Inflation has hit everyone, and while stock agencies have lowered what they pay contributors, am wondering if they are charging their customers more?

I do know of at least one agency, that yes - they did raise prices.

What agency is this?

Quote from: SuperPhoto on October 18, 2024, 09:28

For clarity though - "inflation" does not "hit people" - it is the coordinated massive money printing by the various govt's that devalues people's savings (i.e., a type of theft of assets). So basically the people who own/run the govts are stealing people's money, simply by printing more money. It's like you have $100 - and then the person next you decides to print $1 million out of thin air, and then competes with you to purchase the same asset.

Global inflation is being driven by the US Democrats, led by the bas.tard Biden.
During the election debates, US presidential candidate Donald Trump said that under Joe Biden the cost of food products has doubled, tripled, quadrupled.

"Kind" of. In the USA - it was actually the people who pull his strings, i.e., the rothchilds/rockefellers/etc who control the federal reserve - and simply printed massive amounts of money to "help ukraine" (I think 1 TRILLION+ so far has been stolen from people under the guise of 'fighting a war'), do $2k convid payments, etc.
In Canada - they also printed $2k for people - meanwhile various 'officials' got things like $50 million dollar contracts (i.e., Ontario, Canada - the premier) got $50 million dollars for his "sticker business" - i.e., printing arrows to tell people which way to walk.

A lot of the food companies are owned by conglomerates, which in turn are managed by blackrock/vanguard, which in turn is managed by a small group of families, which in turn are controlled by a small group of pyschopaths - and they basically just send out an e-mail newsletter telling everyone to 'bump up the prices'. Of course - you could GROW your own food - but "they" don't want people to figure out how to do that... they want people dumb, eating chips/cheesies every day and watching tellavision to get their daily dose of propoganda.

But basically inflation is theft. There is nothing "magical" about it, it's not something "the economy" does, it is not an "entity" - it is simply massive, massive money printing to dilute the value/holdings other people have with their fiat currency. Of course - if you have real assets (i.e., land, gold, own businesses, etc) - then the nominal value ("$" value) goes up because you actually have something that is worth something.

Quote from: SuperPhoto on October 18, 2024, 09:28

For clarity though - "inflation" does not "hit people" - it is the coordinated massive money printing by the various govt's that devalues people's savings (i.e., a type of theft of assets). So basically the people who own/run the govts are stealing people's money, simply by printing more money. It's like you have $100 - and then the person next you decides to print $1 million out of thin air, and then competes with you to purchase the same asset.

Global inflation is being driven by the US Democrats, led by the bas.tard Biden.
During the election debates, US presidential candidate Donald Trump said that under Joe Biden the cost of food products has doubled, tripled, quadrupled.

That is because people are eating dogs and cats. They are also eating the pets of the people who live there. Trump said that, so it's true 

Quote from: stoker2014 on October 18, 2024, 10:28

Quote from: SuperPhoto on October 18, 2024, 09:28

For clarity though - "inflation" does not "hit people" - it is the coordinated massive money printing by the various govt's that devalues people's savings (i.e., a type of theft of assets). So basically the people who own/run the govts are stealing people's money, simply by printing more money. It's like you have $100 - and then the person next you decides to print $1 million out of thin air, and then competes with you to purchase the same asset.

Global inflation is being driven by the US Democrats, led by the bas.tard Biden.
During the election debates, US presidential candidate Donald Trump said that under Joe Biden the cost of food products has doubled, tripled, quadrupled.

That is because people are eating dogs and cats. They are also eating the pets of the people who live there. Trump said that, so it's true 

haha. while slightly different topic, mm. well - supposedly somewhere, ppl DO actually eat what people in north america consider pets. SUPPOSEDLY china. Never seen it myself, but that is what the t.v. has said. (And also some chinese people I've spoken with)... But never actually seen that myself. Didn't hear 'trump' say that - but have heard other ppl say it.

But - I have seen people eat roosters feet, octopus, I think cow tongue (bleah!)... but... we eat hamburgers - and apparently east indians treat cows like pets... so - do they think "zomfg! north american's eating pets?'... but then again - they have no problem working in hordes in places like harverys/mcdonalds/etc serving hamburgers... so...

Quote from: stoker2014 on October 18, 2024, 10:28

Global inflation is being driven by the US Democrats

GLOBAL inflation?
You are giving way too much credits to the USA. They are like 4.3% of the world population, half of that only if you want to blame the democarts.

1. The dollar is the world's number one currency.
2. For the last 4 years, US politics has been run by cowardly and stupid Democrats.

But - I have seen people eat roosters feet, octopus, I think cow tongue (bleah!)... but... we eat hamburgers - and apparently east indians treat cows like pets... so - do they think "zomfg! north american's eating pets?'... but then again - they have no problem working in hordes in places like harverys/mcdonalds/etc serving hamburgers... so...

You forgot about frogs! The French eat them.
As for squid or octopus, that's Spanish cuisine. I like octopus, cuttlefish, squid and all other sea creatures.

Quote from: Her Ugliness on October 19, 2024, 00:39

Quote from: stoker2014 on October 18, 2024, 10:28

Global inflation is being driven by the US Democrats

GLOBAL inflation?
You are giving way too much credits to the USA. They are like 4.3% of the world population, half of that only if you want to blame the democarts.

1. The dollar is the world's number one currency.
2. For the last 4 years, US politics has been run by cowardly and stupid Democrats.

a) It's pretty cool what you can do when you own a (money) printing press. whirrrrrr, pffffffft, whirrrr, pffttttt, ONE QUADRILLION DOLLARS TO <cough cough chuckle> UKRAINE! to SAVE UKRAINE! whirrrrrrrrr, pfffffffft, whirrrrrrr, pfffffttttttt, ANOTHER ONE QUADRILLION DOLLARS!

b) you should look into things like the george soros "open society foundation" which basically funds and promotes destablization through a variety of programs, grants, etc, under false pretenses of "helping" people. he (+ his partners, etc) are basically trying to mess with people's heads, attack the family unit, attacking christianity (more accurately - "christian values"), etc, etc... families like the rockefellers use 'foundations' to buy/sell politicians the same way you might buy groceries, except their goal is control, theft/stealing other people's assets/etc meanwhile using the newspapers they own to try and convince the public how 'swell' they are... not just them of course - but - literally a small group of pyschopaths are manipulating policians, and sadly a lot of people obey and comply with insane edicts... (i.e., most recent being the demondiaper many people wore for 'health & safety', for a non-existant 'virus' that only exists as a 3d computer model)... they probably find it insanely funny how compliant & obedient most people were - because they mock them as well by calling the "variants" (which in itself is designed to be a 'triggering' word) - the "variants" things like the "mooooooooooooooooo variant"  (i.e., treating people like cows/etc)...

As for Ukraine, I already wrote in another thread (which was deleted by the enemies of democracy) that Ukraine does not need money, Ukraine only needs weapons. As a result, the Democrats spend US taxpayers' money on God knows what, and Ukraine does not receive the weapons it needs. Biden is a friend and partner of putin and the Russians.

Quote from: stoker2014 on October 19, 2024, 09:27

As for Ukraine, I already wrote in another thread (which was deleted by the enemies of democracy) that Ukraine does not need money, Ukraine only needs weapons. As a result, the Democrats spend US taxpayers' money on God knows what, and Ukraine does not receive the weapons it needs. Biden is a friend and partner of putin and the Russians.

Interesting. In "the west", "biden" is portrayed as a "dear friend of ukraine".

He is a coward and a friend of the Russians. This is the opinion of experts in Ukraine.

Question though. How much "actual" devastation have you actually seen if you live there (as opposed to how the media portrays things?) Also... apparently with canada/the usa/etc - "ukraine" seems to have gotten upwards of a MINIMUM of ONE TRILLION DOLLARS to "fight the war". One TRILLION. With a T. Do you know how many hot dogs you can buy with one TRILLION dollars?

There is a lot of destruction in Ukraine, the Russians are using bombs and missiles. Many cities are completely destroyed. The US news hasn't talked much about Ukraine for a year now, it's hurting Biden and the Democrats' ratings. So the Democrats think that if they don't talk about Ukraine, there are no problems.

Lez say a "tank" costs $5 million (thats for a top notch tank, like lets say a brand spanking new tank like an a1 abrams. You could of course head over to tanks-r-us, and pick up tanks for like $250k a piece, but lets say you want a tank that has the nice leather seats and gps navigator, and you want to give the delivery guy a nice $1 million tip a piece) . That means. There "should" be like 200,000 tanks. Putting that in perspective, according to google, ALL OF RUSSIA only has about 2,000 "decent" tanks. So ukrainian forces would OUTNUMBER russian forces by ONE HUNDRED to 1 in terms of the number of tanks. Ukraine also according to google, has about 38 million people. That means there "should" be a tank for every 200 people... or - if you have a small city (say 500k people)  you should see about 2,500 tanks just roaming the streets, like 4-5 tanks for every street corner... Curious - do you see ANYTHING like that...?

Ukraine has very few weapons. The Democrats do not provide aviation and do not provide medium- and long-range missiles. The Democrats also constantly prohibit shooting at targets in Russia. The US has transferred several dozen tanks, which is nothing.
It is difficult to say where and what the Democrats spend their money on. I think they steal this money. Ukraine sees very few weapons.
So, there are no tanks, no aviation, no missiles. As a result, Ukrainians have to put soldiers against Russian tanks, planes and missiles.
In the last topic, I wrote that Biden's place is in the electric chair.

Quote from: Asthebelltolls on October 18, 2024, 14:28

Another topic on this forum that's going to go nowhere.....

lol, oh? for the ignorant that want to stick their heads the sand, maybe. anyhoo... good day!

Believing in made up conspiracy theories is hardly the opposite of ignorance.

Quote from: SuperPhoto on October 18, 2024, 17:28

Quote from: Asthebelltolls on October 18, 2024, 14:28

Another topic on this forum that's going to go nowhere.....

lol, oh? for the ignorant that want to stick their heads the sand, maybe. anyhoo... good day!

Believing in made up conspiracy theories is hardly the opposite of ignorance.

Haha, it's really funny - when someone doesn't want to use their brain or think - they call it a "conspiracy theory". Mmkay - well - ZOMFG! what you are saying its CONSPIRACY THEORY! OMFG OMFG! you conspiracy theorist you. Lol - do you SEE how stupid that kind of statement is? Sadly, you probably do not. It is pretty stupid. If you want to reason, have a conversation - that is fine. But don't be idiot (unless you like doing that) - by simply whatever you don't feel like thinking about calling it a 'conspiracy theory'. Because it is quite dumb to do that.

Quote from: SuperPhoto on October 19, 2024, 12:28

Quote from: stoker2014 on October 19, 2024, 09:27

As for Ukraine, I already wrote in another thread (which was deleted by the enemies of democracy) that Ukraine does not need money, Ukraine only needs weapons. As a result, the Democrats spend US taxpayers' money on God knows what, and Ukraine does not receive the weapons it needs. Biden is a friend and partner of putin and the Russians.

Interesting. In "the west", "biden" is portrayed as a "dear friend of ukraine".

He is a coward and a friend of the Russians. This is the opinion of experts in Ukraine.

Quote from: SuperPhoto on October 19, 2024, 12:28

Question though. How much "actual" devastation have you actually seen if you live there (as opposed to how the media portrays things?) Also... apparently with canada/the usa/etc - "ukraine" seems to have gotten upwards of a MINIMUM of ONE TRILLION DOLLARS to "fight the war". One TRILLION. With a T. Do you know how many hot dogs you can buy with one TRILLION dollars?

There is a lot of destruction in Ukraine, the Russians are using bombs and missiles. Many cities are completely destroyed. The US news hasn't talked much about Ukraine for a year now, it's hurting Biden and the Democrats' ratings. So the Democrats think that if they don't talk about Ukraine, there are no problems.

Quote from: SuperPhoto on October 19, 2024, 12:28

Lez say a "tank" costs $5 million (thats for a top notch tank, like lets say a brand spanking new tank like an a1 abrams. You could of course head over to tanks-r-us, and pick up tanks for like $250k a piece, but lets say you want a tank that has the nice leather seats and gps navigator, and you want to give the delivery guy a nice $1 million tip a piece) . That means. There "should" be like 200,000 tanks. Putting that in perspective, according to google, ALL OF RUSSIA only has about 2,000 "decent" tanks. So ukrainian forces would OUTNUMBER russian forces by ONE HUNDRED to 1 in terms of the number of tanks. Ukraine also according to google, has about 38 million people. That means there "should" be a tank for every 200 people... or - if you have a small city (say 500k people)  you should see about 2,500 tanks just roaming the streets, like 4-5 tanks for every street corner... Curious - do you see ANYTHING like that...?

Ukraine has very few weapons. The Democrats do not provide aviation and do not provide medium- and long-range missiles. The Democrats also constantly prohibit shooting at targets in Russia. The US has transferred several dozen tanks, which is nothing.
It is difficult to say where and what the Democrats spend their money on. I think they steal this money. Ukraine sees very few weapons.
So, there are no tanks, no aviation, no missiles. As a result, Ukrainians have to put soldiers against Russian tanks, planes and missiles.
In the last topic, I wrote that Biden's place is in the electric chair.

Hi Stoker, thanks for the feedback.

Mmkay - if that indeed is the case - then does support my belief that
(a) The 'war' is not what the media (in the west) portrays it to be
(b) Obviously money earmarked for "the war" is not getting to the people that could use it. (I actually already knew that - it is simply a type of money laundering outfit for billions of $$$ using "the war" as an excuse)... but good to hear evidence supporting that.
(c) Interesting that is the ukranian perspective - in the USA + Canada (i.e., w/trudeau) - they are 'always' talking about how they are giving money to ukraine, ukraine is such a friend, and everyone needs to 'chip in' to give $$$ to ukraine,etc (part of the reason so many people are bankrupt, because the small group of pyschopaths voluntarily giving "billions" to "ukraine" - but billions that don't actually see the light of day except for a small group of pyschopaths in ukraine).