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Mon, 25 April 2005 20:34

msgtpain
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That's way to broad of an analogy to be applied across the board. It's true that any item which has an R&D price associated will typically have a downward curved lifecycle, especially if there is a copyright or patent involved. However, the majority of the products consumers buy do not fall under this roof. The clothes you buy, the food you eat, the vacations you take, electronics, small appliances etc are all priced by supply and demand. If there is no decline in demand, and no shortage of supply, there will be no logical reason for the producers to reduce the price, unless forced to do so by the G Man, and is this really want we want? Uncle Sam price capping our markets? How many times over the last year has the price of a barrel of oil gone down, but the price at the pump remained the same or increased? Only once in my lifetime that I can remember (1999) has the price of a gallon of gasoline gone down below the pre shortage price; do you believe you'll see $1.68/gallon gas again, even if the cost of a barrel returns to $28? only time will tell.

Consumers will only see price breaks if the largest of the corporations pass on the tax relief in the prices of their products and the smaller competitors are forced to follow. Custom products, niche markets and trends will always go for whatever the market can bear.

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		Scrap the income tax! By: Hydra on Wed, 25 August 2004 16:33
		Scrap the income tax! By: Crimson on Wed, 25 August 2004 16:46
		Scrap the income tax! By: SuperFlyingEngi on Wed, 25 August 2004 17:04
		Scrap the income tax! By: Hydra on Wed, 25 August 2004 17:28
		Scrap the income tax! By: SuperFlyingEngi on Wed, 25 August 2004 17:36
		Scrap the income tax! By: Hydra on Wed, 25 August 2004 17:45
		Scrap the income tax! By: SuperFlyingEngi on Wed, 25 August 2004 17:47
		Scrap the income tax! By: Hydra on Wed, 25 August 2004 17:58
		Scrap the income tax! By: SuperFlyingEngi on Wed, 25 August 2004 18:04
		Scrap the income tax! By: NukeIt15 on Wed, 25 August 2004 18:53
		Scrap the income tax! By: Hydra on Wed, 25 August 2004 19:35
		Scrap the income tax! By: NHJ BV on Thu, 26 August 2004 03:26
		Scrap the income tax! By: ViperFUD on Thu, 26 August 2004 04:51
		Scrap the income tax! By: Hydra on Sat, 16 April 2005 20:31
		Scrap the income tax! By: Jecht on Sat, 16 April 2005 21:02
		Scrap the income tax! By: msgtpain on Sat, 16 April 2005 21:09
		Scrap the income tax! By: Hydra on Sat, 16 April 2005 21:17
		Scrap the income tax! By: IRON FART on Sat, 16 April 2005 23:01
		Scrap the income tax! By: Doitle on Sat, 16 April 2005 23:01
		Scrap the income tax! By: cheesesoda on Sat, 16 April 2005 23:12
		Scrap the income tax! By: Jecht on Sun, 17 April 2005 09:48
		Scrap the income tax! By: Crimson on Sun, 17 April 2005 14:53
		Scrap the income tax! By: IRON FART on Sun, 17 April 2005 15:31
		Scrap the income tax! By: msgtpain on Sun, 17 April 2005 15:53
		Scrap the income tax! By: Hydra on Sun, 17 April 2005 19:27
		Scrap the income tax! By: Crimson on Sun, 17 April 2005 20:17
		Scrap the income tax! By: IRON FART on Sun, 17 April 2005 21:17
		Scrap the income tax! By: msgtpain on Sun, 17 April 2005 22:36
		Scrap the income tax! By: Crimson on Sun, 17 April 2005 23:19
		Scrap the income tax! By: Fabian on Tue, 19 April 2005 05:56
		Scrap the income tax! By: MrBob on Tue, 19 April 2005 07:23
		Scrap the income tax! By: Jecht on Tue, 19 April 2005 07:40
		Scrap the income tax! By: IRON FART on Tue, 19 April 2005 16:59
		Scrap the income tax! By: Hydra on Wed, 20 April 2005 07:23
		Scrap the income tax! By: SuperFlyingEngi on Wed, 20 April 2005 14:04
		Scrap the income tax! By: Jecht on Wed, 20 April 2005 14:25
		Scrap the income tax! By: Crimson on Wed, 20 April 2005 15:36
		Scrap the income tax! By: SuperFlyingEngi on Wed, 20 April 2005 16:16
		Scrap the income tax! By: Hydra on Wed, 20 April 2005 17:16
		Scrap the income tax! By: SuperFlyingEngi on Wed, 20 April 2005 18:18
		Scrap the income tax! By: cheesesoda on Wed, 20 April 2005 18:32
		Scrap the income tax! By: msgtpain on Wed, 20 April 2005 18:38
		Scrap the income tax! By: Crimson on Wed, 20 April 2005 21:47
		Scrap the income tax! By: IRON FART on Thu, 21 April 2005 15:23
		Scrap the income tax! By: Jecht on Thu, 21 April 2005 17:39
		Scrap the income tax! By: Deathgod on Fri, 22 April 2005 15:12
		Scrap the income tax! By: Crimson on Fri, 22 April 2005 19:14
		Scrap the income tax! By: Deathgod on Fri, 22 April 2005 19:33
		Scrap the income tax! By: MrBob on Sun, 24 April 2005 13:20
		Scrap the income tax! By: msgtpain on Sun, 24 April 2005 14:49
		Scrap the income tax! By: warranto on Sun, 24 April 2005 14:56
		Scrap the income tax! By: Crimson on Sun, 24 April 2005 16:47
		Scrap the income tax! By: MrBob on Sun, 24 April 2005 17:34
		Scrap the income tax! By: Hydra on Sun, 24 April 2005 18:28
		Scrap the income tax! By: msgtpain on Sun, 24 April 2005 19:53
		Scrap the income tax! By: Doitle on Mon, 25 April 2005 05:17
		Scrap the income tax! By: Deathgod on Mon, 25 April 2005 16:32
		Scrap the income tax! By: Sir Phoenixx on Mon, 25 April 2005 19:59
		Scrap the income tax! By: msgtpain on Mon, 25 April 2005 20:34
		Scrap the income tax! By: Oblivion165 on Mon, 25 April 2005 22:30
		Scrap the income tax! By: Deathgod on Tue, 26 April 2005 15:59

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