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Ted Cruz is freaked out about inflation. But there has been absolutely none for a year.
Vox ^ | November 14, 2015 | Timothy B. Lee

Posted on 11/14/2015 8:29:53 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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Oh, please!
1 posted on 11/14/2015 8:29:53 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Exactly 0.
How...convenient.


2 posted on 11/14/2015 8:31:06 PM PST by ctdonath2 (History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the week or the timid. - Ike)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Vox some code for Lie?


3 posted on 11/14/2015 8:34:36 PM PST by rockinqsranch ((Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.))
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No inflation? Does this guy provide for his family? My bills keep going up, up, up. My electric bill now almost matches my mortgage payment. Groceries eat me out of house and home.

The government’s inflation numbers parallel their phony unemployment numbers.


4 posted on 11/14/2015 8:34:49 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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That’s right up there with 11 million illegals and the deficit coming to a screeching halt before it hit the debt limit.


5 posted on 11/14/2015 8:35:07 PM PST by GMMC0987
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Oh yea sure! My health ins is going up over 100 bucks a month this year again! That is over 1200 bucks each year for the last 3 years. I haven’t got a 3600+ dollars a year raise yet!


6 posted on 11/14/2015 8:35:25 PM PST by US_MilitaryRules (The last suit you wear has no pockets!)
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Oops. A rare double post from 2DV. Time to ring up the Admin.


7 posted on 11/14/2015 8:35:38 PM PST by InterceptPoint
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Really? Where does this guy live? I could name all the things that are inflated in price from just a year ago. My grocery costs have risen, even though we have cut back in what we eat and snack stuff.


8 posted on 11/14/2015 8:36:03 PM PST by Shery (Pray for righteousness to be restored and for the peace of Jerusalem.)
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It’s food that has inflated! I’m sick buying cheap filler hamburger from wal-mart!!! Thankfully, I’ve got an alternative now, but still... it just shouldn’t be that high!


9 posted on 11/14/2015 8:36:56 PM PST by Thorliveshere
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Those who define the calculations get the inflation rate they desire.


10 posted on 11/14/2015 8:37:02 PM PST by FourPeas ("Conservatism's worked every time it's been tried." -Rush)
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Exactly. I forgot what the inflation indicators are now, but they are way different than what they were in the ‘70s. I’m guessing someone will get around to educating me. Again.


11 posted on 11/14/2015 8:40:18 PM PST by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
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"The Federal Reserve has been on a media campaign to sell its monetary policy to average Americans, but this hasn't always gone smoothly. Witness last week's visit to Queens, New York, by New York Fed President William Dudley, who got a street-corner education in the cost of living.

The former Goldman Sachs chief economist gave a speech explaining the economy's progress and the Fed's successes, but come question time the main thing the crowd wanted to know was why they're paying so much more for food and gas. Keep in mind the Fed doesn't think food and gas prices matter to its policy calculations because they aren't part of "core" inflation.

So Mr. Dudley tried to explain that other prices are falling. "Today you can buy an iPad 2 that costs the same as an iPad 1 that is twice as powerful," he said. "You have to look at the prices of all things."

Reuters reports that this "prompted guffaws and widespread murmuring from the audience," with someone quipping, "I can't eat an iPad." Another attendee asked, "When was the last time, sir, that you went grocery shopping?"

In a healthy, growing economy prices naturally fall as the surfeit of goods and services rises.

12 posted on 11/14/2015 8:42:29 PM PST by Gunslingr3
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"The Federal Reserve has been on a media campaign to sell its monetary policy to average Americans, but this hasn't always gone smoothly. Witness last week's visit to Queens, New York, by New York Fed President William Dudley, who got a street-corner education in the cost of living.

The former Goldman Sachs chief economist gave a speech explaining the economy's progress and the Fed's successes, but come question time the main thing the crowd wanted to know was why they're paying so much more for food and gas. Keep in mind the Fed doesn't think food and gas prices matter to its policy calculations because they aren't part of "core" inflation.

So Mr. Dudley tried to explain that other prices are falling. "Today you can buy an iPad 2 that costs the same as an iPad 1 that is twice as powerful," he said. "You have to look at the prices of all things."

Reuters reports that this "prompted guffaws and widespread murmuring from the audience," with someone quipping, "I can't eat an iPad." Another attendee asked, "When was the last time, sir, that you went grocery shopping?"

In a healthy, growing economy prices naturally fall as the surfeit of goods and services rises.

13 posted on 11/14/2015 8:42:36 PM PST by Gunslingr3
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Are these the same guys who tell us that unemployment is 5%?


14 posted on 11/14/2015 8:43:54 PM PST by fatnotlazy
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Milk is twice what gas costs a gallon.

Tunafish cans went from six ounces to five, everything is smaller and either the same price or more expensive.

No point looking for the golden calf, they ground that sucker up and are selling it by the pound.

Eggs are going for gold rush prices, and produce (always expensive at this latitude) is off the chart.

Canned veggies used to come in 16 ounce cans, now 14.5, and even the toilet paper is narrower by at least 1/4 inch. As for how much you get, they keep messing with the size of the roll, the size of the cardboard tube (if present), the number of sheets, etc, so it is hard to say, but it definitely isn't as wide.

15 posted on 11/14/2015 8:44:04 PM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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Yes, no inflation unless you pay for goods and services. Other than that...


16 posted on 11/14/2015 8:44:18 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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"Thankfully, I’ve got an alternative now, but still..."

What is that, may I ask?

17 posted on 11/14/2015 8:45:51 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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In 1978 I paid $5900.00 including TTL and delivery for a brand spanking new Z28 You could probably add at least $30,000 to that today for the equivalent car.

Yeah no inflation indeed


18 posted on 11/14/2015 8:46:17 PM PST by Fai Mao (Genius at Large)
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The question I expect to hear (as every election) is are you better off now than you were 4 or 8 years ago.

It is a fact that our standard of living has declined. Taxes, groceries, utilities, and vehicles have all increased in prices while wages have remained very stagnant.


19 posted on 11/14/2015 8:49:58 PM PST by volunbeer
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Does this clown never go to the grocery store?

No inflation my hiney.


20 posted on 11/14/2015 8:51:18 PM PST by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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