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Originally Posted by GeXus
Are you Americans really that dumb? Gimme a break... the low dollar has had huge impacts... the cost of just about ALL goods have gone up significantly, have you forgot about OIL? Everything that is imported is now just that much more expensive to import... that includes produce, electronics, cars, clothing... everything... Just look at the cost of a sandwich from a deli... I used to be able to get a sub for under $4.. now... $7.99 for a sub.. gimme a break... A can of soda? a CAN of soda.. used to be $60 cents, anywhere you went.. now $1.00+, you tell me thats due to inflation? PLEASE! Look at cigarettes.. they've gone up over $2 in the past five years.. due to taxes.. why? because everything else is more expensive gov't needs to make it up where it can... we're getting hit left and right..
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Originally Posted by GeXus
Don't act as though this is normal you idiot.. the Canadian dollar has not passed US since 1957, this is not "normal fluctuation"
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Are you always a fucking asshole to people who don't agree with you on everything chapter and verse?
Cigarettes haven't gone up $2 in the past five years. I can still buy a carton at Racetrac for $26.99....I managed convenience stores back in 2000 and the price was the same then.
The price of oil has been hovering in the $60-80 range for the past several years, it was grossly underpriced for a decade before that.
If oil was consistently going up a few bucks a barrel every month that would be inflationary. It hasn't done that, it had a major upward correction and then has traded within the range I mentioned above since then, that's not inflationary.
Also, EVERYTHING that is imported isn't more expensive to import. Our biggest importer, China, has their currency tied directly to ours. If ours drops, so does theirs, so the cost of Chinese goods in dollars hasn't changed at all.
If you want to argue economics with me, you better bring your A game and come with more than "a soda used to cost 60 cents and now it costs $1"
When my grandfather was my age a soda cost 5 cents, that's not really indicative of how our economy has fared over that time period.
Also, let's leave the name calling out of it. Is it really necessary to personally insult people who disagree with you on something like this?