchy Skippy Pnut Butter jumped 50 pesos all at once. Favorite Vodka rose 20 pesos right before big Holiday. The Market Place Arrachera pkg holds less meat and went from 147ps on sale to 162 and now is 185. This is at Walmart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gringohombre Posted October 15, 2021 Report Share Posted October 15, 2021 (edited) 14 hours ago, sunnyvmx said: Inflation is here too. I've been tracking it for a couple of months. Rice, toilet paper, Tuna fish. Mostly goes up a few pesos. Crunchy Skippy Pnut Butter jumped 50 pesos all at once. Favorite Vodka rose 20 pesos right before big Holiday. The Market Place Arrachera pkg holds less meat and went from 147ps on sale to 162 and now is 185. This is at Walmart. There is a saying (dicho) here that goes "When the US sneezes Mexico gets the flu" !!! So this poster, myself and all here (local and expat) will be seeing much more of this into the future. There is also a dicho in the US that says "The buck stops here!"...where is that today regarding the Jefe Puppet NOB and the people behind the curtain pulling the strings? Their poll numbers are dropping like a rock across the board including other D's and even the complicit media!!! I hope that I am staying within the bounds here since this has, and will continue to affect us ALL here. Edited October 15, 2021 by gringohombre 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jreboll Posted October 15, 2021 Report Share Posted October 15, 2021 Has nothing to do with any Jefe Puppet. Since the bank crisis in 2008 there has been massive money printing going on and this is the consequence of it all. It is disingenuous to act surprised and start pointing fingers. Everyone knew it was going to happen sooner or later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gringohombre Posted October 15, 2021 Report Share Posted October 15, 2021 1 hour ago, Jreboll said: Has nothing to do with any Jefe Puppet. Since the bank crisis in 2008 there has been massive money printing going on and this is the consequence of it all. It is disingenuous to act surprised and start pointing fingers. Everyone knew it was going to happen sooner or later. WOW!!! We have an actual fanatical expert here. You are correct Sir! However in my humble opinion it has taken off like a rocket with the most recent US administration and if the potential in-progress legislations pass there, it looks ominous for them and will effect us all HERE!!! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jreboll Posted October 15, 2021 Report Share Posted October 15, 2021 Monetary easing has been increasing every year since it started. Every administration can be blamed for printing more money than the last. This exponential rise is just the end result of what would eventually happen. it couldn’t have ended any other way, regardless of what the Fed says. Now they’re trying to figure out how to end it without bringing down the stock market. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gringohombre Posted October 15, 2021 Report Share Posted October 15, 2021 On 10/13/2021 at 11:45 AM, Fred Habacht said: As in previous years when we received little to nothing....it was always suggested that many were not happy....as for me....anything is far better than nothing. Let them eat cake!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted October 15, 2021 Report Share Posted October 15, 2021 Well I do wonder how this will all end up affecting us here in Mexico. For starters I don't see how Costco, which depends on Mexican customers, is going to be able to raise prices enough to cover this and still have those customers. For our part we are focusing more on replacing the stuff we get there with Mexican products. In comparison to the U.S. for quite some time as Jreboll noted, Mexico is a paragon of fiscal responsibility. More than ever we feel vindicated in our decision to move here permanently and do not envision any circumstance which would cause us to return there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobby brown Posted October 15, 2021 Report Share Posted October 15, 2021 WELL- we may all have to go north and back to work---HA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyvmx Posted October 15, 2021 Report Share Posted October 15, 2021 I have found that I like Spam. I like inst Coffee and powdered cream. Mexico buys a lot of energy from NOB and the US will have little to sell. Transformers or parts for them may be out on a ship somewhere. I also wonder what life will be like here when the SHTF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jreboll Posted October 15, 2021 Report Share Posted October 15, 2021 We have to do what the preppers have been saying for years. Stock up on essentials, have precious metals, have little debt and money under the mattress. Learn to be frugal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted October 15, 2021 Report Share Posted October 15, 2021 2 hours ago, sunnyvmx said: I have found that I like Spam. I like inst Coffee and powdered cream. Mexico buys a lot of energy from NOB and the US will have little to sell. Transformers or parts for them may be out on a ship somewhere. I also wonder what life will be like here when the SHTF. WAIT A MINUTE! I draw the line at Spam!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyvmx Posted October 15, 2021 Report Share Posted October 15, 2021 Good, more for me. Fried crispy with garlic salt in olive oil and i don't miss bacon. Add two fried eggs 🍳 and grits. Of course the grits are $7 a box of 12 env. Not bad if I'm practicing one meal a day. Hopefully, the small truck farmers will be growing veggies and stands will be on street corners and driving by if there is gas ⛽. I'm not looking forward to being a vegetarian but the dogs and I will survive on rice and beans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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