I notice no one really talks about this one but since most of us probably had a drink or two last night I figured it was a good time to bring it up. 20 years ago when I was buying booze in college a fifth of Smirmoff was $15, a fifth of Absolute was $20, a handle of Jager was $40, and a case of Bud was $20. Fast forward to today and those prices are either the same or lower. I think this is being done on purpose to help keep us suppressed. It's way cheaper to be an alcoholic than it is to eat healthy these days. Any thoughts?
Posted by mooseman077
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Hahaha come to Canada. It’s fucked
Liquor is atleast twice as expensive in Canada. It’s nuts
Funny I was just having this conversation with a friend about how they keep switching up the food pyramid. Also definitely obvious that they are charging more for healthier products now versus the cheap unhealthy variance that had been pushed for the last decade.
As for the price of alcohol I think it is just due to reduced demand. Especially for hard liquors the prices of seltzers and craft beers are still high because there is high demand. Just my theory anyway not educated on the economics of spirits and liquors haha.
Cocaine is the same way, allegedly.
The price of alcohol has increased in the US over the last 10 years but not as much as other goods.
I don’t know why alcohol hasn’t increased as much but it is interesting. You should do some more research on this. I’m sure the answer is easily found with Google.
Alcohol costs pennies to make. The majority of the price (at least here in the uk) is tax
They want everyone drunk. They already said what they plan to do with all the useless eaters in the future. Drugs and video games
Because people will buy more alcohol and drugs during economic crises, so if you raised the price 20% over two years and then drop it 10% on the third year they think they’re getting a good deal and will buy 2-3× as much booze even though it’s 10% more expensive than it was 3 years ago.