How's This for "Change?" I "Hope" You Like It.

Standard & Poor's Case-Schiller Home Price Indices for Nov-Dec of 2010 have just been released:
Portland area home prices came in at Fourth Place, with aggregate prices dropping an additional 7.4% compared to the same time frame in 2009.
Gasoline is 40 cents a gallon more than in Dec. 2009.  American Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico is still banned in direct defiance of court orders. 
Bread is up 60 cents per loaf.  So far.
Lettuce is up nearly 60 percent, as are most fresh fruits and vegetables.  That should help fight obesity, right, Michelle?
Shall we discuss Portland's property taxes?  Hint:  they did not go down for that same period, nor any other, for that matter.  And just wait 'til you file your 1040 this year, you're gonna love it.  And Portland's school board wants a new half-billion-dollar bond measure, just $40 or $60  more per month from you to renovate aging facilities and deter using existing funding for anything other than wage/benefit packages for employees.
Thanks, but no thanks.  I'll keep my change, hope you don't mind.