# The "Oil Prices" thread.

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**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [March 10, 2008, 10:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-oil-prices-thread/44739 "2008-03-10T10:44:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-oil-prices-thread/44739/4 "2008-03-10T10:47:36Z")

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Stupid depreciating dollar. If the dollar were on par with the euro like it used to be oil would be $69/barrel.

About the only thing the government can do is fix the economy, which will fix the dollar. Unfortunately their “big plan” is 170 billion in deficit spending to send us all a refund check, so I don’t see this getting better anytime soon.

IB4 “just stop spending in Iraq” or some other shortsighted nonsense that will only end up costing us more in the future.

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