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snappyturtle

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2. Interesting, isn't it? Seniors as a whole probably use less

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Mon Oct 12, 2015, 08:45 AM

Oct 2015

gasoline than young families and daily commuters. Just a guess.

What isn't a guess is that we pay "about" the same for a box, e.g., of
cereal, as we have been ONLY it has less product in the box. Smells
like inflation to me.

If they threw out gasoline as they could in figuring Core inflation, we
might have a better indicator of true inflation.

Bottom line, in my humble opinion, is that tptb can manipulate the
numbers many ways to achieve their objective.

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Lower gas prices means no Social Security increase next year [View all] unhappycamper Oct 2015 OP

But the cost of food, insurance, medicine Art_from_Ark Oct 2015 #1

Interesting, isn't it? Seniors as a whole probably use less snappyturtle Oct 2015 #2

I might, and might is the key word, be okay with this if NV Whino Oct 2015 #3

I lived on SS survivors benefits as a child Melurkyoulongtime Oct 2015 #4

My mother is pissed about this. ladyVet Oct 2015 #5