Buying a Mars Bar with my pocket money in the 90s.
Best 29p I spent every week.
I felt like a king.
The bar was so big, it didn’t easily fit into my pocket.
I grasped it in my hand. Carried it around.
Boasting in front of my mates.
Mars bars don’t cost 29p now.
They cost 3 times that much.
And they aren’t as big.
Mars Bars in 2000 weighed 65 grams.
Now? Just 51 grams.
22% less product.
So what, Phil. Who cares?
That’s inflation, right?
(+293% for those who are wondering)
It happens.
Costs go up.
So do our wages.
Sure.
But you're not in control of either.
And funnily enough, your purchasing power only goes down.
"Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon.” Milton Friedman.
It is taxation without legislation (a.k.a theft).
With every push 'the Big Red Button'🔴 the government steals from you.
Don’t blame Mars; blame the central banks.
And don't settle for a measly 51 grams at 3 times the cost.
Let's demand the whole damn thing, and take the button away from those thieves in suits.
(picture credit Jordan Walker)
#inflation
The bar was so big, it didn’t easily fit into my pocket.
I grasped it in my hand. Carried it around.
Boasting in front of my mates.
Mars bars don’t cost 29p now.
They cost 3 times that much.
And they aren’t as big.
Mars Bars in 2000 weighed 65 grams.
Now? Just 51 grams.
22% less product.
So what, Phil. Who cares?
That’s inflation, right?
(+293% for those who are wondering)
It happens.
Costs go up.
So do our wages.
Sure.
But you're not in control of either.
And funnily enough, your purchasing power only goes down.
"Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon.” Milton Friedman.
It is taxation without legislation (a.k.a theft).
With every push 'the Big Red Button'🔴 the government steals from you.
Don’t blame Mars; blame the central banks.
And don't settle for a measly 51 grams at 3 times the cost.
Let's demand the whole damn thing, and take the button away from those thieves in suits.
(picture credit Jordan Walker)
#inflation
