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Non-Tech : Kirk's Market Thoughts -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kirk © who wrote (1429)	6/17/2014 12:20:49 PM
From: Jerome	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26543

Hi Kirk, The CPI is moving up sharply. Wage pressure in the West Coast has to be a factor. But in low wage state like MIssissippi ...its a non factor. I think that we are seeing a huge divide between states that care about wages and those that don't give a hoot. When some politicians talk about eliminating the minimum wage and cutting corporate taxes, you get a good idea what their priorities are. Its good to see the West Coast become a trend setter and drag the rest of the country into a better orbit. Low wages do nothing for the country or its inhabitants.....just look at low wage countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and see what low wages do to a country. I think food inflation is much higher than the CPI suggests. Used to be that grocery stores raised prices a penny at a time....now the increases are dimes and quarters.