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Re: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 24 Aug 1999 17:04:42 GMT
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On Mon, 23 Aug 1999 14:51:45 GMT, Steve Bliss uttered the following
profundities...
> Right now, gas prices are sucking in MI--they're hanging around $1.25/gal
> for 87 octane (that's 'bout 0.33USD/liter for the cheap stuff, if anyone
> cares).
<rant at no one in particular>
Oh how criminal. The shame of it. Oh how you yanks are ripped-off in so
many ways. Stop your pathetic whining over what are pathetically cheap
goods and rejoice in the good things that you have and give the rest
of us a break!
It is really shocking how Americans do nothing but complain about their
ridiculously cheap prices, not realising that:
1.the rest of the world pays twice, if not more, than you do.
2.the rest of the world pays twice, if not more, than you do, probably
to subsidise the ridiculously cheap prices that you complain
about being too expensive.
</rant at no one in particular>
As it is well known, I usually post to provoke, not necessarily
having the relevant info to back it up.
However.......
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Message has 4 Replies:
 | | Re: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep
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| (...) I seriously doubt you're subsidizing our gas prices. What you're doing is paying a boatload of taxes to pay for all the silly social programs you enjoy. (...) Yup. (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep
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| (...) Richard is right. We do whine a lot...... BUT Americans do make sure their elected representatives HEAR them (whining). When USA taxes are raised, the usual result is someone in government gets booted out of office. Lower taxes are the norm. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep
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| (...) hehe I must admit I started this whole gas price thing, but what was snipped in the process was how expensive European gas is. I am glad that I don't have to pay taxes on petroleum products like Europe does cuz that would deflate my Lego (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep
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| Richard Dee <richard.dee@virgin.net> wrote in message news:MPG.122bb3a6c8e...net.com... (...) $1.25/gal (...) Yanks? Dems fightin' words. Yankees live up north above Kentucky and Virginia, Southerners live down south. And Westerners live on the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep
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| (...) It's nothing to do with ripping people off, it's the overall local prices. IIRC The Bay Area has the *highest* cost of living in the entire 48 contiguous states. Right now, gas prices are sucking in MI--they're hanging around $1.25/gal for 87 (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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