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I don't THINK so. I KNOW so. The numbers prove it.
Really?

So gas at $4+ a gallon is, in your mind, better than $2 a gallon. That is interesting. I am willing to bet that pretty much everyone else would disagree. I think that paying $8 for a pound of ground beef as apposed to $4 is also not better. Again, I think everyone else would disagree with you. I think a $500 electric bill is worse than a $250 electric bill for the same kilowatt usage. Again, I think everyone else is going to disagree with you. I think paying $9 for a single 2x4 piece of lumber instead of $2 is pretty f'd up. I am pretty sure everyone else is going to disagree with you.

I disagree with you. In fact, I think you are deranged.
 
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Really?

So gas at $4+ a gallon is, in your mind, better than $2 a gallon. That is interesting. I am willing to bet that pretty much everyone else would disagree. I think that paying $8 for a pound of ground beef as apposed to $4 is also not better. Again, I think everyone else would disagree with you. I think a $500 electric bill is worse than a $250 electric bill for the same kilowatt usage. Again, I think everyone else is going to disagree with you. I think paying $9 for a single 2x4 piece of lumber instead of $2 is pretty f'd up. I am pretty sure everyone else is going to disagree with you.

I disagree with you. In fact, I think you are deranged.
If you think the economy is made up of a single metric, then you should go back to school.
And if you think that gas is THAT much of a game-changer, you’re simply wrong.

What’s better: gas at $2.50/gallon with a 13.3% unemployment rate, or $4 gas with a 3.8% unemployment rate?

$2.50 gas with the DJIA at $19,000 or $4 gas with the DJIA at $34,000?

$2.50 gas with a GDP of $20T or $4 gas with a GDP of $23T?

$2.50 gas while we are in a full-on recession, or $4 gas when we are pulling out of a recession?

$2.50 gas with an HMI at 30, or $4 gas with an HMI at 77?

Adjusted for inflation, gas has been as high as $5.46 a gallon. And that was when 12MPG was not uncommon. Even so, on the past 50 years, gas has averaged out to be about 3.1% of annual income.

The free market dictates that number. Not the president. Not Russia. Not god. It’s how the free market works.
Your other choice is Communism, where the state controls it and there is no free market.
Which concept do you think would be better?
 
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If you think the economy is made up of a single metric, then you should go back to school.
And if you think that gas is THAT much of a game-changer, you’re simply wrong.

What’s better: gas at $2.50/gallon with a 13.3% unemployment rate, or $4 gas with a 3.8% unemployment rate?

$2.50 gas with the DJIA at $19,000 or $4 gas with the DJIA at $34,000?

$2.50 gas with a GDP of $20T or $4 gas with a GDP of $23T?

$2.50 gas while we are in a full-on recession, or $4 gas when we are pulling out of a recession?

$2.50 gas with an HMI at 30, or $4 gas with an HMI at 77?

Adjusted for inflation, gas has been as high as $5.46 a gallon. And that was when 12MPG was not uncommon. Even so, on the past 50 years, gas has averaged out to be about 3.1% of annual income.

The free market dictates that number. Not the president. Not Russia. Not god. It’s how the free market works.
Your other choice is Communism, where the state controls it and there is no free market.
Which concept do you think would be better?
I'm employable so I don't care what the unemployment rate is. The unemployed aren't my kids and it's not my job to care if they work. I gave you more than one metric you blind fuuck. And gas matters way more than you are willing to admit. You're clearly a moron.
 
I'm employable so I don't care what the unemployment rate is. The unemployed aren't my kids and it's not my job to care if they work. I gave you more than one metric you blind fuuck. And gas matters way more than you are willing to admit. You're clearly a moron.
The examples you gave are part of the CPI, dipshlt. The CPI doesn’t represent the state of our economy without all the other metrics that make up the economy, stupid. Like unemployment, Gross Domestic Product, housing markets, stock markets, commodities markets, new business openings, wage increases, etc. etc. etc. dumb@ss.
You very clearly think YOUR existence and experience is what represents the entire economy, idiot.
Sorry, YOU being “employable” has nothing whatsoever to do with the number of people out of jobs under Trump, dunce.

But, you live in that 3-foot world of yours, and that world is all you know, small-brain. Like a goldfish in a bowl. ‘Fully explains most of the stupid posts you put up here, ahole.
 
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The examples you gave are part of the CPI, dipshlt. The CPI doesn’t represent the state of our economy without all the other metrics that make up the economy, stupid. Like unemployment, Gross Domestic Product, housing markets, stock markets, commodities markets, new business openings, wage increases, etc. etc. etc. dumb@ss.
You very clearly think YOUR existence and experience is what represents the entire economy, idiot.
Sorry, YOU being “employable” has nothing whatsoever to do with the number of people out of jobs under Trump, dunce.

But, you live in that 3-foot world of yours, and that world is all you know, small-brain. Like a goldfish in a bowl. ‘Fully explains most of the stupid posts you put up here, ahole.
I bet you do live with your mom.
 
$10,000 bet. We’ll put it in escrow with an attorney.
Got the nuts to walk the walk? I’m ready right now.
Man up, tough guy.
You can drop the "tough guy" talk and all your posturing. You want to just see who's diick is the biggest? I will post a pic right now and shut you up. That's all this shit has boiled down too, who has the biggest diick. Put up or shut up.
 
You can drop the "tough guy" talk and all your posturing. You want to just see who's diick is the biggest? I will post a pic right now and shut you up. That's all this shit has boiled down too, who has the biggest diick. Put up or shut up.
For a *********, you sure are interested in homosexual activity.

But that wasn’t the bet you offered. Do you want to make the wager, or not?
For a guy who is always so sure his feelings and thoughts are fact, you suddenly seem unsure and unwilling to walk the walk.
$10,000. In escrow with an attorney of your choice. I can have the contract written up and notarized tomorrow morning.
Walk. The. Walk.
 
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