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How much have YOUR bills gone up?? (ARGH! Vent)
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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 381010" data-attributes="member: 701"><p>Is this a Value Added Tax you've converted to? I see that coming for the US in the future. It's only a matter of time until they come after the taxpayers for the budget deficit.</p><p> </p><p>We had new remote water meters installed a few years ago and our fees went way up then. Last month my water bill jumped $30 and all that we can think would account for it is we watered a section of the front lawn twice for a few hours. Few people in my neighborhood watered at all this year--it's just too expensive. Water costs are so high here in summer that gardening doesn't save you money.</p><p> </p><p>Our food costs haven't increased and in fact went down last year in response to gas prices going down. I also live near stores that run really good sales and I stock up at the sale prices. ie Flour went on sale for $1 for 5 pound bags last week so I bought 12 and I put 10 jars of salsa on my shelf the last time it was $1, etc. Between that, cooking from scratch, and couponing, most of the groceries that come into my house come in at 50% or less of full price.</p><p> </p><p>What's killing me are the items that used to go on steadily for years, but seem to fall apart quickly now. In the past 2 months our hot water heater died, the 3 year old computer crashed and needed replacing, the transmission on a 6 year old vehicle died (I'M LIVID-especially since my husband's 23 year old car is still kicking), the picture on our 2 year old TV went, and my washing machine needs repair/replacement.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 381010, member: 701"] Is this a Value Added Tax you've converted to? I see that coming for the US in the future. It's only a matter of time until they come after the taxpayers for the budget deficit. We had new remote water meters installed a few years ago and our fees went way up then. Last month my water bill jumped $30 and all that we can think would account for it is we watered a section of the front lawn twice for a few hours. Few people in my neighborhood watered at all this year--it's just too expensive. Water costs are so high here in summer that gardening doesn't save you money. Our food costs haven't increased and in fact went down last year in response to gas prices going down. I also live near stores that run really good sales and I stock up at the sale prices. ie Flour went on sale for $1 for 5 pound bags last week so I bought 12 and I put 10 jars of salsa on my shelf the last time it was $1, etc. Between that, cooking from scratch, and couponing, most of the groceries that come into my house come in at 50% or less of full price. What's killing me are the items that used to go on steadily for years, but seem to fall apart quickly now. In the past 2 months our hot water heater died, the 3 year old computer crashed and needed replacing, the transmission on a 6 year old vehicle died (I'M LIVID-especially since my husband's 23 year old car is still kicking), the picture on our 2 year old TV went, and my washing machine needs repair/replacement. [/QUOTE]
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