Keith Watanabe * NET 2.0

I saw the headline on Yahoo which read that some schools were cutting back due to the rising cost of food.  Certainly, while being in LA, I have noticed that food in general has become slightly more expensive, even fast food.  It's almost comparable to Tokyo, which is a scary thought.

However, I'm questioning the whole so-called rising price of food.  Supposedly, there's a global food shortage going on with places like Thailand experiencing less rice, Japan having less dairy (hence boosting the price of mayonnaise) and now the US in various forms.  It's kinda funny how the US is experiencing these prices hikes.  Gas, housing, now food.

My paranoia intuition partly tells me it's the government covertly telling people to cut down on the excessive lifestyle, which might not be necessarily a bad thing.  Higher gas prices means more conservative vehicle usage.  Expensive food, even at fast food places, means cutting down the calories.  I mean, you can't mandate people to cut down on the excessive lifestyle, but if you raise the prices, people naturally will scale back since people are cost conscious.