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Neither one is at all desirable from the consumer's POV

consumers are worthy of respect than producers

Why is either one inherently more worthy than the other?

either way, you spent the same amount of money buying four cans' worth
of beans that *used* to buy you five cans' worth.

just the other day, a oil producer told me that he's sick and tired
of selling the same size barrel of oil to you for $40, when you keep
shrinking the value of the dollar by deficit spending

It would be nice if oil still was only $40 a barrel -- last I heard it was
over $60.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.