On 13 Aug 04  15:06:51, Ward Dossche got back to Sharon Coyne 
-> Re: A Day in a parents life

 WD> than overthere. Let's say a pair of Levis ... pay here 45Euro or so
 WD> ... times 1.22 is $54.90. A loaf of bread costs E1.70 here, so you pay
 WD> $2.07 etc... 

I can get a loaf of bread for $0.79!   

 WD> does not affect you as an individual as long as you can buy American
 WD> stuff, produced in America with local raw materials. The moment you
 WD> need to shop abroad you see the price-hike. 

It depends a bit about what you are buying and who has already 
added their profit margin ahead of time.  

 WD> Do not believe the politicians saying that your economy is healthy. Go
 WD> travel to Europe and find-out the hard way. 

But our gas is under $2.00 per gallon...  

IOW, it's not easy to make a 1:1 comparison.  What does show up 
are those instances similar to what I noted above.  Never mind that 
over 40 million people in this country do not have health insurance.  


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