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What Rick Perry Really Said About Supply and Demand
Townhall.com ^ | July 12, 2017 | Jeff Jacoby

Posted on 07/12/2017 9:37:55 AM PDT by Kaslin

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1 posted on 07/12/2017 9:37:55 AM PDT by Kaslin
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Build it and they will come....


2 posted on 07/12/2017 9:38:56 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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No one I know ever bought avocados, yogurt, bean sprouts....but damn it....they do now....


3 posted on 07/12/2017 9:41:25 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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They also are critical because in debates he came across and dazed and not quite alert,as I recall?

The selective outrage of the liberals and media is a sight to see isn’t it???


4 posted on 07/12/2017 9:42:22 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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IIRC, Perry did exceptionally well for the Texas economy.


5 posted on 07/12/2017 9:43:20 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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Rick Perry really makes you think there is something to tall white guys having an advantage in this world. Seems like a decent guy, but sounds like a dolt every third quote.


6 posted on 07/12/2017 9:50:02 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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Newsweek guffawed while typing the article on a personal computer nobody was demanding until some enterprising people way back when created useful, affordable ones.


7 posted on 07/12/2017 9:51:00 AM PDT by Malcolm Reynolds
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It is sort of a clueless statement (even if it was not his main point).

Energy is not like other consumer items. Most people do not care whether their energy comes from coal, natgas, oil, or whatever. They just want the power on. If coal is competitive it will be successful. If not, not.


8 posted on 07/12/2017 9:52:35 AM PDT by Lorianne
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If a steady supply of an energy source at a competitive price becomes available, then more business development takes place. The cost per energy unit may go down due to supply, but overall consumption goes up and more businesses thrive.
9 posted on 07/12/2017 9:58:13 AM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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You recall his press releases, not how he governed.
That idiot tried to enter into an agreement with foreign corporations whereby the state of Texas was to be prohibited from widening non-toll limited access highways if they ran north to south. He also gave us Sharia Courts for the local Muslims. Then there were his speeches (in Spanish ) to La Raza promising amnesty for illegals.

I could go on for hours about La Raza Rick.

He did hold off the EPA tough, so there was a silver lining.

10 posted on 07/12/2017 10:02:00 AM PDT by MrEdd (long hours.)
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Interesting the media has Rick Perry’s college transcript and his grade in an economics course but we have never seen any of Obama’s transcripts, grades, or Law Review contributions even after 10 years. Where are the leakers for that information?


11 posted on 07/12/2017 10:02:34 AM PDT by Where is todays Reagan
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It wasn’t wrong. Put supply out there, prices drop and demand increases. Supply brings greater demand. Duh.


12 posted on 07/12/2017 10:10:45 AM PDT by Defiant (The media is the colostomy bag where truth goes after democrats digest it.)
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Where are the leakers for that information?

Still living and breathing. And eager to stay that way.

13 posted on 07/12/2017 10:14:29 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Where is todays Reagan

Well isn’t it obvious, Rick Perry had nothing to hide, unlike that arrogant pos former occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.


14 posted on 07/12/2017 10:23:08 AM PDT by Kaslin (The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. Thomas Paine)
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>>>It wasn’t wrong. Put supply out there, prices drop and demand increases. Supply brings greater demand. Duh.

Sure, but if it costs you $60 to produce and buyers are only willing to pay $50, you won’t have a job for long.


15 posted on 07/12/2017 10:23:38 AM PDT by oincobx
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Lol, uh no it doesn’t excess supply will lower prices for sure and lower prices will increase demand.... BUT if supply is too great then price below level where a profit is possible.

See, no matter what some people think you can’t sell product at a loss and make it up with volume.


16 posted on 07/12/2017 10:28:26 AM PDT by billyboy15
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excess supply will lower prices for sure and lower prices will increase demand.... BUT if supply is too great then price below level where a profit is possible.

That is true, too, it's one scenario for increasing supply. DId Perry say that increasing supply way past the level for demand is a good thing? I didn't read that? So why are you positing straw men?

17 posted on 07/12/2017 10:36:58 AM PDT by Defiant (The media is the colostomy bag where truth goes after democrats digest it.)
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To: MrEdd

Rick Perry is a dolt, like his predecessor.


18 posted on 07/12/2017 10:38:03 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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You make it up with volume, silly.

Seriously, I didn’t read anything about Perry implying that supply should be ramped up to a point where pricing would be below the cost of production. Was he suggesting that?


19 posted on 07/12/2017 10:38:06 AM PDT by Defiant (The media is the colostomy bag where truth goes after democrats digest it.)
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That’s right. Supply side economics.


20 posted on 07/12/2017 10:39:17 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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