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Re:More Americans are considering retirement by Ancalagon on Saturday October 16, 2021 @11:29PM (#28893688)
I read it, but I was playing devils advocate arguing the inflation number are incorrect relative to the value of the dollar 30 years ago on essential goods.
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Re:More Americans are considering retirement by gruez on Saturday October 16, 2021 @11:55PM (#28893812)
Is this going to turn into one of those "the CPI is rigged, the actual inflation rate is..." posts?
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Re:More Americans are considering retirement by SturgeonsLaw on Sunday October 17, 2021 @01:45AM (#28894270)
Well "rigged" is a bit much, but if people spend large amounts of their money on things that are not included in the CPI basket, then the CPI is an incomplete measure.
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