In article <vf5fj2$jvce$2@dont-email.me>, recscuba_google@huntzinger.com
says...
>
> On 10/20/24 6:38 PM, Skeeter wrote:
> > In article <vf3sgd$iukn$2@dont-email.me>, recscuba_google@huntzinger.com
> > says...
> >>
> >> On 10/20/24 11:36 AM, Skeeter wrote:
> >>> In article <vf2mf0$cfh6$1@dont-email.me>, recscuba_google@huntzinger.com
> >>> says...
> >>>>
> >>>> On 10/19/24 10:01 AM, Skeeter wrote:
> >>>>> In article <vf02hi$3cf08$3@dont-email.me>,
> >>>>> recscuba_google@huntzinger.com says...
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On 10/18/24 1:46 PM, Skeeter wrote:
> >>>>>>> In article <veu63e$3cbit$1@dont-email.me>,
> >>>>>>> recscuba_google@huntzinger.com says...
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> On 10/18/24 11:23 AM, Skeeter wrote:
> >>>>>>>>> In article <vetsqo$3bg55$1@dont-email.me>,
> >>>>>>>>> recscuba_google@huntzinger.com says...
> >>>>>>>>>> Yet gas is still not 2x what it was before CoVid. Nor are groceries.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Do you admit prices are higher? Yes when Trump was in office i was
> >>>>>>>>> paying less than 2 bucks a gallon.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Not for most of Trump's tenure you didn't.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> The only time that gas was under $2/gallon during Trump's tenure was for
> >>>>>>>> just 9 weeks during the biggest part of the CoVid shutdown, namely
> >>>>>>>> 4/6/20 to 6/1/20.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> That's just 4% of Trump's time in office: the other 96% of the time you
> >>>>>>>> were paying more.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> In some cases, more then than the equivalent dollar value today.
> >>>>>>>> Case in point, from my prior post:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> 10/08/2018: $2.903 --> that's in 2018 dollars
> >>>>>>>> 10/07/2024: $3.136 --> that's in 2024 dollars.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> As per the CPI calculator (here's the URL again):
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> <https://www.usinflationcalculator.com>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> ...$1 in 2018 is worth $0.80 today, so (.80)*($3.136) = $2.51/gallon.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Yes, what this means is that the real price of gas today is 13% lower
> >>>>>>>> than it was the same week back in 2018.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> - -
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Plus since this is supposed to be about policy, not random chance of
> >>>>>>>> CoVid, do you remember what did Trump do when gas prices did plummet by
> >>>>>>>> 20% in one month from CoVid?
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Why Trump flew to Saudi Arabia and demanded that OPEC cut production so
> >>>>>>>> as to raise oil prices:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> <https://www.reuters.com/article/economy/special-report-trump-told-saudi-cut-oil-supply-or-lose-us-military-support--idUSKBN22C1V3/>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Plus on future oil prices, Trump set the stage for those being higher
> >>>>>>>> too after his term, by expanding bans on domestic exploration drilling,
> >>>>>>>> calling himself a "great environmentalist":
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> <https://www.npr.org/2020/09/26/917309717/as-election-nears-trump-expands-moratorium-on-exploratory-drilling-in-atlantic>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Your claims have been debunked by the facts, and for you to try to blame
> >>>>>>>>>> the messenger instead of yourself for being wrong is pathetically lame.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Whatever. What you call facts is only bullshit put out there to make the
> >>>>>>>>> people happy. I do the shopping. I know what is going on.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> It ain't bullshit to cite historical industry data. Especially data
> >>>>>>>> that's been collected & published weekly for literally decades.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> It ain't bullshit to note that you've cherry-picked from the CoVid price
> >>>>>>>> crash, instead being honest on what prices were 90%+ of the time.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> And it ain't bullshit to note that you've avoided correcting me on what
> >>>>>>>> I said about your statements:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> [quote]
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> "I couls afford to do stuff."
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> which you said that in context to your prior
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> "I was better off when Trump was in office."
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> You're trying to imply that you could afford stuff when Trump was in
> >>>>>>>> office, but now you can't.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> [/quote]
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> You've claimed that gas was 2x more expensive.
> >>>>>>>> That's been proven false.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> You've also claimed food was 2x more expensive.
> >>>>>>>> That's been proven false too.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Got anything else you want to try to falsely blame?
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> -hh
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> You're playing word games again. The fact is prices are higher on
> >>>>>>> everything.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Except that I didn't dispute prices going up: I merely debunked your
> >>>>>> claim that gas & groceries had doubled in less than four years.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> The lies about crime also. Crime is on the rise.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> You're still making an empty claim not supported with substantiation.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I live here idiot. I know what I see.
> >>>>
> >>>> Confirmation bias is a devious thing. Do you have clippings from your
> >>>> hometown newspaper articles for the past ~decade where you've actually
> >>>> kept track of the rates?
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> What is a "handful" of apartment buildings?
> >>
> >> Apartment buildings? What are you smoking?
> >
> > Try to keep up.
> >>
> >>
> >>>> If not, you merely have an opinion.
> >>>
> >>> I live here.
> >>
> >> Doesn't mean that you've actually kept track of what's happening.
> >
> > But I do so deal with it.
>
> Except that the evidence you've provided shows the exact opposite: no
> credible national cost metric has reported that gas has gone up by 2x,
> nor groceries either.
>
>
>
> >>>>>>> I can waste
> >>>>>>> time arguing with you woke freaks. You all parrot each other. Like
> >>>>>>> Kamalla did you just spin around the topics.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Unfortunately for you, I've substantiated what I've said. You only have
> >>>>>> your knee-jerk emotions which are not based in factual reality.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I live here. Try getting out sometime.
> >>>>
> >>>> Was just out yesterday for dinner. Crab cakes!
> >>>> Didn't see a single criminal act. Now what, Batman?
> >>>>
> >>> Damn you're dumb. Do you think your little bubble is the whole country?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> I've already cite National statistics, whereas you've tried to claim
> >> that you know better than that because of your little microcosm.
> >
> > I don't trust any of that shit.
>
> How do you even trust your local grocery store to be truthful in
> pricing? After all, they could be jacking up prices on your community
> to increase their own profits above inflation .. or even just targeting
> higher prices at a few customers they don't particularly like (eg.
> you!): you don't have access to their accounting books, so on what
> basis do you have to blindly trust them?
>
>
> >>
> >> I've got my microcosm too, but I also know to look beyond that for
> >> trends: why aren't you able to?
> >
> > I know the truth. That works for me.
>
>
> No, what you have is nothing more than a case of confirmation bias.
>
> Its similar to have you have a case of recency bias when it comes to
> your inadequately done retirement budget (lack of financial) plan.
>
>
> -hh

Cherry picking is what the crying libtards are doing. You're failing
just like Harris is.