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Wiregrass Willie (436 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 09:23 AM Original message |
Inflation ! Biggest jump in 34 years. |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. Everyone here needs to read "The Shock Doctrine" now. |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 09:56 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Gigadittoes on the Shock Doctrine. Read it now. |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. I wish she would release it paperback. |
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Pastiche423 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 03:28 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. If your local library doesn't have it |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 11:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. I've got it on CD - listened once but ... |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
2. The jobless claims is the biggest crock! |
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nightrider767 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 09:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Shhhh... Not So Loud |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 11:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Or UNDERemployed are considered "fully employed" |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
3. Lower the interest rates again, boys. Can you say, STAGFLATION? |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Exactly what came to my mind, too. |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 06:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
29. Its 1973 all over again |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 07:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
30. Yes, indeedy. I remember it well |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
6. No, the water isn't rising |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
8. I remember 34 years ago. Whip Inflation Now!! |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
9. Crisis = Opportunity |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
10. They finally are coming out with the TRUTH sought of |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
11. That's an annual rate of over 38% !! |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 11:21 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. "Smirk, smirk, smirk" - republicon homelander shock commando corporate goons |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 09:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
31. They said 40% on Marketplace tonight. |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
13. If the Lying Bushies' Fantasy Accounting Numbers say 3.4% then you can bet your ass |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 03:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. I agree with your premise, but I don't think it's just a Bushie thing. |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 06:12 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. The usual Republic vs. Democratic Party difference. |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 04:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. It's Not That High |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
16. How would raising interest rates be a good thing? |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. It is part of putting the economy into SHOCK |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 04:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I doubt it. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 04:25 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. it wouldn't be, but it is the standard FED/monetarist answer to inflation |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
17. But from what I'm hearing the media is focusing on the rise in retail sales rather than inflation. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
18. This has been going on ever since Bush took office. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
23. No, no, I read that a rise in gasoline prices curbs inflation. |
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wiggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
24. No way I believe that inflation has been low the last couple years. nt |
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