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jxnmsdemguy65 Donating Member (481 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 12:53 PM
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Does anyone else see a link between the increase in gas prices and the new Rethug Congress?
Seems like it happens every time... get a Rethug dominated government, get a spike in gas prices. The oil companies know they have a free reign when Rethugs come into government.

Even the most economically unsophisticated people (such as myself) realize this...
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SDuderstadt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 01:03 PM
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1. Post hoc, ergo propter hoc...n/t
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geckosfeet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 01:13 PM
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2. Correlation is not causation but it sure is a hint.
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socialist_n_TN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 02:12 PM
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3. Also interest rates on mortgages.............
have risen .5% (or more) since the election. And food prices are going up. Probably also tied to the fuel price increases at least partially.

Food and fuel are the two things that hit the middle and working class hardest taking a bigger percentage of the budget.
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Statistical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 02:20 PM
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4. I think you are just seeing "patterns" you want to see.
When democrats took control of Congress in 2006 oil was ~$60 per barrel. Over next two years it climbed to $147 per barrel.

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