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Old 02-22-2009, 10:51 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by DGthe3 View Post


.......And do something to get consumers spending, because consumers spending = corporate revenue = a stop to the hemorrhaging of job loss. If someone is worried about losing their job, they won't be buying a new car.
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During the oil price spike many products doubled and even tripled in price...T-post, yr 2000- $1.25 ea. today, over $5 bucks. Barbed wire, yr 2000- $24 bucks. Today hovering over $60.

The above is only a small sample of how companies are cutting their own throats by being greedy. My old fence is fine for now thankyouverymuch.
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