jeremycady on Nostr: The CPI is a rigged yardstick — designed to make you think inflation’s under ...
The CPI is a rigged yardstick — designed to make you think inflation’s under control while your grocery bill keeps climbing.
Meanwhile, the wealthy — the ones closest to the money printers — keep getting richer.
This isn’t a flaw in the system.
This is the system.
Inflation is a silent tax that steals from workers and savers to prop up Wall Street and Washington.
If you’re still waiting to “regain lost purchasing power,” here’s the truth:
They never planned to give it back.
https://epicforamerica.org/the-economy/epics-monthly-purchasing-power-monitor-monthly-changes-in-the-cpi-mask-the-ongoing-struggle-of-workers-to-regain-lost-purchasing-power/
Meanwhile, the wealthy — the ones closest to the money printers — keep getting richer.
This isn’t a flaw in the system.
This is the system.
Inflation is a silent tax that steals from workers and savers to prop up Wall Street and Washington.
If you’re still waiting to “regain lost purchasing power,” here’s the truth:
They never planned to give it back.
https://epicforamerica.org/the-economy/epics-monthly-purchasing-power-monitor-monthly-changes-in-the-cpi-mask-the-ongoing-struggle-of-workers-to-regain-lost-purchasing-power/