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America's Inflationary Depression
TMO ^ | 4-10-2011 | Bob Chapman

Posted on 04/09/2011 2:10:07 PM PDT by blam

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1 posted on 04/09/2011 2:10:09 PM PDT by blam
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To: Kaslin; SunkenCiv; Nachum

Ping


2 posted on 04/09/2011 2:15:57 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (Muslims are a people of love, peace, and goodwill, and if you say that they aren't, they'll kill you)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Thanks Clintonfatigued.


3 posted on 04/09/2011 2:25:27 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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To: blam

That is how Obama will beat out Carter. Wages went up with the Carter inflation. With Obama it will be more”Diverse”. Wages down inflation up.


4 posted on 04/09/2011 2:26:14 PM PDT by screaminsunshine (Obama Sucks and so do the RINOS.)
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To: screaminsunshine

-——Wages down inflation up.-——

I would argue unions like inflation. Their complaint has been no raises in umpteen years.

If a rising tide raises all boats, unions can get raises and claim success. The unwashed hoards believe the union line because they are ignorant. All they know is they are making more money

The fact the raises lag the inflation ceases to matter once the raises are in place


5 posted on 04/09/2011 2:36:45 PM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. N.C. D.E. +12 ....( History is a process, not an event ))
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To: blam
Current long-term unemployment is terrible and many over 40 years old caught in that web will never work again.

I understand the problem, but how will they eat? Gold is not the solution and a global currency is only a prescription for a bigger disaster.

My expectations are a run of Fed induced inflation, followed by a deflationary collapse. The blind "Globalist" in both parties have done this to us. Arrogant Bastards.

6 posted on 04/09/2011 2:37:17 PM PDT by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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To: Texas Fossil
Food Inflation Harsh Times – A New Normal
7 posted on 04/09/2011 2:53:13 PM PDT by blam
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To: bert
“The fact the raises lag the inflation ceases to matter once the raises are in place”

If only that were always true. Wage-inflation is often one of the main causes of general inflation. A vicious circle is created, with wage rises driving inflation, followed by inflation driving the demand for wage increases. Perhaps, diminishing unionization makes this less of a problem, than it used to be.

8 posted on 04/09/2011 2:54:57 PM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: Texas Fossil
I really have a hard time thinking that here could be any deflation. We have never had so much fake money put into our economy, the only way we could eat that up is to have about 25 or 30% unemployment. If that happens the only thing that will be worth anything will be gold and silver. People like gold add and you can buy anything with enough of it.
9 posted on 04/09/2011 3:00:54 PM PDT by JAKraig (Surely my religion is at least as good as yours)
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Where is the liquidity? The last time I heard the velocity of money was at an all time low.

If you don’t have the bucks, you cannot pay the high prices.

Cost push on food prices is here from fuel, bad foreign food harvest due to weather (drouth and floods), high grain prices and the coming effects of HR2749/S.510/HR2751 FDA Food Takeover Bill.


10 posted on 04/09/2011 3:08:00 PM PDT by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA

Wage inflation does not cause inflation. There is only one cause of inflation, that is an increase in the money supply. Without an increase in the supply of money a wage increase in one place just means a decrease in another. As long as either banks keep making loans on a fractional deposit policy or the Fed keeps printing fake money we will have inflation.

Deflation happens when lending institutions quit loaning money. When loans are paid off and the Fed doesn’t print money to replace it there is a decrease in the money supply, deflation. Actually the Fed can also create deflation by increasing the amount of the fractional deposits at their banks must keep in the Federal Reserve System.


11 posted on 04/09/2011 3:11:37 PM PDT by JAKraig (Surely my religion is at least as good as yours)
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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA

Wage inflation does not cause inflation. There is only one cause of inflation, that is an increase in the money supply. Without an increase in the supply of money a wage increase in one place just means a decrease in another. As long as either banks keep making loans on a fractional deposit policy or the Fed keeps printing fake money we will have inflation.

Deflation happens when lending institutions quit loaning money. When loans are paid off and the Fed doesn’t print money to replace it there is a decrease in the money supply, deflation. Actually the Fed can also create deflation by increasing the amount of the fractional deposits at their banks must keep in the Federal Reserve System.


12 posted on 04/09/2011 3:11:38 PM PDT by JAKraig (Surely my religion is at least as good as yours)
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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA

Wage inflation does not cause inflation. There is only one cause of inflation, that is an increase in the money supply. Without an increase in the supply of money a wage increase in one place just means a decrease in another. As long as either banks keep making loans on a fractional deposit policy or the Fed keeps printing fake money we will have inflation.

Deflation happens when lending institutions quit loaning money. When loans are paid off and the Fed doesn’t print money to replace it there is a decrease in the money supply, deflation. Actually the Fed can also create deflation by increasing the amount of the fractional deposits at their banks must keep in the Federal Reserve System.


13 posted on 04/09/2011 3:11:44 PM PDT by JAKraig (Surely my religion is at least as good as yours)
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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA

Wage inflation does not cause inflation. There is only one cause of inflation, that is an increase in the money supply. Without an increase in the supply of money a wage increase in one place just means a decrease in another. As long as either banks keep making loans on a fractional deposit policy or the Fed keeps printing fake money we will have inflation.

Deflation happens when lending institutions quit loaning money. When loans are paid off and the Fed doesn’t print money to replace it there is a decrease in the money supply, deflation. Actually the Fed can also create deflation by increasing the amount of the fractional deposits at their banks must keep in the Federal Reserve System.


14 posted on 04/09/2011 3:11:44 PM PDT by JAKraig (Surely my religion is at least as good as yours)
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To: blam

Liquidity Trap...the Fed is out of bullets.


15 posted on 04/09/2011 3:14:56 PM PDT by demsux (Obama: THE job destroyer)
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To: Texas Fossil
I'm writing from my iPad on the beach, I don't know how it posted four times.

The money is out there but it is not in the hands of wage earners. Our wonderful government leaders made sure that the fake money that was printed went in the hands of people that could give it and other democrats a cut of it during the election cycle. The big banks and other financial institutions are sitting on a pile of money that they don't know what to do with.

If people would start buying houses some of that money would end up in the hands of spenders and then we would only have an inflation problem. People that can't afford food and gas won't even think about buying a house. I'm worried about a whole lot more than inflation. Our government will see this as an excuse to take over all of the economy and most of our freedoms to do things you won't be able to believe but that many people will beg for. Things are not looking good for our good old USA.

16 posted on 04/09/2011 3:25:05 PM PDT by JAKraig (Surely my religion is at least as good as yours)
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“Food Inflation”

Yep, due to foreign crop failures, high fuel prices, high grain prices due to drouth, floods, abnormal cold weather and the coming horrors connected with the passage of HR2748/S.510/HR2751 FDA Food Takeover Bill. In my opinion that alone could increase food cost by 25% this year.

We were sold out to Global Ag during the Lame Duck Session in the name of food safety. They were saying that foreign terrorists intended to poison our food supplies from Central and South America.

It is time for a home garden again. This is the year...


17 posted on 04/09/2011 3:28:55 PM PDT by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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To: JAKraig

Hungry homeless desperate people do extreme things.

The elitist should think again if that is the strategy.

When all else fails, a country boy can survive.

I still know how to do that, but that strategy made no sense in my lifetime. My family had experienced that problem twice before, and I understand what happened then.


18 posted on 04/09/2011 3:33:13 PM PDT by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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To: blam
We see signs that American workers are getting worn out.

Actually, most in the private sector are dead on the floor...if they still have jobs....

Stagnant wages, slashed or eliminated benefits, no health care, reduced hours, millions unemployed, the constant threat of being fired if ya don't work harder for less.

Meanwhile, government employees retire at 50 years old, with tax paid lottery style medical benefits and pensions.

The American private sector has been gang raped.

19 posted on 04/09/2011 3:36:49 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: blam

I think lower productivity numbers are the result of busineeses and work shops being cut to an absolute minimum, but not having enough work to fully employ the remaining people. I.e. If a process takes a minimum of three workers to run, but they only have enough work to keep them busy 80% of the time, then they cannot improve productivity until the workload increases.


20 posted on 04/09/2011 3:46:07 PM PDT by SampleMan (If all of the people currently oppressed shared a common geography, bullets would already be flying.)
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