Put Food and Energy Costs Back into the Inflation Numbers

[kerrywins]

They should have never been taken out to begin with.

Its deceptive to take these rising costs out of our inflation numbers.

[AndyA]

1. Kind of like the costs of war.

Just take it out of the budget. No biggie. :shrug: :eyes:

[rurallib]

2. Just as deceptive as taking the long-term unemployed out of

unemployment stats or the cost of wars out of the budget.
Accounting tricks from those repug presidents to make themselves look better.

[kerrywins]

3. both parties have supported this and neither has done anything to undo it

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[rurallib]

5. True, but if I recall they were put in place by Nixon and Reagan.

[Vincardog]

4. IF they did that the SSI increase would be realistic and old people would not die fast enough

[we can do it]

6. No Shit the Grocery Store Needs Digital Price Tags To Keep Up with the Increases

and I am sick of the amount of food in the packages- 3 potato chips in the bottom of a huge air filled bag for $3.50.

[kerrywins]

7. Government can solve that problem - Outlaw Potato Chips

because they're bad for you.

they could cause obesity and if the government takes control of the healthcare, it will costs us more to take care of you.

[OllieLotte]

8. Seems to me that they provide it both ways most of the time.

I rarely see an inflation number by itself. They usually provide both figures.