"It had the unanticipated effect of throwing gasoline on the fire, " said Sanford C.

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"The Fed is throwing gasoline on inflationary fire that it created but continues to ignore, " says Peter Schiff, the president of Euro Pacific Capital.

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In today's case, to devalue the dollar more to eradicate a nonexistent deflation would merely add gasoline to the fire, with greater unemployment and bankruptcy the result.

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It was pouring gasoline on the fire for the Bush administration to give them the first payments without insisting on any changes in pay, any restrictions on the use of the funds or even any reporting requirements on where they money went.

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The Kindle Fire throws gasoline on the whole FeatureTable t category and sets it ablaze.

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Sarbanes-Oxley also comes to mind here in that an ill-conceived law that turned public company CEOs into accountants has surely poured gasoline on the above fire.

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Rather than acknowledge this and reverse course in favor of the very franc strength that would serve as a magnet for economy-boosting investment, the Swiss National Bank is harshly pouring gasoline on the franc-devaluing fire.

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Adding gasoline to the inflationary and market-enervating fire, Treasury Secretary Paulson continues to dance around the dollar subject.

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Then, the Fed will most likely try once again to douse the fire it started with another round of QE gasoline, creating an even larger and less manageable inferno.

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The fire department's Twitter feed said they were filed with gasoline.

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