your doing a super job Bushy
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/011708dnbusinflation.49d2dac.html
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/011708dnbusinflation.49d2dac.html
Eggs up 30%, Milk up 25%, Gas up 30 percent since October
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IO,
It's hillarious that low income families are finding it harder to feed their families. That is some funny stuff. Almost as funny as cancer.
It's hillarious that low income families are finding it harder to feed their families. That is some funny stuff. Almost as funny as cancer.
Gee Shamrock I would have thought your state of Mass would have that under control--maybe too concerned on keeping achohol and condoms prices in line.
I might suggest you forgo just one $1 lottery ticket and you can buy gal of milk dozen eggs without seeing diff in your budget and might take the 22 cents left over and start a savings account
I might suggest you forgo just one $1 lottery ticket and you can buy gal of milk dozen eggs without seeing diff in your budget and might take the 22 cents left over and start a savings account
dtb,
its not bushies fault . Lets blame congress instead. Gee,I was taught wars were good for an economy.
guess they were wrong
Roc
its not bushies fault . Lets blame congress instead. Gee,I was taught wars were good for an economy.
guess they were wrong
Roc
The government should feed all the people and implement drastic price controls ..... immediately
Wait, we can issue Jumbo food stamps covering all environmentally correct organic food sources (specifically that originating in California where the cows are happier). I mean, it is the government's obligation to feed the people at an economic price. I read it on a blog.
Eddie
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Q: (Why does poverty exist?) :shrug:
A: It's the government, stupid
You anything anyone control price of oil except opec--only way we can reduce cost is produce more and believe the Dems were the ones voting down drilling in alaska and offshore :shrug:
With that being said you found your home in opinionated political forum--but would suggest you be leary of venturing in stock/economic forum.
And the conservatives were the ones sponsoring/inviting/hiding meetings on behalf of oil and energy companies immediately upon taking office, and how exactly did the American public benefit from those policies enacted to help those interests? In short, what did the American taxpayer get for this new outlay of funds that went directly to these companies?
ahhhh Chad, I believe all that energy stuff, and Cheney being appointed to deal with it, that was all Clinton s fault.
Never mind the 6 years Bush had everything he asked for. The reason we are in this mess by the way, but never mind the 6 years Bush got every f'cking thing he asked for. Let's blame the Dems and the Libs for this! We get what we deserve. The fact that Bush was put in office once was bad enough but twice....it's killing us. He played right into Osamas hands by wasting our resources in Iraq. This is crumbling quicker than they thought.
Gee Shamrock I would have thought your state of Mass would have that under control--maybe too concerned on keeping achohol and condoms prices in line.
I might suggest you forgo just one $1 lottery ticket and you can buy gal of milk dozen eggs without seeing diff in your budget and might take the 22 cents left over and start a savings account
as usual, not a very practical suggestion. Milk cost 4 dollars a gallon. Eggs 3 bucks a dozen. Not sure how 1 dollar covers 7?? Besides, I have never purchased a lottery ticket:nono:
never mind lottery tickets, maybe I should invest in Communist China:shrug: I hear they make great tainted pet food, Lead filled toys for the children, and soon to come, cheap shit, unsafe automobiles. They'll be here real soon.
I think it will be very telling to watch how this economic situation, and the political blame, will be handled by a few. No secret that Clinton is discredited for having any relevance to economic positivity, and gets blamed for an arguable recession in the early Bush years. We see many of the same signs, depending on what measuring stick you want to look at, but I doubt you'll see Bush getting any of the recessionist blame for the same things, by the same people.
when are we gonna start building some nuclear plants?......start mining off out own coasts(like china does,off our coast).....
all the windmills and halogen bulbs and geo prisms aren`t gonna get it.....
why can`t we be more self sufficient?.....
bush wants to sell the saudis arms...then,goes over there and genuflects to these s.o.b.`s to up production.......and what do they do?.......they tell him to f-ck off....
why didn`t congress nix this arms sale?....dems help me out...
why aren`t we drilling off our coasts?...like the chinese are doing?....so we don't disturb the dirt pile where the spotted snarf-fly lives?...
dems help me out...
why aren`t we busy building nuclear plants like the rest of the western world?.....dems,help me out..
and btw...where are all the asshats that screamed,"we invaded iraq for the oil!!!!"...where the hell is all that oil!!!!!
DEMS!!!...HELP ME OUT!
(o.k...don`t answer that last one...we all know the oil`s in a huge cave underneath a certain ranch in texas)
all the windmills and halogen bulbs and geo prisms aren`t gonna get it.....
why can`t we be more self sufficient?.....
bush wants to sell the saudis arms...then,goes over there and genuflects to these s.o.b.`s to up production.......and what do they do?.......they tell him to f-ck off....
why didn`t congress nix this arms sale?....dems help me out...
why aren`t we drilling off our coasts?...like the chinese are doing?....so we don't disturb the dirt pile where the spotted snarf-fly lives?...
dems help me out...
why aren`t we busy building nuclear plants like the rest of the western world?.....dems,help me out..
and btw...where are all the asshats that screamed,"we invaded iraq for the oil!!!!"...where the hell is all that oil!!!!!
DEMS!!!...HELP ME OUT!
(o.k...don`t answer that last one...we all know the oil`s in a huge cave underneath a certain ranch in texas)
Pres/parties have little to do with price of oil/gas other than taxes and exploration.
Would be easy to go on a Spy tangent and say since GW visited the Saudi's last week--oil has came down $8 a barrel--but fact of the matter reason was inventories report were strong and weak market pointing to slowdown in economy.
Following 911 which resulted in large economic down turn price of oil was around $25 a barrel the following months in 2000.
The price of oil is directly related to supply and demand--biggest factor for price increase past 2 years is boom in economy worldwide.
If you think I'm biased lets go back to Clinton admin and take a look at headlines everyone seems to forget-- Was he responsible?- not in my opinion--other than cost of gas per upping gas tax but not as far as price of oil--
http://www.quarterly-report.com/energy/gas_prices.html
March 23, 2000
225th anniversary of Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty or give me death" speech
The Department of Energy (DOE) reported this week that the average price for unleaded, regular gasoline rose to an all time record high of $1.53 per gallon. Gas cost an average of $1.27 a gallon the last week in December. This is a 20 percent rise in three and a half months. In a recent analysis of spiraling fuel costs, the DOE predicted that gasoline could reach $2.00 by the summer. It is a pity the DOE concerns itself with averages. In Nevada, gasoline is already $1.80 a gallon. By their regretful prognostication, Nevadans will soon be paying $2.30 a gallon. This is about double what gasoline cost last year.
Much has been written about the reliance of Americans on cheap oil to sustain their prolific ways of energy use, particularly for vehicle transportation. There is truth in this. The failure of the Clinton Administration to address the energy efficiency of automobiles and light trucks during the last decade will be addressed in Part 2 of this Editorial.
However, the present crisis is not a question of whether prices are high, but the speed at which they are rapidly escalating. For nearly all Americans, the cost of energy is a vital component of their monthly budgets. Price certainty is vital.
Principally through DOE Secretary Bill Richardson, the Clinton Administration has flooded the airways with near daily updates about its efforts to stem the increases and placate the country that it is doing "all it can." This crisis, as with heating oil price explosion this winter, caught the Administration by surprise. Now, an energy shortage has caused Americans to burst with wrath. The public's discontent -- justified by the rapidity of the increases -- demonstrates the Clinton Administration's dismal failure to structure a 21st century energy policy.
The Administration's inability to acknowledge a heating oil shortfall last summer and to take steps to minimize its impact to consumers is atrocious, as the current energy crisis is one of inadequate gasoline and petroleum stocks. Cuts in Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC production in the last year have left the United States handicapped by a supply squeeze. Foreign oil exporters trimmed crude oil production by 4.3 million barrels (about 7.5 percent) last year. During the period, December 1998 through March 7, 2000, crude oil has risen from below $10 a barrel, a twelve-year low, to over $34 a barrel, the highest level since the Persian Gulf War. Figures for the week ending February 26 show gasoline stocks were 197 million barrels from 229 million a year ago (a 14% drop) and crude oil at 286 million barrels versus 336 million (a 15% drop) for the same period. Reserves of spare oil are at their lowest level in two decades.
--much more if you read entire link
you might consider this also--gas back then approaching $2 @ $34 a barrel oil
today $3 a gal @ lets say $90 a barrel ave
So when your dissing these big bad oil co's you might want to consider they have managed to keep gas @ 33% increase when price of oil has went up 300%--
Would be easy to go on a Spy tangent and say since GW visited the Saudi's last week--oil has came down $8 a barrel--but fact of the matter reason was inventories report were strong and weak market pointing to slowdown in economy.
Following 911 which resulted in large economic down turn price of oil was around $25 a barrel the following months in 2000.
The price of oil is directly related to supply and demand--biggest factor for price increase past 2 years is boom in economy worldwide.
If you think I'm biased lets go back to Clinton admin and take a look at headlines everyone seems to forget-- Was he responsible?- not in my opinion--other than cost of gas per upping gas tax but not as far as price of oil--
http://www.quarterly-report.com/energy/gas_prices.html
March 23, 2000
225th anniversary of Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty or give me death" speech
The Department of Energy (DOE) reported this week that the average price for unleaded, regular gasoline rose to an all time record high of $1.53 per gallon. Gas cost an average of $1.27 a gallon the last week in December. This is a 20 percent rise in three and a half months. In a recent analysis of spiraling fuel costs, the DOE predicted that gasoline could reach $2.00 by the summer. It is a pity the DOE concerns itself with averages. In Nevada, gasoline is already $1.80 a gallon. By their regretful prognostication, Nevadans will soon be paying $2.30 a gallon. This is about double what gasoline cost last year.
Much has been written about the reliance of Americans on cheap oil to sustain their prolific ways of energy use, particularly for vehicle transportation. There is truth in this. The failure of the Clinton Administration to address the energy efficiency of automobiles and light trucks during the last decade will be addressed in Part 2 of this Editorial.
However, the present crisis is not a question of whether prices are high, but the speed at which they are rapidly escalating. For nearly all Americans, the cost of energy is a vital component of their monthly budgets. Price certainty is vital.
Principally through DOE Secretary Bill Richardson, the Clinton Administration has flooded the airways with near daily updates about its efforts to stem the increases and placate the country that it is doing "all it can." This crisis, as with heating oil price explosion this winter, caught the Administration by surprise. Now, an energy shortage has caused Americans to burst with wrath. The public's discontent -- justified by the rapidity of the increases -- demonstrates the Clinton Administration's dismal failure to structure a 21st century energy policy.
The Administration's inability to acknowledge a heating oil shortfall last summer and to take steps to minimize its impact to consumers is atrocious, as the current energy crisis is one of inadequate gasoline and petroleum stocks. Cuts in Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC production in the last year have left the United States handicapped by a supply squeeze. Foreign oil exporters trimmed crude oil production by 4.3 million barrels (about 7.5 percent) last year. During the period, December 1998 through March 7, 2000, crude oil has risen from below $10 a barrel, a twelve-year low, to over $34 a barrel, the highest level since the Persian Gulf War. Figures for the week ending February 26 show gasoline stocks were 197 million barrels from 229 million a year ago (a 14% drop) and crude oil at 286 million barrels versus 336 million (a 15% drop) for the same period. Reserves of spare oil are at their lowest level in two decades.
--much more if you read entire link
you might consider this also--gas back then approaching $2 @ $34 a barrel oil
today $3 a gal @ lets say $90 a barrel ave
So when your dissing these big bad oil co's you might want to consider they have managed to keep gas @ 33% increase when price of oil has went up 300%--
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Yup was peed then as now. But did understand the jump from 1.09 to 1.53 easier to take. Still remembered 2.00 in late 70's. In 2000 After that jump it was back down to a buck. Then up to over 3.00 with record profits for oil co.
A bigger bitch by Americans is how the tax cut worked out. Many got little. I know how you feel a guy making under 50.000 didn't pay as much so lets not give him back to much. But then we find out truth. The guys at top skip around paying tax. Biggest bitch health care up 300% in 5 years is just NUTS.
A bigger bitch by Americans is how the tax cut worked out. Many got little. I know how you feel a guy making under 50.000 didn't pay as much so lets not give him back to much. But then we find out truth. The guys at top skip around paying tax. Biggest bitch health care up 300% in 5 years is just NUTS.
