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PaulS on October 22, 2008 - 11:01am

...or do I sit and wait for people to get hungry enough to allow me a profit on the work I have already done?

<sarcanol> Don't worry about evil, wicked profit. If food keeps going up, there will be price controls after the election. People prefer shortages to earning and paying for what they consume. </sarcanol>

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unrepentantcowboy on October 22, 2008 - 2:51pm

Well then, shortages they'll get.

Like I said, suicidal behavior.

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