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Originally Posted by Parallex
You're supposed to make purchasing and lifestyle changes to reflect price changes (as are the suppliers of those goods and services).
Say you want to go get your hair cut... because you want to use less gas because it's more expensive you go to that barber that's closer to home (or work) so that you don't have to drive as far. Time to get a new car? Maybe you decide to buy a hybrid or other more fuel efficient vehicle then the one you currently possess. Find it a bit chilly at home? Maybe instead of cranking up the heat you wear slightly warmer clothes instead. Those goods that required a long bit of freight? Maybe you buy an alternative that doesn't have as much (and by consequence doesn't pass as much of it's own cost increase on to you). Need a new furnace? Maybe you pick a version that has better fuel efficiency so you don't spend as much.
It's not a case of you doing one big thing that makes up the difference all by itself it's a thousand small choices that you make.
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The majority of your suggestions - while all good and desirable - are beyond the means of the poor and most of the middle class. The poor actually profit under this scheme by doing nothing. Which, obviously, disincentivizes making change.