To: brushwud who wrote (21975 ) 5/19/2008 9:02:31 AM From: Wharf Rat Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 149317 There is demand, the BS economic term for those with money, and there is demand, real world, where the poor have already dropped out of the race. They don't count as "demand" to economists; just to themselves. 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