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Wow squatch, you get pretty hostile as you sidestep and avoid what people say (such as when you sidestep the issue and ask me the "last time" I bought something with gold). Since you ignored pretty much everything I said, there's not much for me to respond to, however I'll say that I specifically and clearly mentioned how the government numbers are manipulated and you chose to COMPLETELY ignore that issue.
So go ahead and believe what you want to believe. Just keep repeating to yourself that a whole range of foods going up dramatically, and gas tripling in price and gold tripling in price means inflation is low because government says so
First off, I apologize if I appear to be "hostile". I do get a little irritated when someone talks about "high inflation", and offers nothing but opinion to back it up. You are entitled to your opinion, however I am simply trying to show that inflation is just not a problem at this point, and you have not proven that it is.
I'll say that I specifically and clearly mentioned how the government numbers are manipulated
Yes, you did "mention it". You offered no proof to back up that statement, so I'll just say that it is your opinion, nothing more.
You stated that inflation is a problem. It has not been, for a number of years, and I asked you for figures/stats to back up your statement. None provided. I will provide some historical inflation numbers for you to
prove wrong, if you can:
2007 2.85%
2006 3.24%
2005 3.39%
2004 2.68%
2003 2.27%
2002 1.59%
2001 2.83%
2000 3.38%
1999 2.19%
1998 1.55%
1997 2.34%
As these numbers show, inflation has not been a "problem" for over 10 years.
You stated that gold is "real money". As far as I know,
gold bullion is not legal tender in the United States, so I asked you when you last used GOLD to purchase something. You did not respond. Would that be "sidestepping" ?
In order to argue that inflation is a "problem", you need to offer some proof, not just opinion. I offered what I consider proof to bolster my side of the argument. You are free to sidestep, if you like.