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Originally Posted by SamIam
No one has mentioned the fact that higher gas prices mean higher prices for all sorts of things, including food. Sure it may be only a few pennies per item, but it all adds up. Not only do low income people get hit at the gas pump, they get hit at the grocery store, too. The repercussions of the mounting cost of gas are being felt all through the economy, and, as usual, the poor are feeling the brunt of it. That's not their imagination but economic fact.
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I recently heard on the radio that the cost of food has increased by 50% in the past 10 months in Egypt, where x% (I forget, but it was an astonishingly high number) of people live on <=$2/day. The saddest part is the malnutrition that results from people's reactions of contracting their circle of foods they can buy. No more vegetables. Meat? HA! Staples only, starch and sugar. Sad.