http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2009/06/11/why-this-nation-desperately-needs-inflation-analysisopinion/ HotAir.com's Greenroom Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:46:31 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2009/06/11/why-this-nation-desperately-needs-inflation-analysisopinion/comment-page-1/#comment-10457 ericdijon Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:18:40 +0000 http://hotair.com/greenroom/?p=4422#comment-10457 I'm not ashamed to say that when it comes to my earning a living, the good news is the bad news. When the barrel increases, so does the demand for our widgets. The fear of the barrel rising too high is not that the sales of widgets will suffer, it's (A) that the entire cost to produce the widgets will become prohibitive and (B) the demand for the oil will suffer and reduce the demand for our widgets. Weird stuff. ** Roll the plate spinning music ** I’m not ashamed to say that when it comes to my earning a living, the good news is the bad news. When the barrel increases, so does the demand for our widgets. The fear of the barrel rising too high is not that the sales of widgets will suffer, it’s (A) that the entire cost to produce the widgets will become prohibitive and (B) the demand for the oil will suffer and reduce the demand for our widgets. Weird stuff. ** Roll the plate spinning music **

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