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   RR>> Hey!  I'm still waiting for the cost of my groceries to go down, and my   
   $50   
     >> DOGE refund...  I could care duck all about a golden phone!   
      
   MP>Indeed. Around here, fuel prices are finally on the way down.  Getting   
     >close to where they were before COVID.  That was supposedly what was   
     >keeping food, and other merchandise, prices up.  However, IIRC, fuel   
     >prices were the reason before the tariffs started so who knows?  :(   
      
   When you think about it, you could double fuel costs and the cost   
   increase on your can of beans would go up by half a cent, if that.   
   But the stores all take advantage of the 'bad news' and use it to   
   inflate prices to ridiculous levels, often up by 50% or more, with   
   less chance of people complaining because they have heard the bad   
   news and blame it on someone else..   
      
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