Re: Gas prices and Bush's approval rating
Lower gas prices = higher disposable income = higher "happiness" factor -- just as good as adding an arena.
It's important in that US elections are, traditionally, dominated by domestic concerns far more than by international affairs.
Causal, of course not, Presidents influence economics years from now, not current stuff -- but they get the credit or blame and that IS causal for votes.
Last edited by Seamus Fermanagh; 09-20-2006 at 13:37.
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Re: Gas prices and Bush's approval rating
I have some idiot family members who seem to think that gas prices are only dropping because an election is coming. Thank you mass media for your conspiracy theories and BS suggestive analysis.
I like John Stewart Question mark skit.
"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." -Einstein
Originally Posted by Pannonian
Re: Gas prices and Bush's approval rating
It sells, DA. Just like O'Reilly's "They're gouging you" sells. It's a heck of a lot simpler than explaining futures trading as it interacts with supply, demand, and distribution. Remember, they won't read such boring stuff and the TV newsies have only 180 seconds to devote to it.
"The only way that has ever been discovered to have a lot of people cooperate together voluntarily is through the free market. And that's why it's so essential to preserving individual freedom.” -- Milton Friedman
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule." -- H. L. Mencken
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