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Sure he does. Damaging the standing of the US in the world, destroying the value of the US dollar and driving the US economy into the ground is all
part of the plan.
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On Mon, 21 Jul 2025 08:21:08 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

Sure he does. Damaging the standing of the US in the world, destroying the >value of the US dollar and driving the US economy into the ground is all >part of the plan.

Prices always drop during a depression.
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On Mon, 21 Jul 2025 22:18:37 -0400, Governor Swill wrote:

On Mon, 21 Jul 2025 08:21:08 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

Sure he does. Damaging the standing of the US in the world, destroying the >>value of the US dollar and driving the US economy into the ground is all >>part of the plan.

Prices always drop during a depression.

Unless something called rCLstagflationrCY happens ...
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On Mon, 21 Jul 2025 08:21:08 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

Sure he does. Damaging the standing of the US in the world, destroying the >>value of the US dollar and driving the US economy into the ground is all >>part of the plan.

Prices always drop during a depression.

So does income.
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On Mon, 21 Jul 2025 08:21:08 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

Sure he does. Damaging the standing of the US in the world, destroying the >>> value of the US dollar and driving the US economy into the ground is all >>> part of the plan.

Prices always drop during a depression.

So does income.

We will not pay as much tariffs.
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On Tue, 22 Jul 2025 06:42:13 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Mon, 21 Jul 2025 22:18:37 -0400, Governor Swill wrote:

On Mon, 21 Jul 2025 08:21:08 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

Sure he does. Damaging the standing of the US in the world, destroying the >>>value of the US dollar and driving the US economy into the ground is all >>>part of the plan.

Prices always drop during a depression.

Unless something called ostagflationo happens ...

Then it's not "depression" is it?

Recession - GDP contracts
Depression - recession plus deflation
Stagflation - recession plus inflation
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On Tue, 22 Jul 2025 13:20:36 -0400, Governor Swill wrote:

Depression - recession plus deflation

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_depression>, rCLDefinitionsrCY:

Generally, periods labeled depressions are marked by a substantial
and sustained shortfall of the ability to purchase goods relative
to the amount that could be produced using current resources and
technology (potential output).[3] Another proposed definition of
depression includes two general rules:[4][5]

1. a decline in real GDP exceeding 10%, or
2. a recession lasting 2 or more years.

Further above from that:

Other signs of depression are prices deflation, financial crises,
stock market crash or even bank failures, or even specific
behaviour of economic agents or population, that are also common
or also non common elements of a depression that do not normally
occur during a recession.
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On Tue, 22 Jul 2025 22:36:06 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Tue, 22 Jul 2025 13:20:36 -0400, Governor Swill wrote:

Depression - recession plus deflation

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_depression>, oDefinitionso:

Generally, periods labeled depressions are marked by a substantial
and sustained shortfall of the ability to purchase goods relative
to the amount that could be produced using current resources and
technology (potential output).[3] Another proposed definition of
depression includes two general rules:[4][5]

1. a decline in real GDP exceeding 10%, or
2. a recession lasting 2 or more years.

Further above from that:

Other signs of depression are prices deflation, financial crises,
stock market crash or even bank failures, or even specific
behaviour of economic agents or population, that are also common
or also non common elements of a depression that do not normally
occur during a recession.

Thanks for the details. Since the subject was Trump's claim to
lowering prices, a depression would certainly do that and for that
purpose, the simple definiction of recession accompanied by deflation
will suffice.
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On Tue, 22 Jul 2025 20:14:01 -0400, Governor Swill wrote:

Since the subject was Trump's claim to lowering prices, a depression
would certainly do that and for that purpose, the simple definiction
of recession accompanied by deflation will suffice.

Unless, like I said, he creates a rCLstagflationrCY situation instead.

His tariffs could contribute to that.
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On Wed, 23 Jul 2025 00:55:09 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Tue, 22 Jul 2025 20:14:01 -0400, Governor Swill wrote:

Since the subject was Trump's claim to lowering prices, a depression
would certainly do that and for that purpose, the simple definiction
of recession accompanied by deflation will suffice.

Unless, like I said, he creates a ostagflationo situation instead.

His tariffs could contribute to that.

Yes, but stagflation is not lowering prices.
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On Wed, 23 Jul 2025 22:11:31 -0400, Governor Swill wrote:

On Wed, 23 Jul 2025 00:55:09 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Tue, 22 Jul 2025 20:14:01 -0400, Governor Swill wrote:

Since the subject was Trump's claim to lowering prices, a depression
would certainly do that and for that purpose, the simple definiction
of recession accompanied by deflation will suffice.

Unless, like I said, he creates a rCLstagflationrCY situation instead.

His tariffs could contribute to that.

Yes, but stagflation is not lowering prices.

Precisely my point.
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On Thu, 24 Jul 2025 05:36:54 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Wed, 23 Jul 2025 22:11:31 -0400, Governor Swill wrote:

On Wed, 23 Jul 2025 00:55:09 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Tue, 22 Jul 2025 20:14:01 -0400, Governor Swill wrote:

Since the subject was Trump's claim to lowering prices, a depression
would certainly do that and for that purpose, the simple definiction
of recession accompanied by deflation will suffice.

Unless, like I said, he creates a ostagflationo situation instead.

His tariffs could contribute to that.

Yes, but stagflation is not lowering prices.

Precisely my point.

So, the choices are two.

1) he lowers prices by engineering a depression
2) he fails to lower prices by engineering inflation - stag or
otherwise.
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On 7/24/2025 8:25 AM, Governor Swill wrote:

On Thu, 24 Jul 2025 05:36:54 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Wed, 23 Jul 2025 22:11:31 -0400, Governor Swill wrote:

On Wed, 23 Jul 2025 00:55:09 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Tue, 22 Jul 2025 20:14:01 -0400, Governor Swill wrote:

Since the subject was Trump's claim to lowering prices, a depression >>>>> would certainly do that and for that purpose, the simple definiction >>>>> of recession accompanied by deflation will suffice.

Unless, like I said, he creates a rCLstagflationrCY situation instead. >>>>
His tariffs could contribute to that.

Yes, but stagflation is not lowering prices.

Precisely my point.

So, the choices are two.

1) he lowers prices by engineering a depression
2) he fails to lower prices by engineering inflation - stag or
otherwise.

Trump has no intention of lowering any prices.
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On Thu, 24 Jul 2025 11:25:33 -0400, Governor Swill wrote:

So, the choices are two.

1) [Trump] lowers prices by engineering a depression
2) he fails to lower prices by engineering inflation - stag or
otherwise.

Those are possibilities for what might happen, not choices that the US President is smart enough to make.
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On Thu, 24 Jul 2025 21:18:51 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Thu, 24 Jul 2025 11:25:33 -0400, Governor Swill wrote:

So, the choices are two.

1) [Trump] lowers prices by engineering a depression
2) he fails to lower prices by engineering inflation - stag or
otherwise.

Those are possibilities for what might happen, not choices that the US >President is smart enough to make.

Point taken.
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