Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010 | 2:01 a.m.
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The price tag for the gifts celebrating the “Twelve Days of Christmas” has jumped by
10.8 percent over last year (according to a calculation by PNC Wealth Management that was included in a recent Associated Press story).
Although the pear tree, four calling birds, six geese and eight maids-a-milking stayed the same, prices of all the others — especially the two turtle doves, three french hens and five golden rings — have risen.
Also rising have been CEO profits, food and gasoline prices, and home foreclosures to name a few.
Staying the same for the past two years was a cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security, which is not a handout but an earned insurance that has, at times, been stolen by Congress.
Also falling below last year’s amounts were average wages, employment and the standard of living.
Isn’t it time Santa Claus brought us a new government?
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