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Re:Nearly half of American workers don’t earn enough to affo... by Grakel on Thursday August 12, 2021 @07:43PM (#28163248)
What I feel is prices on everything in every store and online going up, while packaging shrinks. Who's doing your shopping? There's a big difference between facts and government published statistics.
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Re:Nearly half of American workers don’t earn enough to affo... by anti-makrakis on Thursday August 12, 2021 @07:56PM (#28163392)
I was just noticing the price of beans appears to have gone down. Perhaps you’re buying the wrong thing at the grocery.
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Re:Nearly half of American workers don’t earn enough to affo... by nate_meurer on Thursday August 12, 2021 @08:46PM (#28163858)
There's a bit of dissonance between this:

> What I feel...

versus:

> facts...

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Re:Nearly half of American workers don’t earn enough to affo... by gruez on Thursday August 12, 2021 @08:24PM (#28163675)
>Who's doing your shopping? There's a big difference between facts and government published statistics.

CPI adjusts for package sizes.

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