Hey, Dolor Reilly here. Welcome to the No Spin News Wednesday, October 12, 2022. Stand

up for your country. Always remember a truism. People believe what they want to believe.

In almost every aspect of life, that is true. It's true for me. I was going over the political

polling today and some of the races where I want one person to win and the polling goes against

that person. I don't want to believe the poll. Now, I don't know if the polls true or not,

but I don't want to believe it. I'm looking at, I don't know, that is full. And it's only because

of personal preference. So people believe what they want to believe. But it comes at time when

the belief system has to be put aside and facts have to be considered. Real truth, things that are

happening before our eyes. And the US economy is one of those things that is the subject of the

talking points memo this evening. So today we find out that the producer price index PPI

has risen more than expected for September. Now, as soon as I say that glaze goes over your eyes,

I know I took economics classes. It is stupefying. But what the producer price index is is the cost

to American businesses for their products. Their stuff with their market. And it's up in September

0.4%. So that means that you and me are going to pay more between now and Christmas at least

for everything. Because the companies just don't say, oh well, we got to pay more, but we're going

to keep our prices low. No. I had a big argument today with a guy who charged me a lot more for a

service than last year. And the service was essentially the same. And he's going, wow, you know,

everything is up. And I'm going to wait a minute. You're not paying more for anything. What are

you passing it on to me? He can pass it on to me. That's why he's doing it. So anyway, the producer price

index is up 8.5%. And when you add what they call the VIG, the VIG is what you pay gamblers when

you lay a bet with them and you lose. They tack on some money called the VIG. Well, the businesses

do the same thing. So if they have to raise their prices a certain amount, they raise them a little

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