Could NOT believe it
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03-07-2008 | 09:24 AM
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#15
03-07-2008 | 09:44 AM
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RE: Could NOT believe it
ORIGINAL: TN_Lowrider
I seem to remember getting "cost of living" raises back in the day. Whatever happened to those?
I seem to remember getting "cost of living" raises back in the day. Whatever happened to those?
Hell, I'm trying to convert from contract to a perm position where I'm working right now, and the job rec that had previously been approved got yanked because someone higher up figured out they'd have to tighten their belt a little more than they wanted.
/shrug
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03-07-2008 | 09:51 AM
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03-07-2008 | 10:35 AM
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RE: Could NOT believe it
ORIGINAL: sweet07
I read an interesting article some time back shortly after the war in Iraq started i believe. Gas at the end of WWII, factoring inflation was $2.22/gallon. When I read the article, gas was about that much. I think in the next few years we are gonna see some MAJOR changes in fuel. Don't know what it will be but I can't see us taking much more of this.
I read an interesting article some time back shortly after the war in Iraq started i believe. Gas at the end of WWII, factoring inflation was $2.22/gallon. When I read the article, gas was about that much. I think in the next few years we are gonna see some MAJOR changes in fuel. Don't know what it will be but I can't see us taking much more of this.
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03-07-2008 | 12:05 PM
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RE: Could NOT believe it
It is not just the fuel that has gone up, any thing that requires the use of fuel has also increased. The price of wheat (also partly attributed to a bad year) is now better than $11.00 per bushel, which is an incredible increase in price. The U.S. was and still is the world’s largest user of petroleum but because of Chinas meteoric economic rise, and to a slightly lesser degree India, the competition and bidding price for petroleum has increased. The exchange rate on the dollar, which is also on the slide, is not helping at all. World wide demand for petroleum will continue to drive the price higher and with that the cost of all other goods. We may not like it but were going to have to learn to live with it.
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