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Cut-Throat said:Either due to actual deflation or buying habits....
mathjak107 said:only thing i can think of that went down for us is geico reduced our auto insurance because ive been a good boy......except for an ocassional sale on grapes i cant think of anything else......yep thats it.....
Sheryl said:Now that I stop to consider it, this living in sin thing is is pretty economical!
2B said:My grandfather used to say the wages of sin were pretty good. He would know. He was a jazz musician... ... I met some very interesting people -- everyone loves a kid. I got to drink bourbon and scotch before I was 10. I learned to dance from pros. The sad part is I can watch "Singing in the Rain" and realize how much better Donald O'Conner was than I could ever have been. He was the real star from my perspective.
mathjak107 said:getting rid of goods and services or subbing cheaper things or processes dosnt count as "negative inflation" getting dsl cheaper is negative inflation,using less gas or not eating out is not,its just a change in your cost of living
changing a lifestyle is a personal decision,,it may happen for many reasons just not a rise in prices...substituting items may or may not be because of prices.... inflation is only a change in the value of your dollar and what it buys...in the 1800's an ounce of gold bought a mans suit..today an ounce of gold buys a mans suit...prices really havent changed..its our purchasing power in an inflationary climate that changes... the mere fact that you changed your lifestyle has brought your cost of living down but it hasnt effected the prices of the things you were buying and switched away from.they are still the same or higherlazygood4nothinbum said:i'm still a novice at this so maybe someone can help me understand.
if the cost of living goes up and forces me to change my lifestyle, that is inflationary, but if i change my lifestyle so that the cost of living goes down, that is not deflationary?