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[facthunter]

They go down in recessions when Job Losses happen. In a depression they can't find any buyers. Nev

[Jerry_Atrick]

The Brent Crude price is still lower than it was at the height of COVID:

 

 

https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/brent-crude-oil

 

I recall Australia feeling a bit nervous about dunny paper, but not petrol. I guess not being allowed more than 5ks from your home probably had something to do with it. 

 

Yes. the Strait of Hormuz was still open, but freight wasn't going terribly quickly between places and it was super expensive to boot. 

 

In Australia's case, it would appear our polliies since Howard may have had something to do with our current predicament:

 

 

Edited 2 hours ago by Jerry_Atrick

[randomx]

Yep for sure.

They reckon whoever's been in over the last 30yrs , doesn't matter which , they've all still just basically done all the same stuff. Sold off everything, killed our manufacturing, ran house prices to the moon and completely stuffed and sold off our resources gas and oil, given our power companies free reign to just abuse the shyt out of us and forcing house holds into a both working scenario just to be able to cover our costs of living and paying off a house.

l remember Howard saying ah, we don't have to make anything here why should we we can import anything we need. l also remember them pushing and pushing mums and dads both into working, they pushed that one none stop and kinda brainwashed the country into believing this is all how it should be.

They were the ones that even started trying to blend two wages into a households income and passing it off as one to make housing look more affordable and the norm for both to be working just to be able to afford a house and costs of living. They normalized all that and it's all just flowed on from there. 

This gov now, the worst and most hopeless l've ever seen with what they're doing to this country.