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But the economy is doing so well guys, don't worry about the real inflation numbers being nearly 40-50% in the last 5 years or so. Lines go up, things good.
by AllegedAlec 2y ago
But the economy is doing so well guys, don't worry about the real inflation numbers being nearly 40-50% in the last 5 years or so. Lines go up, things good.
- spl757 2y agoThe economy doing great if you are a filthy rich member of the oligarchy. If you aren't then it's not so great.
- rsanek 2y agosource for those 'real' inflation numbers? CPI says ~20% cumulative inflation since start of 2020.
- whamlastxmas 2y agoCPI is famously nearly entirely bullshit
- AllegedAlec 2y agoCPI is absolute bullshit. They silently keep adjusting the way they measure it and by some profound convience to them the adjustments always end up with a lower inflation. Butter's now nearly twice as expensive. I'm paying twice as much to heat my house as I'd have paid 5 years ago. Bread went up over 30 percent during the war. Many product skyrocketed during covid and never came back down. The CPI and other similar measures are government lies to keep the peace.
- senordevnyc 2y agoButter's now nearly twice as expensive. I'm paying twice as much to heat my house as I'd have paid 5 years ago. Bread went up over 30 percent during the war. Many product skyrocketed during covid and never came back down. These are great examples, but I wonder if they're not actually too low. What we really need is some kind of list (a basket, if you will) of things like this, and then periodically we can check with stores all over the country and ask them how much these things are. Then we won't have to rely on the CPI bullshit and we'll know exactly how bad the true inflation really is!