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   -=> Aaron Thomas wrote to Mike Powell <=-   
      
    AT> The prices posted on the windshields of the cars are shocking. In 2015   
    AT> I bought a 2008 Jeep Patriot with about 45k miles for $11k. There's no   
    AT> deal like that around now.   
      
   No, but the main reason is that people don't want to buy a new car (yet).  So   
   they are hanging on to their old ones, which means lower supply in the used car   
   market, which means higher prices.   
      
   And, of course, new car prices are up, but that's mainly because of all the   
   regulation that the feds and states put on them.   
      
    AT> I've been complaining about unprecented electric bills since last   
    AT> summer, and the worst ones started in about November, and they still   
    AT> are out of wack.   
      
   I'm getting concerned about that too.  Consumers Power is asking for yet   
   another rate increase (the first one hasn't been approved yet) and our   
   Whit-less Tyrant is pushing for more unreliable power sources.   
      
   She still can't explain how leveling 1000 acres of virgin forest to put up a   
   solar farm (in Michigan!) will "help the planet".  We can see how it helps her   
   cronies, but that's about it.   
      
    AT> I think Trump expects the tariffs to make prices come down, but it's   
    AT> not an overnight process. I expect major improvements by the end of his   
    AT> term.   
      
   It's already improved for me.  Prices are down to where they were before   
   Bidenomics.  And it will go lower as the drilling continues (supply up = price   
   down).  Hopefully Trump will do something about oil refinery regulations too.   
      
      
   ... If you can't make it good, make it expensive.   
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