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Total of 34,310 votes - click on the "Display Comments" bar below to sort comments

39.5%
I am worried it will hurt the economy more.
13,553 votes
45.8%
I am happy to see prices go down. It seems like a good thing.
15,711 votes
14.7%
I don't understand why this is a problem.
5,046 votes
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I am happy to see prices go down. It seems like a good thing.

While some prices may fall temporarily as demand slackens, prices will pick up again when demand picks up. Long term price trend is up.

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  • 4 votes
#1
 - Tom-433510
 - 1:27 pm EST on Thu Nov 20, 2008
I am happy to see prices go down. It seems like a good thing.

I believe this will help to stimulate our economy. Car companies should do the same. Some profit as opposed to none!

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  • 7 votes
#2
 - d2miller
 - 1:30 pm EST on Thu Nov 20, 2008
I am happy to see prices go down. It seems like a good thing.

For the time being, it's good for working people. But this is a complicated issue, and deserves more than just a multiple choice question.

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  • 8 votes
#3
 - BrettR4763
 - 1:34 pm EST on Thu Nov 20, 2008
I am happy to see prices go down. It seems like a good thing.

For selfish reasons, I am happy to see prices go down. I am retired, living on a fixed income and watching my investments dwindle to nothin

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  • 2 votes
#4
 - Linda C
 - 2:04 pm EST on Thu Nov 20, 2008
I am worried it will hurt the economy more.

WAGES WILL EVENTUALLY FOLLOW PRICES IN A DOWNWARD SPIRAL....THE COST OF MONEY WILL RAPIDLY RISE LEAVING THE MIDDLE CLASS IN A BIND.

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    #5
     - TOM TYSKIEWICZ-732301
     - 2:11 pm EST on Thu Nov 20, 2008
    I am happy to see prices go down. It seems like a good thing.

    Especially Gas!! Though it won't last.

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    • 4 votes
    #6
     - SDGemini
     - 2:23 pm EST on Thu Nov 20, 2008
    I don't understand why this is a problem.

    The East Coast probably has problems, but as for westerners-we're already hurting-costs more for less, jobs gone, layoffs here, food cost u

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    • 2 votes
    #7
     - Kay P Tempe AZ
     - 2:26 pm EST on Thu Nov 20, 2008
    I don't understand why this is a problem.

    We are giving billions to crooks. No one will have any money to put into the banks or buy a car. We need groceries and clothes for our kids

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    • 6 votes
    #8
     - Moskie
     - 2:29 pm EST on Thu Nov 20, 2008
    I am worried it will hurt the economy more.

    Deflation = Depresssion; It's not geometry,it's basic math.

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    • 1 vote
    #9
     - Magic-736408
     - 2:31 pm EST on Thu Nov 20, 2008
    I am happy to see prices go down. It seems like a good thing.

    Short term, deflation will restore a balance between purchasing power and wages. Long term, yikes!

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    • 5 votes
    #10
     - Patriot Tom
     - 2:31 pm EST on Thu Nov 20, 2008
    I don't understand why this is a problem.

    enoiugh said

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      #11
       - PastorJR
       - 2:48 pm EST on Thu Nov 20, 2008
      I am worried it will hurt the economy more.

      If it negatively affects howe well people can buy and sell things, it will be a problem. There needs to be more of an explanation of it to

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      • 2 votes
      #12
       - S.B. Stein
       - 2:56 pm EST on Thu Nov 20, 2008
      I am worried it will hurt the economy more.

      If Congress wants consumers to spend, work on job creation. Jobless claims do not not count those who are ineligible for unemployment.

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      • 4 votes
      #13
       - Dugger
       - 3:10 pm EST on Thu Nov 20, 2008
      I am happy to see prices go down. It seems like a good thing.

      This is what the economy needs the consumer needs it... its time for prices to drop... but Oil will go up and drive up prices again

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      • 2 votes
      #14
       - David-315566
       - 3:14 pm EST on Thu Nov 20, 2008
      I am worried it will hurt the economy more.

      The GOP needs to get its head out of its collective ass

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        #15
         - Doc-416139
         - 3:14 pm EST on Thu Nov 20, 2008
        I am happy to see prices go down. It seems like a good thing.

        A recovery that follows deflation would at least mean that people's savings aren't wiped out.

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          #16
           - Phil Johnson
           - 3:24 pm EST on Thu Nov 20, 2008
          I am happy to see prices go down. It seems like a good thing.

          The oil should stay down. The big oil has made all the
          money now, so it is time we get some money off.

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          • 3 votes
          #17
           - Condie
           - 3:27 pm EST on Thu Nov 20, 2008
          I am worried it will hurt the economy more.

          Most Americans are in debt and they will pay those debts off with dollars that are worth more than the dollars they borrowed.

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          • 3 votes
          #18
           - LeeisOK
           - 3:28 pm EST on Thu Nov 20, 2008
          I am happy to see prices go down. It seems like a good thing.

          To bad it doesn't happen just out West. My house on the West Coast is 3 times the same house/neighborhood etc back East.

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            #19
             - Bob McQ
             - 3:29 pm EST on Thu Nov 20, 2008
            I am worried it will hurt the economy more.

            If we're on a deflationary course, here comes the next once every hundred years experience . . . another Great Depression?

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            • 1 vote
            #20
             - lorainel
             - 3:30 pm EST on Thu Nov 20, 2008
            I am worried it will hurt the economy more.

            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9sDBiu56k0

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              #21
               - Myname-308348
               - 3:40 pm EST on Thu Nov 20, 2008
              I am happy to see prices go down. It seems like a good thing.

              This is the press making a story out of a mole hill. As unemployment goes up deflation happens. Once jobs are restored problem solved.

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              • 6 votes
              #22
               - You have it all wrong
               - 3:48 pm EST on Thu Nov 20, 2008
              I am happy to see prices go down. It seems like a good thing.

              as one of the main st crowd, gas,groceries, (that all we can buy) can only help us, dont know about the economy.

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              • 2 votes
              #23
               - marty holloman
               - 3:55 pm EST on Thu Nov 20, 2008
              I am happy to see prices go down. It seems like a good thing.

              Deflation is necessary to drive the market, housing, and consumer spending back to sustainable levels. After that, who knows what is next?

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              • 9 votes
              #24
               - smrtcookie04
               - 4:12 pm EST on Thu Nov 20, 2008
              I don't understand why this is a problem.

              Defelation? Where? Aside from the price of gas and pricing of new homes (which no one can get a loan for) everything else in AZ is going u

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              • 3 votes
              #25
               - ahnkra
               - 4:16 pm EST on Thu Nov 20, 2008