Groceries and cost of living

So, I was having a conversation with some family and friends on the cost of various things we use on a daily basis and the pay doesn't seem to be keeping up. One of the items we talked about was how much food costs. It seems that pay rate doesn't seem to be keeping up with the cost of living, which in turn makes it hard to decide where certain cuts need to be made in our personal budgets. A couple of videos caught my attention while on +YouTube.

One of them is from the +CBS Evening News and discusses "Despite the government's consumer price index showing little to no inflation, food prices have been going up, putting a squeeze on the budgets of many families across the U.S. Michelle Miller reports." The video can be found here at: CBS Evening News. The other video I found was from the +The Associated Press. This discusses, "The ongoing drought in California and other western states is starting to bump prices up at the grocery store. As AP's Haven Daley reports, beef may be the first food item to see an increase." This video can be found here at: Associated Press.

I don't think anyone should be surprised by the increase in food, as we have seen the hike in gas prices. Who knows how far the increase in food, or any other necessity for that matter, will go. I think what it comes down to is whether we can get some changes made in policy, new faces in the government who are willing to make the necessary changes based on what we the people are saying need to be changed. Even if we don't see these changes in our lifetime, the lease we can do is get a movement going to make the changes for our children and future generations to come. We as a country need to get back to having morals, values, and ways of life that we at one time grew up with. Unless we take back our rights to make a difference within our homes, teaching our children with morals, values, and discipline, schools, workplace, and any other item I've left out, we might as well kiss it all good-bye.

I would like some feedback on what you think.