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Re:The "Passive Income" trap ate a generation of entrepreneurs by bawolff on Thursday April 16, 2026 @10:45PM (#47801969)
> Housing costs have outpaced inflation

In fairness though, given inflation is the average, housing costs outpacing means something else underpaced.

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Re:The "Passive Income" trap ate a generation of entrepreneurs by selcuka on Thursday April 16, 2026 @11:24PM (#47802161)
You are right about "house prices", but not all housing costs. Home loan interest repayments are not included in official inflation calculations.
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Re:The "Passive Income" trap ate a generation of entrepreneurs by xboxnolifes on Friday April 17, 2026 @01:00AM (#47802578)
Sure, things like phones are much more feature packed and only slightly more expensive, so they get to be inflation adjusted as being significantly below inflation.
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Re:The "Passive Income" trap ate a generation of entrepreneurs by lazide on Friday April 17, 2026 @01:09PM (#47808170)
Imported goods.
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