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<p class="MsoNormal">While OT for this list, this may be interesting:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/johntharvey/2021/05/12/four-reasons-to-stop-panicking-over-inflation/?sh=5ff0d13b3a97">https://www.forbes.com/sites/johntharvey/2021/05/12/four-reasons-to-stop-panicking-over-inflation/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Michael Graves<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">c: (713) 201-1262<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> VoiceOps <voiceops-bounces@voiceops.org> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Alex Balashov<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 10, 2021 11:25 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> VoiceOps <voiceops@voiceops.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [VoiceOps] USF is 33.4% for 2Q2021<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">I’m not sure there’s a clear path of reasoning from “stimulus-driven price inflation” to “increased regulatory taxes”.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sent from mobile, with due apologies for brevity and errors.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">On Jun 10, 2021, at 11:31 AM, Kili Land <<a href="mailto:Kili.Land@gtt.net">Kili.Land@gtt.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Everything is > this year. Pretty much can expect it to keep climbing.
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<p class="MsoNormal">You can’t print more money in one year than in the entire history of your country and not have an economic impact.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It’s not going back down. That’s a given.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">~K<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> VoiceOps <<a href="mailto:voiceops-bounces@voiceops.org">voiceops-bounces@voiceops.org</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Mike Hammett<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 10, 2021 10:24 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Peter Beckman <<a href="mailto:beckman@angryox.com">beckman@angryox.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> VoiceOps <<a href="mailto:voiceops@voiceops.org">voiceops@voiceops.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [VoiceOps] USF is 33.4% for 2Q2021<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">"Peter Beckman" <<a href="mailto:beckman@angryox.com">beckman@angryox.com</a>><br>
<b>To: </b>"VoiceOps" <<a href="mailto:voiceops@voiceops.org">voiceops@voiceops.org</a>><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, June 9, 2021 11:15:16 PM<br>
<b>Subject: </b>[VoiceOps] USF is 33.4% for 2Q2021<br>
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Um. Wow. This is crazy. Why is it 33.4%???<br>
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2 years ago it was 18.8%. This is DOUBLE!<br>
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Will it stop increasing? Go back down? Are we doomed?<br>
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