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On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:41:58 -0700, "Bob F"
wrote: wrote in message .. . It does make me wonder if this fuel cost thing is being used as a scapegoat for many products so they can "gouge" us consumers! It is a good thing the inflation rate is so low, or I'd be worried. Considering how the prices of so many staples are going up, I don't see how inflation can be low. I guess it's because people can't afford to buy so demand is dropping. We're in big trouble thanks to the borrow and spend Republicans. |
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On Jun 11, 7:37*am, dgk wrote:
On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:41:58 -0700, "Bob F" wrote: wrote in message .. . It does make me wonder if this fuel cost thing is being used as a scapegoat for many products so they can "gouge" us consumers! It is a good thing the inflation rate is so low, or I'd be worried. Considering how the prices of so many staples are going up, I don't see how inflation can be low. I guess it's because people can't afford to buy so demand is dropping. We're in big trouble thanks to the borrow and spend Republicans. Oh yeah, it's all the Republicans. Last time I checked, Democrats control both the Senate and House. And they are solidly in control of the House, where all spending bills must originate. Yet the pork continues to flow. The prices of staples that have shot up the most are oil and food. And the food part is directly related to laws passed to drive more corn into ethanol. That has driven up the price of not only grains, but also meats as well. And last time I checked the Democrats want more use of alternative fuels, including ethanol, so don't lay this off on Republicans. If it were up to Republicans, we would be drilling in ANWR and in most of the offshore USA today and building new nuclear power plants. Instead, we go around refusing to utilize our own resources, while bitching. It was Clinton who vetoed the bill authorizing drilling in ANWR in the mid 90's. If we had opened ANWR, we'd have at least 1 mil barrels a day flowing from there now. And it's entirely possible that there's an elephant size field as big as Saudia Arabia's in ANWR. No one knows, because Democrats and environmental extremists won't allow even test wells to be drilled to find out. As for offshore, we now have China drilling in Cuba waters closer to Florida, to gain access to oil that we could be drilling for. Where's the Democrat lead initiative to change any of this? Their energy solution: Tax the oil companies more. |
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wrote in message ... On Jun 11, 7:37 am, dgk wrote: On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:41:58 -0700, "Bob F" wrote: wrote in message .. . It does make me wonder if this fuel cost thing is being used as a scapegoat for many products so they can "gouge" us consumers! It is a good thing the inflation rate is so low, or I'd be worried. Considering how the prices of so many staples are going up, I don't see how inflation can be low. I guess it's because people can't afford to buy so demand is dropping. We're in big trouble thanks to the borrow and spend Republicans. Oh yeah, it's all the Republicans. Last time I checked, Democrats control both the Senate and House. And they are solidly in control of the House, where all spending bills must originate. Yet the pork continues to flow. ************************************************** ******* Democrats are not quite in control. Republicans are fillibustering just about everything that comes through the senate, with the announced intention of trying to make this look loke a do-nothing congress. They have already more than doubled the record for the number of fillibuster in a congressional session. You can't blame this on the democrats. |
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Bob F wrote:
Democrats are not quite in control. Republicans are fillibustering just about everything that comes through the senate, with the announced intention of trying to make this look loke a do-nothing congress. They have already more than doubled the record for the number of fillibuster in a congressional session. You can't blame this on the democrats. A do-nothing government is the best kind. Here in Texas, our forefathers were smart enough to make sure our elected parasites^Wrepresentatives are only allowed to meet for a few weeks every other year. The less time they're together, the less they can screw us^Wup. ;-) -- Steve Bell New Life Home Improvement Arlington, TX |
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On Jun 23, 10:56*pm, "SteveB"
wrote: Bob F wrote: Democrats are not quite in control. Republicans are fillibustering just about everything that comes through the senate, with the announced intention of trying to make this look loke a do-nothing congress. They have already more than doubled the record for the number of fillibuster in a congressional session. You can't blame this on the democrats. A do-nothing government is the best kind. Here in Texas, our forefathers were smart enough to make sure our elected parasites^Wrepresentatives are only allowed to meet for a few weeks every other year. The less time they're together, the less they can screw us^Wup. ;-) -- Steve Bell New Life Home Improvement Arlington, TX Yes, and last time I checked, the specific issue was SPENDING. Spending bills originate in the House. So, the more bills that are blocked either their or in the Senate, in general, the less they will be able to spend. Sure, there could be a bill that cuts spending that is being blocked, but when's the last time you saw that, as opposed to bills that authorize more spending? |
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On Jun 11, 6:37*am, dgk wrote:
Considering how the prices of so many staples are going up, I don't see how inflation can be low. I guess it's because people can't afford to buy so demand is dropping. It's all government spin. They use "core" items to measure inflation - items that rarely change in value and are not subject to value spikes. The 'government' does not buy gasoline, food, medicine, etc like the public does, so they do not use those values in their inflation factors. The big problem with their funky inflation figures is that it sets cost-of-living rates for the general population at a level that is unrealistic in the real economy. Red |
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On Jun 11, 10:02*am, Red wrote:
On Jun 11, 6:37*am, dgk wrote: Considering how the prices of so many staples are going up, I don't see how inflation can be low. I guess it's because people can't afford to buy so demand is dropping. It's all government spin. *They use "core" items to measure inflation - items that rarely change in value and are not subject to value spikes. *The 'government' does not buy gasoline, food, medicine, etc like the public does, so they do not use those values in their inflation factors. Wrong. The CPI has nothing to do with what the govt buys or doesn't buy. It's a statistical sampling of what CONSUMERS buy and it most definitely includes gasoline, food, and medicine. The core inflation rate is the overall number minus volatile components, like food and energy and is reported at the same time. Many economists give more credence to the core as an indication of widespread inflation in the general economy. Both numbers are widely reported when released. *The big problem with their funky inflation figures is that it sets cost-of-living rates for the general population at a level that is unrealistic in the real economy. Red |
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On Jun 11, 11:27*am, wrote:
Wrong. * The CPI has nothing to do with what the govt buys or doesn't buy. * It's a statistical sampling of what CONSUMERS buy and it most definitely includes gasoline, food, and medicine. * *The core inflation rate is the overall number minus volatile components..... Well, to this 'ol country boy if they add it in and then subtract it back out the net value is "0". Sure sounds like a typical government formula to me. Red |
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