It's called price inflation (which, BTW, is not the same as money supply infaltion, but that is a thread we probably don't want to start).
The Byzantine Empire had NO inflation for about 800 years. Can you imagine a pair of shoes costing the same today as they did in the year 1200? Inflation is not inevitable, it is created. Christopher --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've noticed that as the price of gas goes up so do > my wages. 20 years ago > when I made $15.00 an hour gas was a buck and > change. Now that I make $30 > something an hour, gas is two bucks and change. If > gas prices returned to "normal", > would I have to take a cut in wages? When I started > driving gas was 29 cents > per gallon. I wouldn't want to work for those wages > again. > > Ken > > > In a message dated 7/7/2005 5:07:58 PM Pacific > Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > From: "Kaleb C. Striplin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] price of diesel...interesting > theory... > To: Mercedes mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; > format=flowed > > yes, once something goes up, its VERY hard to get > the price down > because they know people will pay it, take gas for > example, I doubt we > ever see it go below 2 a gallon again, much less > back to normal at > around 1.29 > > _______________________________________ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For new parts see www.buymbparts.com > For repairs see www.oldworldauto.com > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > Christopher McCann, Raytown, Missouri -1985 300SD, 207K miles, "Wulf" http://don.homelinux.net/mbz/Chris -1976 240D, ManyK miles, "AKP-Wagen" (Alternativen Kraftstoffs Prüfenlastwagen = Alternative Fuel Test Vehicle) -1998 Toyota Sienna CE, 99K miles, "The Van" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
