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To: TH who wrote (67895)	8/10/2006 10:27:35 AM
From: mishedlo	Respond to of 110194

Without exception, the average joe considers this inflation. GT TH I agree The average Joe considers this inflation. The Fed and the Government do not want the average Joe to understand what inflation is. So they feed average Joe some total crap about prices then measure it in all kinds of that shows prices are not going up as much as they are. The average Joe also thinks there were weapons in Iraq. Seriously, 50% of the people in a poll taken recently think there were WOMDs in Iraq. I, Ron Paul, Saville, Marc Faber, Heinz, Succo, Scott Reamer, and others are attempting an education process to explain what inflation really is. The Fed and The government are the problems. Rising prices are not inflation, but rather thay are a result of inflation. It is very important to understand the difference. Prices rise and fall for all kinds of reasons and not all of those rises are a result of inflation, and to date most drops in prices are certainly not the result of deflation either. Deflationary forces yes, deflation itself, no. BTW, I would be damn leary of believeing what the masses believe. Mish

To: TH who wrote (67895)	8/10/2006 4:34:34 PM
From: benwood	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110194

The "average joe" -- since when is J4P an authority? Call me old fashioned, but I consider "inflation" to be monetary inflation. I consider price increases to be one possible symptom of inflation (as I just defined it), and I think it would be more accurate to call that "retail inflation." I happen to consider J3P a contrarian indicator, so based on that, I'll rest my case <g>