From: pianoforte109@yahoo.com   
      
   On 8/15/23 11:21 PM, Art Sackman wrote:   
   > On Tuesday, August 15, 2023 at 8:33:46 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:   
   >> On 8/14/23 6:32 PM, ScottW wrote:   
   >>> On Monday, August 14, 2023 at 10:30:14 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:   
   >>>> On 8/14/23 11:12 AM, ScottW wrote:   
   >>>>> On Monday, August 14, 2023 at 8:56:37 AM UTC-7, mINE109   
   >>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>> On 8/14/23 10:36 AM, ScottW wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>>> Let me quote Joe...   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> "Well, we’ve put ourselves in a position where we passed   
   >>>>>>> the most comprehensive environmental piece of — it’s   
   >>>>>>> called the “Inflation Reduction Act.” It’s within that.   
   >>>>>>> It has nothing to do with inflation; it has to do with   
   >>>>>>> the (inaudible) $4- — $600 — excuse me, $368 billion, the   
   >>>>>>> single-largest investment in climate change anywhere in   
   >>>>>>> the world — anywh- — no one has ever, ever spent that."   
   >>>>>> Yes, that's an example of "so much more" as I paraphrased   
   >>>>>> it.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> LoL...Joe says "nothing".....Stephen hears whatever he wants   
   >>>>> to hear.   
   >>>> A thing that has nothing to do with inflation is also something   
   >>>> more.   
   >>>   
   >>> You might have a point if they left out "reduction".   
   >> Inflation went down. That's a "reduction."   
   >   
   > Inflation means that prices go UP, not down. A reduction would be   
   > when prices go down   
      
   Prices going down is called deflation.   
      
   > A decreased inflation rate is still PRICES GOING UP.   
      
   A decrease of inflation is the inflation rate going down. You'll notice   
   I didn't say prices went down, although some have.   
      
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