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To: Mike Johnston who wrote (51009)	1/23/2006 4:29:06 PM
From: benwood	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

Personally, I'm always very suspicious of conclusions derived from studies with a sample size of 1.

To: Mike Johnston who wrote (51009)	1/23/2006 4:41:42 PM
From: GraceZ	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110194

This is how pain from inflation is measured in the modern world. If all prices, including those of labor are rising at the same low rate then one concludes that inflation is at a steady rate. I would never say that there is no inflation, I would say that prices for what I buy (which is fairly representative of what all other Americans are buying) are rising slower than the prices paid for my labor. This means I spend fewer hours working for necessities. This is maybe the best you can hope for in the modern world with the caveat that those who hold cash are compensated for inflation with interest. The price of various assets and services that are supply constrained will always rise in price as society gets wealthier but society only gets wealthier because various other needs become smaller in relation to income.

To: Mike Johnston who wrote (51009)	1/23/2006 4:57:02 PM
From: shades	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

Inflation should measure general rise in the cost of living, irrespective of rising income levels or usage patterns specific to any one individual. The overlords are well aware how they stay in power - as long as the CPI for the mainstream doesnt get too out of hand - the sheeple wont turn off Oprah and go do something in washington. House prices can collapse - as long as broken home owner can move into all that new supply of housing and pay rental prices not too high. Heck he might even not have to leave his own house - price collapse - and he just become stay in place renter.