The grim economic news and the mind-boggling statistics that go with it may confuse, but the following is one sign of the times that is easily understood and expresses perfectly where we are.
I went to Alberton's the other day to pick up a jar of mayonnaise. Every time I grocery shop I am struck at the rising prices: just the other day this item or that was 50 cents or a dollar less. You know the feeling. As I picked up my Best Foods mayonnaise I noticed that the jar was different; it seemed smaller. The regular price was also more than I remembered, but that day it was on sale. I didn't think much about it since I had to pick up other things. But when I got home, I looked at the label and sure enough my quart of mayonnaise was no longer a quart but only 30 ounces! I had been scammed by Best Foods and Alberton's.
Less for more--that's our life now and will be our life indefinitely into the future.
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