14 May 22
@jimm619 saidWe were talking about inflation.
You brought up HUGO CHAVEZ, who truly,
had nothing, whatever to do with this subject.
It seems quite reasonable to consider and discuss the pattern as it has unfolded in other places at other times.
Is it your contention that as we deal with inflation we should avoid considering how it has played out in other places?
You're not a scholar are you?
14 May 22
@mghrn55 saidI believe here in Canada we are up over the $200 dollar mark. Here in Halifax, Nova Scotia we are right at the $200 mark now. I drive a Van which Holds a little over 200 liters so would cost me a bit over $200.00 dollars to fill the tank I only let it get down to about half and fill the tank and I am looking at a bit over $100.00 at $200 a liter. Many are looking for other means of transportation or driving less.
It would be $200 in England. Quit whining !!
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@suzianne saidYou speak of corporations as if they were a ubiquitous mass. There are more than 10 million corporations in the US, depending on what you count as a corporation. I, myself, am a partial owner of one (quite small). Trust me, my corporation is not getting kick backs in any way from the government and is not donating even a cent to a politician.
So blaming corporations is scapegoating when you vote for a party who gets kickbacks for corporate tax cuts. And so you scapegoat the government because you vote for the out-of-power party.
Do I have that about right?
So if your analysis can get no more astute than to treat "corporations" as a single, ubiquitous entity, then I'm probably going to have to stop short of giving your assessment a full throated endorsement.
Still, to whatever corporation is giving kick backs to politicians, I agree. To the extent that is happening, the politician involved is always culpable. If a politician is abusing his power to assist a corporation or a set of corporations, that in no way can be used to support premise that "corporations" as a group are bad.
I am not a well connected person so I am not in the know for any back room deals, but it is my opinion that democrats are making secret deals with corporations at least as much as republicans.
Nevertheless, my original point stands unchallenged by your side comment. The politicians bringing on inflation never see themselves to blame and always blame industry (and recall that whether they're corrupt with corporations or just on their own, a corrupt politician, if he is corrupt, is always culpable).
Corporations may be greedy, but somehow McDonalds still has a dollar menu. They'd charge $10 for the same items if they could make more money that way.
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14 May 22
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@very-rusty saidCanadian dollars or US dollars?
I believe here in Canada we are up over the $200 dollar mark. Here in Halifax, Nova Scotia we are right at the $200 mark now. I drive a Van which Holds a little over 200 liters so would cost me a bit over $200.00 dollars to fill the tank I only let it get down to about half and fill the tank and I am looking at a bit over $100.00 at $200 a liter. Many are looking for other means of transportation or driving less.
-VR
200 liters for $200 is just at $4 a gallon, a bit less than in the US.....but I don't know about after the US/Canuck currency conversion.
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14 May 22
@earl-of-trumps saidIs that what we call ,
I bring up Trump because he usually gets blamed. lol. I was just getting a jump on it
a 'preemptive post,' EARL? 😆
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14 May 22
@techsouth saidWell, historically, 70's Argentina or
We were talking about inflation.
It seems quite reasonable to consider and discuss the pattern as it has unfolded in other places at other times.
Is it your contention that as we deal with inflation we should avoid considering how it has played out in other places?
You're not a scholar are you?
post WWI Germany would have been far
better examples of rampant inflation.
This inflation rate, we are now experiencing,
is the highest rate since 1981, when Reagan was president.
How did you know that I majored in History?
History, however, is not economics.
15 May 22
@very-rusty saidI'm sure it's a horror story but your figures don't match up.
I believe here in Canada we are up over the $200 dollar mark. Here in Halifax, Nova Scotia we are right at the $200 mark now. I drive a Van which Holds a little over 200 liters so would cost me a bit over $200.00 dollars to fill the tank I only let it get down to about half and fill the tank and I am looking at a bit over $100.00 at $200 a liter. Many are looking for other means of transportation or driving less.
-VR
You say 200 liters to fill tank would cost about C$200, or about a dollar a liter.
Then further on, you say "$200 a liter" - do you mean C$2.00? It don't match up but no big deal.
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15 May 22
@earl-of-trumps saidWell, your badness - you do realise that that was intentionally created by the neo-con USA, don't you? Not Venezuela's own fault, it wasn't done by them, it was done to them by Reagan and his successors.
My goodness, how did 21st century Venezuela get by you?
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20 May 22
@shallow-blue saidInflation?....Sure.
And now there is a gas price gouging bill, just barely passed the House. All Republicans voted against it, because if price gouging becomes illegal, what else shall they use to criticise the government?
Thanks... Biden, I guess?
RECORD BIG OIL PROFITS.......Very sure
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20 May 22
@earl-of-trumps saidbecause he is a lib idiot
@jimm619 says -
Well, historically, 70's Argentina or
post WWI Germany would have been far
better examples of rampant inflation.
My goodness, how did 21st century Venezuela get by you?
20 May 22
@AThousandYoung
You didn't know it is a motorcycle with a huge tank so he can go across the country without refueling?
20 May 22
@jj-adams saidOh yeah it has great AC. Also it can drive silently for stealth should you ever need such a thing.
Less than $50 a tank for a dinky hybrid gas/electric clown car.
I'm glad for you.
Does it have air conditioning?
So you can see how someone with a normal 4 door sedan could pay twice that, right?
20 May 22
@sonhouse saidSounds like a water heater on wheels
@AThousandYoung
You didn't know it is a motorcycle with a huge tank so he can go across the country without refueling?