flown-the-coop said:

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Assume you are holding demand constant in the analysis about supply of gold and silver? And do NOT mislead with picking 1964 when quarters were made with 90% silver. Completely disingenuous. Moving on if you are going to stoop to such levels in discussion.

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Not disingenuous at all. I choose that date because it is the LAST year our coins were minted in silver. It's simply the best date to compare to. I If you don't like that date, then fine. Go back to 1913 when the USD was fixed at $20.67 per ounce of gold. The results are still the same. Over that period, the purchasing power of our dollar has declined by 99.6%.

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flown-the-coop said:

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infinity ag said:

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SteveA said:

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Trump and his ilk don't care about inflation as long as the market outpaces it. While most Americans, who don't or can't participate in the market, are feeling it at the grocer and the gas station, he said it was worth it because the market is at an all time high. Might be just a tad out of touch with middle America.

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Exactly. I keep evangelizing this but some people here try to shout me down. The way to get rich and stay rich is not a job in 2026 and onward. It is investing. Folks who have a 1975 mindset will find themselves in trouble.

I personally am a frugal person but investing has kept me in good financial condition, not my career. Just buy VOO and sit on it.

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What the heck are you going to do in a recession? And your career / job combined with frugality allowed you to save in markets that have performed very well in your prime saving years. I believe we are about the same age. We have never experienced a true market correction unless you were overly exposed to construction in 2008/2009 or tech in 2000/2001.

The way to get rich and stay rich is to start and run your own business, win the lottery or get elected to Congress.

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Recessions come and recessions go. I bought my first stock (ORCL) in 1999 and I think I made a profit of around $300 with it. I've been through the Y2K crash, the 2008 crash, COVID crash, 2022 crash and other ones in between. Investing is not a get rich quick scheme where you specify timeframes. It is for the long term but you have to start NOW as you cannot go back to the past.

I am not capable or don't want to do the work to "run my own business". Too much risk and I want to enjoy life as well. Lottery/Congress are dumb ideas.

The only workable idea for average people is index investing and starting it as early as possible. I just bought for my teen and early 20s kids, the don't even know what's happening now but will be millionaires before they are 30. I missed some good years but am okay.

So coming back to the topic - the point is that is where the world is heading to. Trump also watches the stock market. If you use my formula (and have a reasonable starting capital) you don't even have to work in a job. Corps only care about stock price, President cares about the stock market, so should you and I. If you do that you stay ahead of inflation like I am doing right now.

infinity ag said:

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flown-the-coop said:

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infinity ag said:

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SteveA said:

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Trump and his ilk don't care about inflation as long as the market outpaces it. While most Americans, who don't or can't participate in the market, are feeling it at the grocer and the gas station, he said it was worth it because the market is at an all time high. Might be just a tad out of touch with middle America.

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Exactly. I keep evangelizing this but some people here try to shout me down. The way to get rich and stay rich is not a job in 2026 and onward. It is investing. Folks who have a 1975 mindset will find themselves in trouble.

I personally am a frugal person but investing has kept me in good financial condition, not my career. Just buy VOO and sit on it.

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What the heck are you going to do in a recession? And your career / job combined with frugality allowed you to save in markets that have performed very well in your prime saving years. I believe we are about the same age. We have never experienced a true market correction unless you were overly exposed to construction in 2008/2009 or tech in 2000/2001.

The way to get rich and stay rich is to start and run your own business, win the lottery or get elected to Congress.

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Recessions come and recessions go. I bought my first stock (ORCL) in 1999 and I think I made a profit of around $300 with it. I've been through the Y2K crash, the 2008 crash, COVID crash, 2022 crash and other ones in between. Investing is not a get rich quick scheme where you specify timeframes. It is for the long term but you have to start NOW as you cannot go back to the past.

I am not capable or don't want to do the work to "run my own business". Too much risk and I want to enjoy life as well. Lottery/Congress are dumb ideas.

The only workable idea for average people is index investing and starting it as early as possible. I just bought for my teen and early 20s kids, the don't even know what's happening now but will be millionaires before they are 30. I missed some good years but am okay.

So coming back to the topic - the point is that is where the world is heading to. Trump also watches the stock market. If you use my formula (and have a reasonable starting capital) you don't even have to work in a job. Corps only care about stock price, President cares about the stock market, so should you and I. If you do that you stay ahead of inflation like I am doing right now.

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After the stock market dropped after tariff day a year ago you said you could no longer afford a Mercedes for your wife. That is not consistent with independent wealth and certainly not setting up your kids to be millionaires by 30.

If you bought your first stocks in 1999, you did not been through anything other than the very, very brief "COVID crash".

tysker said:

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Ag with kids said:

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tysker said:

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Ag with kids said:

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rgag12 said:

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Inflation was way worse in 2022, but it didn't affect the democrats too much in the midterms.

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That's because the media kept telling everyone it wasn't a big deal.

Even though this was 2022:

2022
7.5
7.9
8.5
8.3
8.6
9.1
8.5
8.3
8.2
7.7
7.1
6.5
8.0

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Trump is (was?) saying inflation is a big deal.
Affordability is (was?) one of the administration's most important agenda topics,

At least in 2022, we had economic growth, even though it was trending up post-COVID. Now we're looking at negative growth and stagflation. GDP figures will be interesting in Sept, Oct, Nov. I suspect a lot of people claiming fake news and politically driven reports come the fall.

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Ummmm...we've got economic growth NOW.

GDP grew 2.0% last quarter and was UP from Q4 2025...so trending UP...

Did you not know that or are you just trying to gaslight?

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Is GDP increasing, or is the rate of change increasing? There's a difference.

A move from 2.0% to 2.5% real GDP growth is an improvement at the margin, but if inflation is running above 3% and accelerating toward 4%, that suggests an economy has slowing real growth, persistent inflationary pressures, and is trending toward stagflation.

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GDP went from 0.5% in Q4 2025 to 2.0% in Q1 2026. You do the math.

You're the one that said we're looking at negative growth...

flown-the-coop said:

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After the stock market dropped after tariff day a year ago you said you could no longer afford a Mercedes for your wife.

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White people problems, amirite!?

BigRobSA said:

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flown-the-coop said:

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After the stock market dropped after tariff day a year ago you said you could no longer afford a Mercedes for your wife.

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White people problems, amirite!?

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Honkey not mexi problems, so you only half mad when it dropped?

Anyone claiming independent wealth levels of investment does NOT make car buying decisions on market fluctuations.

Ag with kids said:

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rgag12 said:

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Inflation was way worse in 2022, but it didn't affect the democrats too much in the midterms.

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That's because the media kept telling everyone it wasn't a big deal.

Even though this was 2022:

2022
7.5
7.9
8.5
8.3
8.6
9.1
8.5
8.3
8.2
7.7
7.1
6.5
8.0

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What was the reason why inflation was that high?

eater of the list said:

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Ag with kids said:

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rgag12 said:

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Inflation was way worse in 2022, but it didn't affect the democrats too much in the midterms.

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That's because the media kept telling everyone it wasn't a big deal.

Even though this was 2022:

2022
7.5
7.9
8.5
8.3
8.6
9.1
8.5
8.3
8.2
7.7
7.1
6.5
8.0

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What was the reason why inflation was that high?

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Trump and Biden and the Democrat controlled Congress spent too much money.

Ag with kids said:

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tysker said:

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Ag with kids said:

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tysker said:

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Ag with kids said:

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rgag12 said:

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Inflation was way worse in 2022, but it didn't affect the democrats too much in the midterms.

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That's because the media kept telling everyone it wasn't a big deal.

Even though this was 2022:

2022
7.5
7.9
8.5
8.3
8.6
9.1
8.5
8.3
8.2
7.7
7.1
6.5
8.0

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Trump is (was?) saying inflation is a big deal.
Affordability is (was?) one of the administration's most important agenda topics,

At least in 2022, we had economic growth, even though it was trending up post-COVID. Now we're looking at negative growth and stagflation. GDP figures will be interesting in Sept, Oct, Nov. I suspect a lot of people claiming fake news and politically driven reports come the fall.

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Ummmm...we've got economic growth NOW.

GDP grew 2.0% last quarter and was UP from Q4 2025...so trending UP...

Did you not know that or are you just trying to gaslight?

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Is GDP increasing, or is the rate of change increasing? There's a difference.

A move from 2.0% to 2.5% real GDP growth is an improvement at the margin, but if inflation is running above 3% and accelerating toward 4%, that suggests an economy has slowing real growth, persistent inflationary pressures, and is trending toward stagflation.

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GDP went from 0.5% in Q4 2025 to 2.0% in Q1 2026. You do the math.

You're the one that said we're looking at negative growth...

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Growth has slowed from the mid-2025 peak levels and the near-term trend is indicating weakening momentum.
In Q2 2025, we were around 3.8%, and in Q3, we reached over 4%.
Was the recent growth in 2026 a reacceleration from late 2025 weakness or is this a more structural change? I think it was more shifting of consumer patterns as a reflection of higher prices, but we shall see.

eater of the list said:

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Ag with kids said:

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rgag12 said:

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Inflation was way worse in 2022, but it didn't affect the democrats too much in the midterms.

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That's because the media kept telling everyone it wasn't a big deal.

Even though this was 2022:

2022
7.5
7.9
8.5
8.3
8.6
9.1
8.5
8.3
8.2
7.7
7.1
6.5
8.0

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What was the reason why inflation was that high?

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If only we knew...

flown-the-coop said:

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The Executive's role is to spend every dollar Congress tells it to.

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This is a matter of opinion.

infinity ag said:

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I just paid the highest price for gas that I remember.

Everything's gone up tremendously. Even McDonald's has near-gourmet prices now with a damn Big Mac costing over $6. We typically eat home-cooked but on Friday's we get take-out and those prices have shot through the roof.

But everyone is getting laid-off, and everyone is getting poorer (unless you invest or do HVAC).

How long will this go on for?

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Until we stop spending money we don't have to make politicians rich.

The financial nuclear winter is coming. Batton down the hatches.

Helicopter Ben said:

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flown-the-coop said:

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Assume you are holding demand constant in the analysis about supply of gold and silver? And do NOT mislead with picking 1964 when quarters were made with 90% silver. Completely disingenuous. Moving on if you are going to stoop to such levels in discussion.

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Not disingenuous at all. I choose that date because it is the LAST year our coins were minted in silver. It's simply the best date to compare to. I If you don't like that date, then fine. Go back to 1913 when the USD was fixed at $20.67 per ounce of gold. The results are still the same. Over that period, the purchasing power of our dollar has declined by 99.6%.

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How much have wages increased over that time period?

flown-the-coop said:

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infinity ag said:

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flown-the-coop said:

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infinity ag said:

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SteveA said:

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Trump and his ilk don't care about inflation as long as the market outpaces it. While most Americans, who don't or can't participate in the market, are feeling it at the grocer and the gas station, he said it was worth it because the market is at an all time high. Might be just a tad out of touch with middle America.

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Exactly. I keep evangelizing this but some people here try to shout me down. The way to get rich and stay rich is not a job in 2026 and onward. It is investing. Folks who have a 1975 mindset will find themselves in trouble.

I personally am a frugal person but investing has kept me in good financial condition, not my career. Just buy VOO and sit on it.

---

What the heck are you going to do in a recession? And your career / job combined with frugality allowed you to save in markets that have performed very well in your prime saving years. I believe we are about the same age. We have never experienced a true market correction unless you were overly exposed to construction in 2008/2009 or tech in 2000/2001.

The way to get rich and stay rich is to start and run your own business, win the lottery or get elected to Congress.

---

Recessions come and recessions go. I bought my first stock (ORCL) in 1999 and I think I made a profit of around $300 with it. I've been through the Y2K crash, the 2008 crash, COVID crash, 2022 crash and other ones in between. Investing is not a get rich quick scheme where you specify timeframes. It is for the long term but you have to start NOW as you cannot go back to the past.

I am not capable or don't want to do the work to "run my own business". Too much risk and I want to enjoy life as well. Lottery/Congress are dumb ideas.

The only workable idea for average people is index investing and starting it as early as possible. I just bought for my teen and early 20s kids, the don't even know what's happening now but will be millionaires before they are 30. I missed some good years but am okay.

So coming back to the topic - the point is that is where the world is heading to. Trump also watches the stock market. If you use my formula (and have a reasonable starting capital) you don't even have to work in a job. Corps only care about stock price, President cares about the stock market, so should you and I. If you do that you stay ahead of inflation like I am doing right now.

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After the stock market dropped after tariff day a year ago you said you could no longer afford a Mercedes for your wife. That is not consistent with independent wealth and certainly not setting up your kids to be millionaires by 30.

If you bought your first stocks in 1999, you did not been through anything other than the very, very brief "COVID crash".

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Not sure if serious.
Please look at this thread and the last post: https://texags.com/forums/12/topics/3553577
I bought the car (Audi, not Merc) in Sept 2025. Paid all in cash, no loan. It's a 2025 Q7 with around 4k miles on it so as good as new. She test drove a Merc one time and did not like it. I paid my older kid's 4 years of college myself (no loan). If that is not financial independence, not sure what is.

If you are just messing and playing with me, then I see no point as I am being dead serious. We can screw around on a different thread though, I am up for that.

I don't want to derail, but my point is that is the way corps and government is thinking. I don't think Trump cares about inflation as long as the stock market shows better gains. So BE INVESTED.

eater of the list said:

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Ag with kids said:

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rgag12 said:

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Inflation was way worse in 2022, but it didn't affect the democrats too much in the midterms.

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That's because the media kept telling everyone it wasn't a big deal.

Even though this was 2022:

2022
7.5
7.9
8.5
8.3
8.6
9.1
8.5
8.3
8.2
7.7
7.1
6.5
8.0

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What was the reason why inflation was that high?

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Inflation always is and always will be a monetary phenomenon.

We printed money, so things got more expensive. The. End.

BusterAg said:

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flown-the-coop said:

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The Executive's role is to spend every dollar Congress tells it to.

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This is a matter of opinion.

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It's a matter of law. See impeachment hoax number one and the hundreds of court cases. Executive has, as we all learned with DOGE efforts, very little ability to curtail spending.

BusterAg said:

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infinity ag said:

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I just paid the highest price for gas that I remember.

Everything's gone up tremendously. Even McDonald's has near-gourmet prices now with a damn Big Mac costing over $6. We typically eat home-cooked but on Friday's we get take-out and those prices have shot through the roof.

But everyone is getting laid-off, and everyone is getting poorer (unless you invest or do HVAC).

How long will this go on for?

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Until we stop spending money we don't have to make politicians rich.

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Our government system has tremendous flaws that are showing up now and exploited by foreign countries.

FWTXAg said:

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The financial nuclear winter is coming. Batton down the hatches.

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Thanks for warning us. Heed the warning and we will let you know when nuclear winter is over and you can come out and tell us all how you were right.

But do not risk yourself further. Batton the hatch now and do not risk exposing yourself with an active internet connection..

flown-the-coop said:

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BusterAg said:

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flown-the-coop said:

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The Executive's role is to spend every dollar Congress tells it to.

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This is a matter of opinion.

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It's a matter of law. See impeachment hoax number one and the hundreds of court cases. Executive has, as we all learned with DOGE efforts, very little ability to curtail spending.

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Only when the funding mandate is unambiguous in the amount directed and unambiguous in what it is supposed to be spent on. Which it rarely is, because Congress is too yellow to do its job.

What proportion of money in the federal budget includes instructions where Congress tells the Executive how to spend the money in sufficient enough detail that it is unambiguous?

BusterAg said:

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eater of the list said:

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Ag with kids said:

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rgag12 said:

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Inflation was way worse in 2022, but it didn't affect the democrats too much in the midterms.

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That's because the media kept telling everyone it wasn't a big deal.

Even though this was 2022:

2022
7.5
7.9
8.5
8.3
8.6
9.1
8.5
8.3
8.2
7.7
7.1
6.5
8.0

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What was the reason why inflation was that high?

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Inflation always is and always will be a monetary phenomenon.

We printed money, so things got more expensive. The. End.

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Thank you.

BusterAg said:

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Helicopter Ben said:

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flown-the-coop said:

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Assume you are holding demand constant in the analysis about supply of gold and silver? And do NOT mislead with picking 1964 when quarters were made with 90% silver. Completely disingenuous. Moving on if you are going to stoop to such levels in discussion.

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Not disingenuous at all. I choose that date because it is the LAST year our coins were minted in silver. It's simply the best date to compare to. I If you don't like that date, then fine. Go back to 1913 when the USD was fixed at $20.67 per ounce of gold. The results are still the same. Over that period, the purchasing power of our dollar has declined by 99.6%.

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How much have wages increased over that time period?

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Let's say wages have kept up with COL as you are implying. What about the dollars that people save? Money creation directly dilutes the purchasing power of every dollar that exists. And unless you are among the few people who get first access to the new money, wealth is being siphoned out of every dollar you own. At best that's fraud. More accurately, it's outright theft.

Dumbing down the American population has been a decades long effort. 100% by design. Then you have the fact that the last administration just let millions of illiterate third worlders for extra measure.

I fear we may be toast. I genuinely worry that nothing could ever reverse our stupidity, which seems to have reached critical mass.

Helicopter Ben said:

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BusterAg said:

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Helicopter Ben said:

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flown-the-coop said:

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Assume you are holding demand constant in the analysis about supply of gold and silver? And do NOT mislead with picking 1964 when quarters were made with 90% silver. Completely disingenuous. Moving on if you are going to stoop to such levels in discussion.

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Not disingenuous at all. I choose that date because it is the LAST year our coins were minted in silver. It's simply the best date to compare to. I If you don't like that date, then fine. Go back to 1913 when the USD was fixed at $20.67 per ounce of gold. The results are still the same. Over that period, the purchasing power of our dollar has declined by 99.6%.

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How much have wages increased over that time period?

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Let's say wages have kept up with COL as you are implying. What about the dollars that people save? Money creation directly dilutes the purchasing power of every dollar that exists. And unless you are among the few people who get first access to the new money, wealth is being siphoned out of every dollar you own. At best that's fraud. More accurately, it's outright theft.

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1) Don't save money by burying it in the ground. There are many, many reasons not to do this.

2) Inflation is theft, only because it is just another form of tax to pay for government spending.

3) First access to new money is kindof a misnomer. There is no new money printed, it is electronically created. You can make an argument that the banks that get paid interest on their Fed deposits get the most benefit from inflation, and you would be more right than wrong, but that is still fairly distributed out.

BusterAg said:

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Helicopter Ben said:

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BusterAg said:

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Helicopter Ben said:

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flown-the-coop said:

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Assume you are holding demand constant in the analysis about supply of gold and silver? And do NOT mislead with picking 1964 when quarters were made with 90% silver. Completely disingenuous. Moving on if you are going to stoop to such levels in discussion.

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Not disingenuous at all. I choose that date because it is the LAST year our coins were minted in silver. It's simply the best date to compare to. I If you don't like that date, then fine. Go back to 1913 when the USD was fixed at $20.67 per ounce of gold. The results are still the same. Over that period, the purchasing power of our dollar has declined by 99.6%.

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How much have wages increased over that time period?

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Let's say wages have kept up with COL as you are implying. What about the dollars that people save? Money creation directly dilutes the purchasing power of every dollar that exists. And unless you are among the few people who get first access to the new money, wealth is being siphoned out of every dollar you own. At best that's fraud. More accurately, it's outright theft.

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1) Don't save money by burying it in the ground. There are many, many reasons not to do this.

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What if one confuses the word "banker" with "bunker"?

BusterAg said:

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Helicopter Ben said:

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BusterAg said:

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Helicopter Ben said:

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flown-the-coop said:

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Assume you are holding demand constant in the analysis about supply of gold and silver? And do NOT mislead with picking 1964 when quarters were made with 90% silver. Completely disingenuous. Moving on if you are going to stoop to such levels in discussion.

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Not disingenuous at all. I choose that date because it is the LAST year our coins were minted in silver. It's simply the best date to compare to. I If you don't like that date, then fine. Go back to 1913 when the USD was fixed at $20.67 per ounce of gold. The results are still the same. Over that period, the purchasing power of our dollar has declined by 99.6%.

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How much have wages increased over that time period?

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Let's say wages have kept up with COL as you are implying. What about the dollars that people save? Money creation directly dilutes the purchasing power of every dollar that exists. And unless you are among the few people who get first access to the new money, wealth is being siphoned out of every dollar you own. At best that's fraud. More accurately, it's outright theft.

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1) Don't save money by burying it in the ground. There are many, many reasons not to do this.

2) Inflation is theft, only because it is just another form of tax to pay for government spending.

3) First access to new money is kindof a misnomer. There is no new money printed, it is electronically created. You can make an argument that the banks that get paid interest on their Fed deposits get the most benefit from inflation, and you would be more right than wrong, but that is still fairly distributed out.

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1. Ok fine. But why shouldn't I be able to sit on my cash? What if I just want to live off of my savings and don't want the stress of worrying about investments?

2. Mostly agree. Except it is much more sinister because of the deceitfulness. In any case, that statement implies all taxation is theft so in that regard you're in good company there.

3. Someone gets to spend the new money first. If you're saying it's the government that gets it first, I don't see how that's any better. I would argue it's much worse considering how wasteful the govt is. As you know, prices don't rise immediately once new money is created. It has to work its way around the economy so there is a lag between the new money and higher prices. So I guess it's more accurate to say you don't need to be first access, you just need to be as close as possible to the money spigot. If some of that new money gets paid to a contractor or some other crony business that has cozied up to the govt, they still get to spend it before the purchasing power has been fully diluted.

IIIHorn said:

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BusterAg said:

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Helicopter Ben said:

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BusterAg said:

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Helicopter Ben said:

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flown-the-coop said:

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Assume you are holding demand constant in the analysis about supply of gold and silver? And do NOT mislead with picking 1964 when quarters were made with 90% silver. Completely disingenuous. Moving on if you are going to stoop to such levels in discussion.

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Not disingenuous at all. I choose that date because it is the LAST year our coins were minted in silver. It's simply the best date to compare to. I If you don't like that date, then fine. Go back to 1913 when the USD was fixed at $20.67 per ounce of gold. The results are still the same. Over that period, the purchasing power of our dollar has declined by 99.6%.

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How much have wages increased over that time period?

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Let's say wages have kept up with COL as you are implying. What about the dollars that people save? Money creation directly dilutes the purchasing power of every dollar that exists. And unless you are among the few people who get first access to the new money, wealth is being siphoned out of every dollar you own. At best that's fraud. More accurately, it's outright theft.

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1) Don't save money by burying it in the ground. There are many, many reasons not to do this.

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What if one confuses the word "banker" with "bunker"?

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This is ponderous, man, really ponderous.

No Spin Ag said:

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IIIHorn said:

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BusterAg said:

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Helicopter Ben said:

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BusterAg said:

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Helicopter Ben said:

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flown-the-coop said:

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Assume you are holding demand constant in the analysis about supply of gold and silver? And do NOT mislead with picking 1964 when quarters were made with 90% silver. Completely disingenuous. Moving on if you are going to stoop to such levels in discussion.

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Not disingenuous at all. I choose that date because it is the LAST year our coins were minted in silver. It's simply the best date to compare to. I If you don't like that date, then fine. Go back to 1913 when the USD was fixed at $20.67 per ounce of gold. The results are still the same. Over that period, the purchasing power of our dollar has declined by 99.6%.

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How much have wages increased over that time period?

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Let's say wages have kept up with COL as you are implying. What about the dollars that people save? Money creation directly dilutes the purchasing power of every dollar that exists. And unless you are among the few people who get first access to the new money, wealth is being siphoned out of every dollar you own. At best that's fraud. More accurately, it's outright theft.

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1) Don't save money by burying it in the ground. There are many, many reasons not to do this.

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What if one confuses the word "banker" with "bunker"?

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This is ponderous, man, really ponderous.

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Bury the money on the Ponderosa?

ibtitwouldbeaBonanza.

all i know is a year ago i bought a pair of overalls and they were 37 bucks. i went to buy the same pair from the exact same company and they are now 52.

You start a war of choice that causes a massive disruption in global energy and you get inflation? Shocking!

This Iran war is turning into a boondoggle. The timing was bad. I'm sure Trump and Hegseth thought this thing would be well over by now. Those ****ing mooslims know how to fight; it's what they do best.

Uh oh.....

BREAKING: April PPI Inflation surges to 6.0%, well above expectations of 4.9% and the highest level since January 2023.

Core PPI Inflation rose to 5.2%, above expectations of 4.3%.

Both CPI and PPI Inflation are now officially at 3+ year highs.

Odds of rate HIKES are rising.

— The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) May 13, 2026

Stagflation here we come!

Detmersdislocatedshoulder said:

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all i know is a year ago i bought a pair of overalls and they were 37 bucks. i went to buy the same pair from the exact same company and they are now 52.

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That is all that really matters. All the numbers the Government puts out is meaningless.
Outside of the stock market, I don't feel better after Trump became President, especially with cost of living, and job market, esp in tech.


Those areas suck really bad.