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<blockquote data-quote="mike1536" data-source="post: 1041933" data-attributes="member: 44010"><p>Actually the CPI is a pretty big scam now. They use a small sampling of food and energy. Every month they take a the sample that is the lowest out of the category. For example, for the energy portion in a month where natural gas prices are low and gas for your car is high they will use natural gas instead. The same goes for food. If corn is up 15% that month they will use orange juice if it is only up a few percent. The CPI has not been accurate since the 70s. </p><p></p><p>You guys go to grocery stores. Look at the prices. There are also other things they do to hide inflation (food companies mainly) when you buy a bag of chips for example, the bag is still big but there are a lot less chips in it, that is just one example. They also use less quality ingredients, such as soybean oil instead of olive oil in a lot of the salad dressings now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mike1536, post: 1041933, member: 44010"] Actually the CPI is a pretty big scam now. They use a small sampling of food and energy. Every month they take a the sample that is the lowest out of the category. For example, for the energy portion in a month where natural gas prices are low and gas for your car is high they will use natural gas instead. The same goes for food. If corn is up 15% that month they will use orange juice if it is only up a few percent. The CPI has not been accurate since the 70s. You guys go to grocery stores. Look at the prices. There are also other things they do to hide inflation (food companies mainly) when you buy a bag of chips for example, the bag is still big but there are a lot less chips in it, that is just one example. They also use less quality ingredients, such as soybean oil instead of olive oil in a lot of the salad dressings now. [/QUOTE]
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