The Economics of Cheating the American People

Gas is pretty cheap right now...in North J we are around $1.50 a gallon. It was a couple-three years ago that gas was upwards of $3.00 if I remember. And at that time, everything at the supermarket went up in price or down in size. A lb. of turkey from deli went from $6.99 to $7.99. The response was "gas prices have made companies raise their prices!".

So now gas prices are low. But the things that went up in price haven't come down. So that's The Economics of Cheating the American People.

Just received the forms for health benefits through work for next year. For me to keep the benefits I will pay almost 32% more than I did this past year per paycheck?! The Economics of Cheating the American People.

Property taxes in my area are high. But they iumposed a 2% cap on property taxes. Now a cap does not mean you have to go all the way to the threshold, you just can't go over. But looking at the analysis of PT for 2016, it seems that every town is meeting the 2% cap. The Economics of Cheating the American People.

In Flint MI, they have tainted water that they have known about for a long time. The kind of water that might just kill you eventually. But it was cheaper to give that to the citizens of Flint than do the right thing. The Economics of Cheating the American People.

It's Election Year. And right now I would say the candidates still standing are bleak. I have zero hope any of them are going to do what's right for the people instead of their own self-interests and party grandstanders. The Economics of Cheating the American People.