Re: Price of gasoline drops! According to the federal government,

On May 14, 9:53=A0am, Viking <no...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> The price of gas just dropped 0.2% in April, according to the Bureau
> of Labor Statistics (the people who do the Cost of Living Index).
>
> And as a result, inflation over the last 12 months, including energy
> and food prices, has dropped from 4.4% to 3.9%.
>
> What revolting garbage! Inflation at 3.9%??? It's obviously running at
> more than 10%. Gas prices here are up 74% since last year. Groceries
> are up 37% from what they were a year ago, by our personal estimates.
>
> Why does the media buy these Orwellian figures and simply re****t them?
> Inflation 3.9%?? Gas price drops 0.2% last month??
>
> What???
>
> Why is there no independent effort in the media to find out what these
> numbers really are? Anyone know of such efforts? I've seen a couple of
> economic newsletters that said inflation is running at more than 10%,
> but nothing in the mainstream press.
>
> Only thing I've seen on these absurd figurres so far is this
(fromhttp://w=
ww.usatoday.com/money/economy/2008-05-14-consumer-prices_N.htm):
>
> "Wachovia Economics Group, commenting on the seasonally adjusted drop
> in the price of gasoline, wrote to clients: "The drop makes absolutely
> no sense. Where does the BLS buy their gas?"
>
> Anyone know why the hell no one disputes these fake figures?

because 95% of the media is run by them