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  • 89th8 89th

    No doubt we will be setting all-time high records soon, but let's not forget the price has been between $3 and $4 bucks per gallon nearly half of the last 15 years.

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    @89th said in Inflation:

    No doubt we will be setting all-time high records soon, but let's not forget the price has been between $3 and $4 bucks per gallon nearly half of the last 15 years.

    My guess is that has the potential to put the 70s oil crisis to shame.

    But hey yeah, Biden, let's encourage everyone to return to the office!

    Please love yourself.

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    • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

      @89th said in Inflation:

      No doubt we will be setting all-time high records soon, but let's not forget the price has been between $3 and $4 bucks per gallon nearly half of the last 15 years.

      My guess is that has the potential to put the 70s oil crisis to shame.

      But hey yeah, Biden, let's encourage everyone to return to the office!

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      @Aqua-Letifer said in Inflation:

      @89th said in Inflation:

      No doubt we will be setting all-time high records soon, but let's not forget the price has been between $3 and $4 bucks per gallon nearly half of the last 15 years.

      My guess is that has the potential to put the 70s oil crisis to shame.

      But hey yeah, Biden, let's encourage everyone to return to the office!

      That’s a great idea! Hadn’t even considered that.

      The Brad

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      • 89th8 89th

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        @89th said in Inflation:

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        Don't go by all formulations. Most vehicles run on regular.

        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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        • George KG George K

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          @George-K said in Inflation:

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          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            #85

            Don't blame me. I voted for Trump..

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            • LarryL Larry

              Don't blame me. I voted for Trump..

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              @Larry said in Inflation:

              Don't blame me. I voted for Trump..

              His Fed pick quadrupled the money supply. Don’t blame me, I voted for Hilary.

              Only non-witches get due process.

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                Remind me again...on whose watch has record inflation occurred?

                “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                  @Larry said in Inflation:

                  Don't blame me. I voted for Trump..

                  His Fed pick quadrupled the money supply. Don’t blame me, I voted for Hilary.

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                  @jon-nyc said in Inflation:

                  @Larry said in Inflation:

                  Don't blame me. I voted for Trump..

                  His Fed pick quadrupled the money supply. Don’t blame me, I voted for Hilary.

                  You voted for hillary?????

                  BWAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

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                  • George KG George K

                    @jon-nyc said in Inflation:

                    Ratner’s right, but of course I’d say that because he’s making my point.

                    But @George-K 15 months is a bit of a cherry pick since gas prices plummeted in Q220 due to covid

                    Yes, and the rise in printed dollars antedates the Biden administration as well to some extent. I'm sure that didn't help.

                    But to address your point as to "cherry-picking" the 5 year timeline is somewhat different (and we can ignore that "Putin spike" for the sake of discussion).

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                    The Trump peak is in May 2025 at about $3.00/gallon.

                    The pre-Putin peak under the Biden administration is about $3.35, 10% higher. Inflation for the year is now 7.5%.

                    As you know, gas prices are only one factor, and a major one, in the cost of living.

                    I saw another chart today (correlation is not causation, of course) showing the rise of money available compared with inflation.

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                    @George-K said in Inflation:

                    Yes, and the rise in printed dollars antedates the Biden administration as well to some extent. I'm sure that didn't help.

                    To some extent? Almost entirely. The vast majority of dollars that have ever existed were ‘printed’ during the Trump administration.

                    ETA: of the ~21T dollars in existence, ~15T were printed on Trump’s watch.

                    Only non-witches get due process.

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                    • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                      @George-K said in Inflation:

                      Yes, and the rise in printed dollars antedates the Biden administration as well to some extent. I'm sure that didn't help.

                      To some extent? Almost entirely. The vast majority of dollars that have ever existed were ‘printed’ during the Trump administration.

                      ETA: of the ~21T dollars in existence, ~15T were printed on Trump’s watch.

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                      @jon-nyc said in Inflation:

                      @George-K said in Inflation:

                      Yes, and the rise in printed dollars antedates the Biden administration as well to some extent. I'm sure that didn't help.

                      To some extent? Almost entirely. The vast majority of dollars that have ever existed were ‘printed’ during the Trump administration.

                      ETA: of the ~21T dollars in existence, ~15T were printed on Trump’s watch.

                      Oh bull shit. You actually want us to believe that the massive debt the democrats ran up wasn't connected ?

                      There was a pandemic. The threat of a complete economic collapse was real. Money was thrown at it. Now - who was it that created most of the wild eyed bulls shit that drove that? Fucking democrats. Then who was it that wanted to keep on handing out money like candy even after it was determined the handouts were being wasted and weren't helping?? Fucking democrats. Yet you want to drop that all on Trump as if he was the bad guy. I refuse to believe you're that stupid.

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                        I’m not really “dropping it all on Trump” rather I’m exposing the facile partisan explanations in this thread.

                        I talked more broadly about the causes of inflation in another thread about a week ago.

                        Only non-witches get due process.

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                        • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                          I’m not really “dropping it all on Trump” rather I’m exposing the facile partisan explanations in this thread.

                          I talked more broadly about the causes of inflation in another thread about a week ago.

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                          @jon-nyc interesting that the number of circulating dollars rose at a pretty slow pace until the pandemic really hit in spring of 2020. After that spike, however, the pace exceeds the historical rate of rise.

                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                          • George KG George K

                            @jon-nyc interesting that the number of circulating dollars rose at a pretty slow pace until the pandemic really hit in spring of 2020. After that spike, however, the pace exceeds the historical rate of rise.

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                            @George-K

                            Yeah, though maybe it’s slowing a bit in the past months? We’ll see how the fed moves on interest rates affect it

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                            Only non-witches get due process.

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                              Jon has forgotten a few things...IIRC, the first big round of quantitative easing (the Fed creating digital dollars) was done by the Obama Administration during the recession and bank crisis, trying to keep banks afloat and interest rates low. You know, banks to big to fail, and all that jazz.

                              Trump's Administration saw a lot of digital dollars created. We had this little ChiCom COVID pandemic that was causing a bit of problem in the economy. I think the first stimulus was probably needed. I don't think any subsequent monies were. Regardless the Fed didn't create money at any faster rate than the European Central Bank or many other large institutions.

                              And then, along came Joe...Joe dumped another stimulus bill on us, one we didn't really need. It's fun to go through that bill and look at how many disincentives there are for American people working. But hey, votes ain't cheap. And would have dumped another huge supplemental spending bill on us, except a few members of his own party balked. Couple all the spending with a disastrous energy policy...Nah, that's too kind...Couple all that with an absolutely fucking nuts energy policy that Putin and Xi must have co-written, and we have record, generation-screwing inflation.

                              People ought to be working their butts off, trying to make more money to keep up with the Inflation Tiger. But they ain't. Maybe they got used to not working as hard during the lockdowns. Maybe it's because Mr. Biden's stimulus bill is paying some people enough, they don't have to work.

                              Regardless, the MSM ballyhoos the Unemployment Rate. What they don't tell you is the percentage of people no longer looking for a job. If you look at our Employment Percentage Rate , it's in the low 60's, which is quite bad.

                              No, The Resident put the cherry on the topping of this mess and he owns it. Maybe that's why the GOP is up 11 points over the Dems in the Generic....

                              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                My greatest disappointment in the Trump administration is it did not tackle spending,

                                “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                  Would a Clinton administration have done a worse job of it, same, better, or impossible to know or speculate reasonably?

                                  (This question will go unanswered by Clinton voters.)

                                  Education is extremely important.

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                                    Would a Clinton administration have done a worse job of it, same, better, or impossible to know or speculate reasonably?

                                    (This question will go unanswered by Clinton voters.)

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                                    @Horace Probably would have been quite similar. I voted for Hilary 5 times.

                                    Only non-witches get due process.

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                                    • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                      @Horace Probably would have been quite similar. I voted for Hilary 5 times.

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                                      @jon-nyc said in Inflation:

                                      @Horace Probably would have been quite similar. I voted for Hilary 5 times.

                                      Thanks jon.

                                      Education is extremely important.

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                                        Oh, and the inflation we’re seeing now would have been quite similar had Trump not lost in a landslide.

                                        Only non-witches get due process.

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                                        • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                          @Horace Probably would have been quite similar. I voted for Hilary 5 times.

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                                          @jon-nyc said in Inflation:

                                          @Horace Probably would have been quite similar. I voted for Hilary 5 times.

                                          In the same election? Vote early and vote often?

                                          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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