When in the United States, do as the Romans. Hiding inflation was a sneaky practice in Rome, as the government would clip the edges of precious metal coins, keeping the clippings to make new coins, while continuing to circulate the coin at the same face value.
Today we find the Bureau of Labor Statistics using the same kind of tactics when products are sold at the same face value, but the amount of the product itself is less, yet still reporting a zero inflation percentage. See how this works on the next page.
Holy c**p! This is hiding it!
We all know the government is crooked.
Are you really this retarded
Ovomit fudging the numbers again
Nothing obama does surprises me simply need to get rid of him
and yet no cost of living increase for Social Security!
Anyone who still actually buys their own groceries, without an ebt card, already knows this.
Granted that’s a dwindling percentage of Americans.
Check out the blue beam project
Inflation here in northeast started to really kick in 3 years ago (plus or minus ), but according to government it has been low, Cant sell me on that one .Inflation numbers are very different in various parts of the country and are numbers derived from median to low household income.
Graham Schmidt he has to be