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Eva Seifert's avatar

Well, gas went down 10¢/gal this week at the Circle K station. Ditto milk at the supermarket. And the price of Barefoot Wine never did increase. Based on the items that did increase, I suspect a whole lot of price gouging by businesses that could get away with it - gas being the top of the list.

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M. Trosino's avatar

"...price gouging by businesses that could get away with it..."

Oh, no, Eva. Say it ain't so. You're burstin' my bubble here!!! They wouldn't actually do something like *that*, would they? Why, it's positively un-patri...uh, un-Ameri...uh...unfai...uh...never mind.

I think in light of the "get away with it" part, 'understandable' might have been the word I was looking for there. And, I might add rather sadly, not unexpected.

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Harley "Griff" Lofton's avatar

And though slowing or stopping inflationary pressures may be a good thing--- having lived through many inflationary periods--- I doubt that we will see the prices of anything go down significantly.

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Eva Seifert's avatar

Worse might be coming. RE prices have been increasing wildly like they did under Bush 2. Yesterday, I saw an article that implied the bubble might be bursting again.

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