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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 11:26 AM Original message |
If gas goes to $4.00, the US economy will go in the toilet. |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
1. it's already there. |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 11:29 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Well, for 95% of the American people, it is. The top 5% doing quite well. |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 11:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. The top 5% still have an interest in the economy |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 11:48 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. The only interest the top 5% have is how do they strip the rest of us of |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 12:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. What interest could they have? They already have enough money |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 01:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Everyone wishes they were better off |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:20 AM Response to Reply #21 |
55. They didn't get where they are by embracing the concept of "enough". |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:38 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Has nothing to do with a vibrant economy |
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Balbus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
3. Like they said at $2, then $2.50, then $3. |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
4. we are already there |
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jojo54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 11:36 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. That probably also applies to the "meals on wheels" etc. |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 11:38 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. they had one option |
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RevCheesehead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 11:45 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. WTF??? |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 11:51 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. the idea is to call a taxi |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 08:07 AM Response to Reply #5 |
47. I heard they need "meals on wheels" volunteers in my area. The |
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asjr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
7. When it goes to $5 per gallon it is |
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jojo54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 09:09 AM Response to Reply #7 |
50. Holy crap, I hadn't thought about it that way. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
9. 'm trying to plan a garden to alleviate some of the extra cost |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 04:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
38. How about chickens instead of a cow? |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 05:30 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. I've been kicking that around too. I had chickens as a kid. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
10. And the crime rate will soar. nt |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
13. I think otherwise |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
15. It has to reach that point as a national average. It's already 4 bucks in |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 12:38 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. I live 25 minutes by car from my job |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 04:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. the point is, we live because of oil. |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
16. yeah, i think people will tolerate $4 |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
17. Me |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 02:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
31. That's $1,120 that won't be spent at WalMart. |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
18. so we've got....three or four weeks? |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
19. Its in the toilet, just hasn't all flushed down yet. n/t |
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newportdadde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
20. Naw the Fed will just lower rates and inflate ourselves to happiness.. more credit for everyone! |
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partylessinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
23. It's already there. |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
24. Between $6-7 will be the tipping point, IMO. n/t |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
25. I think otherwise |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 01:55 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. For most people in the US, taking a bus isn't an option. nt |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 04:14 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Maybe we'll coin a new phrase in 5-10 years as pump prices go through $20.00 a gallon: |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 01:56 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. In Britain, it's high because of taxes. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 04:10 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. When you go to pay your bill at the pump, |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 04:18 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. If paying $7/gal in gas meant my yearly $3,000 health insurance premium went away |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 04:34 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. What is XOM's dividend, anyway? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 04:41 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. Absolutely. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 05:11 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Fair enough, but that's a political decision, not a purely financial one |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 08:11 AM Response to Reply #33 |
48. Two things, one, the UK has much better public transportation than |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
26. Not at $4.00 |
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sheerjoy (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
29. Prepare to flush then. n/t |
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Jim Warren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
36. A slow crawl across the bathroom floor |
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Jim Warren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
37. First a slow crawl across the bathroom floor |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
39. Since fuel prices affects everything |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
40. WalMart is already screaming.... |
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firefox_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
41. Don't worry, inflation is under control! |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
45. The US economy IS in the toilet |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 08:12 AM Response to Reply #45 |
49. The uber-wealthy are standing outside the toilet, flushing. (no text) |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
51. No it won't. The sheep will line up like docile farm animals and keep buying it. |
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madmunchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 09:14 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Why NOT boycott Mobil/Exxon and buy gas from other suppliers? |
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Matsubara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
53. How is an economy running solely on massive foreign investment... |
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jollyreaper2112 (955 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
54. When the log rolls over, we'll all be dead! |
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