Are falling gas prices a good thing? Maybe not. Not if the price decline largely results from a faltering economy.

The Tried & True
Inflation Cure

Everyone has always known it,
No need here to be a seer,
If you want to check inflation,
Recession clears the high price air.

Alas this cure's no panacea,
It's at best a blessing mixed,
Paying less without a paycheck,
Is a problem just half fixed.

*****

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"Nowadays, you can't turn on the TV without some talking head telling you about the economy. Yet, in a world overrun by 'analysts,' only one man has the guts, the brains, and, quite frankly, the poetry to put it all in perspective.That man is Michael Silverstein... Silverstein is a true intellectual." — Gersh Kuntzman, The New York Post

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