soc.veterans

Lamont Cranston wrote:
> John Q. Public wrote:
>
>> In message news:c6fb1576-c3f1-4fa6-a984-
>> 414cf3dcca21@s50g2000hsb.googlegroups.com, is alleged to have said:
>>
>>
>>> On Mar 17, 7:40 am, "John Q. Public" wrote:
>>>
>>>> In message news:c38e3bc7-0ada-45f5-9afb-
>>>> f8e518fec...@d45g2000hsc.googlegroups.com, is alleged to have said:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Things are very bad when folks are using their credit cards to buy
>>>>> groceries. There is a very big increase in people using their credit
>>>>> cards to pay utility bills also.
>>>> I pay my CC off every month. I want the rewards points.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Orange juice, eggs, milk, and almost every food item a person buys has
>>>>> doubled in price in one year.
>>>> Thanks to fraudulent Fed "money" and ethanol subsidies.
>>> Bullshit!
>>
>> Wow. Can't argue with logic like that.
>
> Wow. Can't argue with anything taken out of context.
>
>>
>>> The biggest reason for food price increases is because investors are
>>> leaving the stock and bond markets in droves and are becoming
>>> commodity speculators.
>>
>> And why are they doing that? Because commodities are hard assets which
>
> Commodities are "hard assets"?

They are a lot harder than the paper money backed by the good faith and
credit of the US government.

>
> ROTFL!!!
>
>> maintain some level of value even as "Helicopter Ben" dumps trillions in
>> worthless greenbacks into the financial markets.


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