Think Halloween candy prices are scary? Some people are spending $200 on sweets as 'greedy' trick-or-treaters spoil the fun | Forex Factory

  • Think Halloween candy prices are scary? Some people are spending $200 on sweets as 'greedy' trick-or-treaters spoil the fun

    From morningstar.com

    Are kids becoming too greedy when it comes to Halloween trick-or-treating - and making the holiday so expensive it's scary? That's the question some people may be asking as they stock up on Halloween candy just in time for tonight's festivities. And it was something that Kelly Ripa, co-host of TV's "Live with Kelly and Mark," addressed recently in a rant that has gotten attention. "You know, we give good candy. Full-size candy. You think they'd take the win and say, 'Thank you.' But they go, 'I don't like Hershey's, can I get a Snickers bar? I want Skittles,'" Ripa said. Her solution? "I am tired of dealing with ... (full story)

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Trader#B5AA
Oct 31, 2025 8:48am
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Give a man a fish in 2025... he throws it back and demands sushi. It's the result of the Participation Generation(s). Inclusion policies in and merit out the door. It's even rotting our poor little children. Aren't we just pitiful excuses for human-beings . . . . . . . . .
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Trader#B5AA
Oct 31, 2025 10:37am
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Quoting Trader#162F
No, it's the parents raising them to be greedy and ungrateful with entitlement issues.
Yes , , , , they are called the Participation Generation. I coined it first. Harhar

I think You may fit that bill. Firing that big gun of yours when have no idea how to even aim it.

LOOKOUT ! ! ! ! !

Monkey with a gun is on the LOOOOOOSE

We have an abundance of those in 2025 too. Don't get up on a roof and shoot me , ya hear now Cowboy ! ! !
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Trader#162F
Oct 31, 2025 9:15am
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No, it's the parents raising them to be greedy and ungrateful with entitlement issues.
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Trader#70BC
Nov 3, 2025 12:26am
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The escalation of this thread should be studied
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