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I Can't Complain About My Oil Bill

The U.S. economy is in a period of boom flation, which means prices are going up and there's less growth at the same time as inflation. Neil: Is this the point where i can complain about my oil bill? You can totally complain about your oil bill as it high. It's double what it was last year. The employment rate is still below pre pandemic levels. But if more people are ar getting jobs, if more e are employed, then you actually do have some mechanism to sustain higher prices.

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