Inflation And The Lack Thereof

I read in the paper this morning that Zimbabwe is now printing and distributing 100 Billion dollar bills. And what will a cool hundred bil buy you at the Harare Quik Trip? A loaf of bread. That better be some tasty damn bread.

At Irish Fest this year, you'll pay the same ticket price that you paid last year. And the year before that. And the year before that. And you'll even save money in the children's area with our new bounce-all-day $10 wrist band. Why the largess? Because we love you crazy kids, that's why. We know it's hard enough to scrape together the hundred billion dollars it costs to fill the tank of the family fun wagon. We know you practically have to take out a second mortgage to buy dinner, which will probably give you salmonella anyway. We're a registered 501c3, a not-for-profit organization. We're almost 100% volunteer run. We have wonderful, generous sponsors lead by our new presenting sponsor State Street. Though it costs hundreds of thousands of dollars to put Irish Fest on every year, we're not about the Benjamins here at KCIF. We're about you. And about Celtic Pride in Cowtown.

Will we always be able to forgo price increases? Nope. Our costs are rising rapidly and one of these days we'll need to address that. But times are tough. We'll think about that later. For now...let's have a party. Thirty days.