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this is what I wrote, this is what I meant
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"did you figure in inflation, thats double [considering it doesn't matter]"
This means inflation is double. That's what you wrote. Read what you wrote and stop after "that's double". English is your first language, right?
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If the prices of fuel keep going up, what happens to the prices of everything else?
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Some things are indirectly affected. Of course, oil has recently dropped $15, erasing all its gains since mid February.
The part you are missing is that commodity prices are not
completely at the mercy of fuel prices or the US$. They are affected by disease, weather and other factors that affect supply and demand.
And, the fact that you have not addressed my explanation for why energy prices were so low in 2009 is noted for the silent concession that it is (unless you want to argue differently).
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Yes, the government stepped in and saved the banks, I'll bet it happens again in the next 20 years
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Perhaps sooner, but I'm not sure what that has to do with the discussion other than to identify the prospects of not having done so.
I don't get the impression you fully understand this. That's okay, the majority of the population doesn't either.
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You haven't shown any patience, you have just blasted me for thinking differently from you, wow!!
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Well, I guess I could just call you names and use strawman arguments. But, unlike you, I've just stuck to the facts.
If by blasting you it simply means that I'm not arguing from ignorance then so be it. I've tried to explain it, but you have mental earmuffs on.
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I don't think with a trillion dollars spent on stimulus and cash for clunkers that really didn't work IMHO and shooting people in 4 countries and 14.3% of the nation on food stamps and hovering at 9% or higher unemployed we are doing better.
You feel differently, good for you
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I do feel differently, but it's not because of the items you added here. I don't dispute what you've said here except for the idea that the stimulus didn't work.
I guess since you don't really understand economics and where we were in 2008-9, anything short of 5% GDP growth, 5% unemployment, $1.79 gas, world peace and no one on food stamps seems a failure. This is simpleton thinking, of course.
The reality is, you are just a partisan hack as your posts clearly illustrate. Why don't you try learning some economics so you can argue these points intelligently?