I was walking outside today. A homeless person asks me to buy them something and I have no money. My mother and I went to costco and in the 90s 100 dollars could feed a family of three. That price has raised to 300 for a family of two. My social security is done so I asked him if he smokes because he may become aggresive and gave him the last cigarillo in my pocket. When something is newer people don't know how to think. I made him promise that he will quit smoking.

I've done research on the internet. Inflation has risen 200% total during the last 20 years. And yet I go outside. I remember that I bought chips for 25 cents and now that same chips is 2.50. That's 1000% increase in price.

I think we have to do something about inflation. When I was a child I saw a lawyer. A successful person speaking with a group of friends on the train. Later on while walking home from school I saw his office on the sidewalk. He was rich. 15 years passed and I saw the same person on the train saying "things have not gone well for me and I need spare change."

As inflation rises my mother told me that paychecks chase it. This means that exponentially more people can't afford rent and eventually the ability to buy consumable things even food. And I'm upset. Each time my family and I see a person who's in pain there have been times when I've thought in the future that may be us. At least my mother's a great engineer and brings home the bread.

We have to do something. If there are less people working there's even more inflation because we're producing less.

In all honesty I felt horrible because I don't have any money left to buy him something inexpensive that could feed him.

Bulgaria during my life has been democratic. So I spoke with my father about the economy there during childhood.

The last thing I want to say is that this post may seem depressing yet I've asked my father one thing when I was a child in Bulgaria. "If more is invested in a poor person who doesn't have much do you think that they would be able to compete in the same career more than someone who's lived a better life?" He stared at me and said nothing.

I can think of a perfect explanation. A person who's from a family that arrived and made money in a better country such as the US. Their family was originally poor. They made a lot of money. Their children are well off so they do something ridiculous like make a porno video. Then their family disowns them. I don't want to use the name of a person because that might be innapropriate yet I can think of one woman where this has happened.

Another person is homeless. Later on they recover. They even have their own show on television. A therapist. Because they were thinking about what they need to do to succeed.

The last thing I told my father back in Bulgaria was in the following in our language. "We're in a race to succeed. If you give a young person too much.. they stop running."

A short while later we started speaking about animals because he taught me about evolution. I came to the theory that there is no pigeon that has not found food during its life. When people feed them bread crumbs they lose their survival instincts. "I guess I could say the same thing about a child and money. A mother pigeon feeds their young and so does a family of people. Yet they don't give them money."

I wouldn't say there were a problem if there's none at all and I don't mean to cause one. It's just a memory and an interpretation. It's also possible that aside from inflation different foods rose in price differently because of the amount that was being sold due to supply and demand.

Please don't harm me over this post. In a country with freedom either all memories should be accepted when shared or none of them.

P.S. Because he's kind he sometimes gave me money. It was very little so that I would be conscious what I buy with it. And when I met a girl from the phillipines in school and we shared that fruit snacks and coca cola it was the greatest memory of my life. Sometimes even food that a young person buys has use. The welchs fruit snacks were difficult to open so I strained my wrists and hands to do so. When a young person does that their wrists and hands become exponentially stronger because they used them with strength. Maybe they can use their hands to work longer?

Copyright C. Mitko Rouynekov 10/9/2024

Post post scriptum:

As I mentioned in my book that I wrote in high school which I self-censored and kept subtle. I drank coffee mixed with quinine. Sometimes a drink that gives intelligence and dictatorial qualities does not mean dictator. A large part of me is still normal regardless of my confidence. At the moment -I don't want to rule or conquer anyone.

I would like to help people if I can.