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Fiendish Thingy

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6. Perhaps you are too young to remember the double digit inflation of the late 70's-early 80's

Reply to Imallin4Joe (Original post)

Tue Apr 14, 2026, 10:21 AM

12 hrs ago

When mortgages were also in the teens.

It was pretty bad then.

But now, the widespread suffering isn’t caused by OPEC, it’s caused by one man’s impulsive actions, and his party’s refusal to stop him.

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I'm 55. This is the worst economy i've ever seen. [View all] Imallin4Joe 12 hrs ago OP

$8.00 for a pound of ground beef at my local Kroger, $9.00 for ground chuck. bearsfootball516 12 hrs ago #1

My part of the country was worse in the 1980s but that said dsc 12 hrs ago #2

With ya.. I grew up in the 80's and remember Reagenomics all too well.. Imallin4Joe 12 hrs ago #7

Eating out for two at a crappy place is now 30-50 bucks dalton99a 12 hrs ago #3

Brunch for 3 on Sunday was $83. plus tip, $99. mnhtnbb 12 hrs ago #5

Consumer Sentiment index at a record low Strelnikov_ 12 hrs ago #4

And trending down further dalton99a 12 hrs ago #8

If that graph was flying a jet.. Imallin4Joe 12 hrs ago #12

Perhaps you are too young to remember the double digit inflation of the late 70's-early 80's Fiendish Thingy 12 hrs ago #6

Nope, I fully remember high interest rates and inflation.. Imallin4Joe 12 hrs ago #10

The impact on you seems to have faded with the passage of time Fiendish Thingy 12 hrs ago #11

And let's not forget the gas shortages Bobstandard 11 hrs ago #16

Yes, 14% home loans, stagflation, gas lines, thousands of Vietnam vets looking for jobs. CanonRay 11 hrs ago #15

world economies are in a complete mess samsingh 12 hrs ago #9

Developing countries will slide back toward deprivation, poverty, violence, mass migration dalton99a 12 hrs ago #13

Meh. You were around for the late 80's That was plenty ugly, but you Maru Kitteh 11 hrs ago #14

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave 9 hrs ago #22

Amazed and so in awe of the people in the thread who had to walk to school uphill BOTH WAYS. BannonsLiver 11 hrs ago #17

Well Timewas 11 hrs ago #18

Not the worst in my 59 years, but a really bad combo JCMach1 10 hrs ago #19

It's a horrible economy. When a right-wing lunatic tells you about how good the DOW Emile 10 hrs ago #20

It's going to get bad, very bad Johnny2X2X 10 hrs ago #21

The Supreme Court rulled against his tariffs. spanone 9 hrs ago #23