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May 16, 10:07 am, "Jerry Okamura" <okamuraj...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > "Jerry Okamura" <okamuraj...@[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.
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> > There's one problem with that constituency. They die every day :o)
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> Yep, we sure do, but there are more of "us" replacing those who have
> died..... If you have not noticed, us seniors are representing a larger
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gas here went from 3.95 to 4.05 today
this increase is due to the drop in gasoline prices
Which is relevant to what we were talking about how?
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