tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post9155317070566880687..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: The Most Expensive Thanksgiving Ever Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-34508437778056068122012-12-04T12:02:47.555-05:002012-12-04T12:02:47.555-05:00You also complain that fuel prices are too high. ...You also complain that fuel prices are too high. Is our only alternative to drill baby drill? How then do we share the environmental costs of increased domestic oil production?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07759819610729494970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-14509909430599996862012-11-19T14:52:22.090-05:002012-11-19T14:52:22.090-05:00Actually, in real terms the cost has dropped. Also...Actually, in real terms the cost has dropped. Also, in terms of hours of work needed to afford the meal, it has dropped.<br /><br />http://www.aei-ideas.org/2012/11/something-to-be-thankful-for-the-cost-of-a-thanksgiving-dinner-for-ten-this-year-is-1-4-cheaper-than-last-year/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-15780977070384341502012-11-19T14:37:31.145-05:002012-11-19T14:37:31.145-05:00Don't forget that federal promoting of ethanol...Don't forget that federal promoting of ethanol, as a consequence of higher grain prices & higher food prices, has lead to a bubble of agriculture land prices. When the subsidies subside, private business will use more reasonable methods of making fuel and grain will be used for food again -- when that happens, land prices fall. If you are a farmer, you might want to watch out for this!Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00492483558319742535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-66787757908947799162012-11-19T14:09:19.550-05:002012-11-19T14:09:19.550-05:00Crisis creation courtesy of Federal intervention i...Crisis creation courtesy of Federal intervention in the free-market.<br /><br />Expect the President to fully use this situation as it unfolds to further intervene in the markets with the excuse of a failure of those very markets that he manipulated.Cory Bricknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04615059918614218841noreply@blogger.com