Probably we'll never know. My point is not to trust in everything that the Government says, not to pick up on Bush or Iraqi war in particular. The inflation rat

Probably we'll never know. My point is not to trust in everything that the Government says, not to pick up on Bush or Iraqi war in particular. The inflation rate if calculated using the Government formula from 1980s in over 10% today. The Government changed the formula to accomodate for high inflation without facing public outcry. Which is huge manipulation and misrepresentation of the state of the US economy. And the both parties are guilty here, not one of them raising the issue of the real inflation rate.