Re: no longer OT - Vaughn Potter and the Burning Ring of Fire

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> Anyhow, this brings up an interesting question that I hope a few of
> you will take the time to consider. How would you say that your cost of
> doing business compares to inflation over the last few years? Building
> expenses? Labor? Insurance? Materials? Lab? Equipment?
>

Cost of operating the office has gone up a lot faster than inflation.

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"Vaughn" <vaughnsimonHATESSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "W_B" <no_one@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Looks like the latest economic data is favorable.
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>> New house sales up 13%, best in 12 years.
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>> GDP up 4.3% in the third quarter
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>> (inflation up 3.4% due to energy spike from Katrina and Rita)
>> Gasoline prices now back down.
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> Energy prices have been out of control for several years now.
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> Anyhow, this brings up an interesting question that I hope a few of
> you will take the time to consider. How would you say that your cost of
> doing business compares to inflation over the last few years? Building
> expenses? Labor? Insurance? Materials? Lab? Equipment?
>
> Wait! Suddenly this thread is smack dab on-topic.
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>> Income up 0.4% in Oct
>> Spending up 0.2% in Oct.
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>> Plenty of good economic news out there, am sure it's not
>> all rosy but the economy is not going down in a burning ring of fire.
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> I think of it as a flaming toilet. ;-) Seriously, there is no way we
> can continue this deficit without permanant harm.
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> Cute Title WB!
> Vaughn
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