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To: Whitebeard who wrote (423605)4/26/2011 1:42:40 AM
From: RinConRon1 Recommendation  Respond to of 793537
 
No, but the govt can exclude them from "core" inflation.

And yet the government includes food and fuel costs in rising consumer spending numbers in order to tout "increased consumer confidence." A multi-trillion dollar shell game.