Sorry but I do not believe that my sdge bill, or my water bill, or my food bill has only gone up by a mild 1 or 2%. Check the price of sugar and cotton. Check the price of orange juice.

Also, even before the mideast crisis the cost of oil was well above 2% what it was last year.

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While CAR and I do not agree on alot of things, and while I am one of those naughty investors depriving the county of precious inventory, we do agree on some basics. We both do not believe (I think) that being told that the solutions put forth during the crisis were the only way to avert financial disaster. That there could have been more well thought out ways to get past the difficult periods. I cannot speak for CAR and I am certainly not the fatalist that Arraya is, however I do share the opinion that as long as the govt keeps telling us how they saved the world, many people will believe it, cheer for it, and go happily on believing that was the best way to do it and rubber stamping future similar behavior.