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| Cost-push inflation is what happens when the price of a ubiquitous input (oil) rises and creates price increases throughout the girl economy. This type of inflation is bad for everyone. Your second and third posts are referencing cost-push inflation. I agree that high gas prices are bad. So, on the topic of the original argument, wages typically rise with inflation. Few people are on fixed incomes. (Demand-pull) Inflation has the effect of increasing earnings for most Americans. Not just girl those with out of control credit card debt or homes they can't afford. Most girl people have some sort of debt. [ ...reply just to this | comment on the story... | next new ] 132. Re: Come down from your ivory tower by 0tim0 at Fri 2 Sep 1:43pmscore of 1 in reply to comment 130 How can you claim that the economy is "doing fine" when most major economic indicators indicate that economy is doing far worse than normal? |
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