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To: mary_a who wrote (59694)	6/6/2002 5:52:22 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 77399

labor is down thats the big problem with any inflationary talk. And we're talking WAY down, not only due to the recession but because the internet is enabling all these operational areas of companies to be outsourced to the 3rd world (like india). In the 80s and 90s there was outsourcing to cheaper regions for mfg but this new trend is different in that it takes staff positions within the same corporate org and outsources the commodity jobs. I hear what you're saying about gas etc. but I will believe in the inflationary talk I hear when I start to see labor prices rise. Jmo

To: mary_a who wrote (59694)	6/6/2002 7:10:43 PM
From: RetiredNow	Respond to of 77399

I think we all agree on those fundamentals. The thing is that I'm thinking we all just have more awareness of this in the recent years since information has become so cheaply obtained through the internet. Maybe the government cooking of books has been going on for a century or more and we just recently got a glimpse into that. So if that's the case, then that in and of itself gives me confidence that the gov't can continue to keep things under control. Just because we are aware of the machinations now, doesn't necessarily mean that things are in imminent danger of coming to pieces.