OT: Completely OT: Inflation

[Laura Brody]

On Tue, 4 Oct 2005 20:19:03 -0700 (PDT), Bob Rasmussen <ras at anzio.com> wrote:

> First, I want to tell you all that I appreciate this being a respectful
> discussion - I think "civility" is the currently favored word.

	I feel that a discussion should never deteriorate into
name-calling or mud-slinging. I have opinions, John has his,
other people have theirs. We are all looking at the same problem
through the glasses of our own experiences. We may or may not
change other people's opinions.

> Just one more point that hasn't been brought up. Much of our global
> economy is based on being able to ship goods cheaply from far away. So you
> get your stawberries from New Zealand and your tennies from Viet Nam. But
> as oil prices go up, there is an added cost in that. So it tips the
> balance back in the direction of consuming local goods. Oregon
> strawberries are better anyway...

	Transportation is a biggy. EVERYTHING gets moved from
one place to another and it takes gasoline or jet fuel to
do it. It is part of the final price of everything in every
shop, store and business in the country.

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