ohmygosh

[Bill Coleman AA4LR]

On 2/2/00 2:36 AM, Skip at gosmund at bellsouth.net wrote:

>Someone needs to tell Alan Greenspan that to keep inflation in check,
>he need not bother with raising interest rates, just have the government
>shut down E-Bay.

One does not raise interest rates to reduce inflation. Raising interest
rates makes money more precious, which tends to INCREASE inflation.

As for eBay, no one sits at a browser with a gun to their head to bid on
anything.

Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at radio.org
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