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To: Little Joe who wrote (10721)	3/23/2004 1:56:03 PM
From: Jim Willie CB	Read Replies (2) of 110194

checked historical CPI 1975 has index at least 68% lower than year 2000 take $170 gasoline now in 1975 terms, that is 52 cents I lived thru that messy era gasoline went from 35c to $1.30 quickly we are now less than half the 1975 level in real terms yup, we could double up to $75 per barrel just to equal the 1975 price at the pump / jim p.s. here are some index numbers off a govt website 1970 0.225 1971 0.235 1972 0.243 1973 0.258 1974 0.286 1975 0.312 1976 0.330 1977 0.352 1978 0.379 1979 0.422 1980 0.479 1981 0.528 1982 0.560 1983 0.578 1984 0.603 1985 0.625 1986 0.637 1987 0.660 1988 0.687 1989 0.720 1990 0.759 1991 0.791 1992 0.815 1993 0.839 1994 0.861 1995 0.885 1996 0.911 1997 0.932 1998 0.947 1999 0.968 2000 1.000 2001 1.027

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