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Curmudgeoness

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20. Good job, make us all feel worse!

Reply to reformist2 (Reply #18)

Sat Jul 27, 2013, 05:36 PM

Jul 2013

Actually, you have made a valid point. We all know that "inflation" calculations are based on too many things that are not necessities, and the necessities are used meagerly in the calculations. I do not know if your calculations are right and I am not inclined to check them out, but the premise is sound.

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Did it ever occur to you .... [View all] Scuba Jul 2013 OP

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K & R ctsnowman Jul 2013 #3

Is Warren really running? GiaGiovanni Jul 2013 #4

I sure hope so. Scuba Jul 2013 #5

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Blue dog? GiaGiovanni Jul 2013 #31

Which is the bluedog mantra and sales pitch. East Coast Pirate Jul 2013 #32

k&r for the truth, however depressing it may be. n/t Laelth Jul 2013 #7

K & R SunSeeker Jul 2013 #8

Absolutely. Jackpine Radical Jul 2013 #9

I believe people like to spit down on someone. JohnnyRingo Jul 2013 #10

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K & R !!! WillyT Jul 2013 #12

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K&R liberal_at_heart Jul 2013 #16

K&R n/t myrna minx Jul 2013 #17

Keep in mind the $3,000 drop in income is inflation-adjusted, according to bogus inflation stats. reformist2 Jul 2013 #18

Good job, make us all feel worse! Curmudgeoness Jul 2013 #20

Eloquently Stated Sherman A1 Jul 2013 #19

K&R! hrmjustin Jul 2013 #21

K&R Right to the point. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jul 2013 #22

redistributing resorces BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2013 #23

k&r thanks for posting. rhett o rick Jul 2013 #24

So strange, I was just having a conversation about those nasty postal unions SaveAmerica Jul 2013 #27

It's hard for me to understand why, but now days working people are B Calm Jul 2013 #30