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To: Amy J who wrote (24393)	10/9/2004 11:28:24 AM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

Do I detect a touch of sarcasm in your voice? <G>

To: Amy J who wrote (24393)	10/9/2004 12:57:23 PM
From: GraceZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

Just like the govt does for the real estate bubble. Hardly free, the yield curve is still quite steep by historical standards: bonds.yahoo.com Compare it to previous yield curves using this Quicktime movie: economagic.com After it runs through you can pick individual years and see there were times when it was flat or inverted.

To: Amy J who wrote (24393)	10/9/2004 5:29:31 PM
From: Wyätt Gwyön	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

Why don't they 'subsidize' oil prices, by giving people interest-free loans to buy gasoline. oil is already subsidized--all our military involvement in the ME (other than Israel) is to secure oil supplies. the entire Iraq war and colonization attempt is about securing oil supplies. also, US has very low gas excise taxes compared to Europe, etc. not to mention the very costly highway infrastructure which is paid for primarily through taxes, as opposed to toll roads. so, US must be considered the world leader in oil and gas subsidies already. And while we're at it, they also could eliminate any taxes on dividends earned from oil investments - just to help give the oil industry an extra special nudge up. unlike high tech Ponzi schemes with fake pro forma earnings, the oil industry makes real money, so they don't need any "extra special nudge up".