The ripple effect of high gas prices will have more of an effect

greenbriar

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Wed May-26-04 07:51 PM
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The ripple effect of high gas prices will have more of an effect

on the economy than people realize.

people can't afford to fill up, they will buy less on discritionary items which will stiffle the "economy boom"

In addition, services that deliver are uping their prices

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Deja Q

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Wed May-26-04 08:04 PM
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1. Precisely.

Edited on Wed May-26-04 08:04 PM by HypnoToad

Anybody with half a brain cell knows how American economy has been engineered to be. And American consumers (primarily the middle class, the very class that the rich are shifting taxes toward) still make up more than 2/3rds of the economy.

Now either those in power want a total collapse

or

The oil collecting nations are scaling back in an attack that we're not perceiving as an attack

or

Peak oil really is upon us. Now.

So, which one is it? If * keeps yammering about boosting the economy...

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greenbriar

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Wed May-26-04 08:10 PM
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2. tonight

I filled up my vehicle.

$29 bucks when it usually is less than 19.

where do I cut that 10 bucks?

well Wed nights we usually eat pizza but not tonight

I am making dinner at home.

less money spent in the community by me

less money made by pizza hut

and I am just ONE person one night

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BillZBubb

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Wed May-26-04 10:42 PM
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13. Yuk, Pizza Hut?!

They give 96% of their PAC money to Repugs. I've boycotted them for years.

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salinen

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Wed May-26-04 08:18 PM
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3. Those in power want a total collapse

The only way to switch from a constitutional democratic republic into a totalitarian theocracy is to destroy everything.

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greenbriar

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Wed May-26-04 08:20 PM
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4. my students often wonder how the jews could just

"let the holocaust happen" without fighting back or escaping before it got bad.

I told them people believed in their government and never thought it would get that bad.

do you think it is that way now?

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Kanary

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Wed May-26-04 08:40 PM
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9. Ask them if *they're* speaking up now..? Are their parents.. NOW?

Are they hearing much outrage NOW?

Kanary

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Tansy_Gold

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Wed May-26-04 09:06 PM
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10. It can get that bad, and I think it will, if * stays in office

n/t

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Warpy

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Wed May-26-04 08:22 PM
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5. I've been pricing things at the market lately

...and they're things I get nearly every couple of weeks, so I know the prices. Tinned soup is up 12%. Milk is up 30%, along with most other dairy products. Frozen foods are up an average of 10%.

Of course, I guess there's no inflation. I know there's no inflation in our WAGES.

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greenbriar

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Wed May-26-04 08:26 PM
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6. because of the school financing in Kansas

we are very worried about our summer checks.

also we in my district did not get our progressive step in salary and got NO raise for Cost of LIving either

we had MORE students in each room
MOre responsibilities ...teaching more classes, lunch duty, hall duty ect due to budget cuts
and got LESS money

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happyending

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Wed May-26-04 08:36 PM
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7. I watch prices too -

they ARE going up.

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greenbriar

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Wed May-26-04 08:37 PM
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8. yes, and watch gas

prices soar to higher levels for memorial day

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Suspicious

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Wed May-26-04 09:15 PM
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11. Same here.

I spend in the neighborhood of $100-$120 per week on groceries, and it definitely isn't filling the cart like it did only months ago. The price of the paper towel I buy has increased .60 in the last few months! :crazy:

My husband flipped out this past weekend when I was finished putting everything in the refrigerator/cupboards - he asked me what the hell I had done with the rest of it.

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greenbriar

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Wed May-26-04 10:33 PM
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12. I know

teachers get paid once a month.

I go to wally world to get all I need usually its 300 bucks or so. Last month 395

uggggggg

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