tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303605281610604835.post809968691449595489..comments2023-07-21T09:57:04.715-05:00Comments on Rustmeister's Alehouse: Inflation? What Inflation?Rustmeisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16706110699686013722noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303605281610604835.post-36161301123978545252009-08-29T14:36:17.679-05:002009-08-29T14:36:17.679-05:00My Daddy's getting a double-dose of "the ...My Daddy's getting a double-dose of "the shaft:" he's an 80 year-old military retiree who is also drawing modest Social Security (and on TRICARE for Life, so he also has to shell out for Medicare Part B.)<br /><br />How can we get "Cash for Clunkers and Caskets" calculated into the index?Moogie Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05665429537064900337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303605281610604835.post-80564548930474491772009-08-29T10:55:36.253-05:002009-08-29T10:55:36.253-05:00Gas and oil have dropped from the first of the yea...<i>Gas and oil have dropped from the first of the year? That is pure bull.</i><br /><br />You're right, of course.<br /><br />Prices dropped fast between October and December of last year, so they actually were lower in January and have been creeping slowly back up. My memory was off by a couple of months.<br /><br />My bad.<br /><br />The point remains, however, that the issue is in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303605281610604835.post-62028893521359126642009-08-29T05:45:56.942-05:002009-08-29T05:45:56.942-05:00Huh, interesting. Guess I am going to have to do a...Huh, interesting. Guess I am going to have to do a little more finacial prepping (aka saving money for the rainy day).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303605281610604835.post-56006840877790950032009-08-28T15:46:43.914-05:002009-08-28T15:46:43.914-05:00Gas and oil have dropped from the first of the yea...Gas and oil have dropped from the first of the year? That is pure bull. They are less than last yaer but have gone up since Jan.1,2009. BTW disabled vets are also screwed with no raise. But Congress will get thir raise.harp1034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303605281610604835.post-2333359407771270562009-08-28T14:19:24.460-05:002009-08-28T14:19:24.460-05:00That's because the CPI is an index of ALL cons...That's because the CPI is an index of ALL consumer prices. <br /><br />Gas and oil prices have dropped since January first, housing prices have continued to decline and also consumer goods prices have decreased due to low demand.<br /><br />People aren't spending on discretionary goods...aren't buying new cars or homes, and those are included in the CPI. As demand has fallen, so haveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303605281610604835.post-5122288068882399042009-08-28T13:42:24.906-05:002009-08-28T13:42:24.906-05:00This is the gov't.
And you believe them?
Or th...This is the gov't.<br />And you believe them?<br />Or the evidence of your own two eyes?<br /><br />B Woodman<br />III-perAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com