Sadder still is that the prices are set to “what the market could bear” which means that people will continue to pay for it and thus continue to sustain the price hikes in accordance to the laws of supply and demand. Not to mention the upward spiral of taxes and all its ramifications. IMO this forces the division between the “haves” and “have-nots”. The prices of everyday necessities continue to rise but the wages of common folk remain stagnant so the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Welcome to the global economy…it’s all out of control.

 BTW, the pics in the post are "X"ed out (unlinked?).