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

"Jerry Okamura" <okamuraj005@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Avenger" <avenger@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "Viking" <noway@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> 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).
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>>> And as a result, inflation over the last 12 months, including energy
>>> and food prices, has dropped from 4.4% to 3.9%.
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>>> What revolting garbage! Inflation at 3.9%???
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>> Of course they have to manipulate the figures. There are millions of 
>> geezers collecting SS and it increases every year based on inflation. 
>> They'd go broke if they had to increase it 10-20%.
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> Nah, "they won't".  They will just get the money off the backs of other 
> taxpayers.  No policitican is going to piss off us seniors, because we 
> vote in large numbers.  Not too smart making us unhappy.

There's one problem with that constituency. They die every day  :o)
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