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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (19 children)

$1 in January of 2018 has the same buying power as...$1.24 in December of 2023. "The price of everything" did not increased 100%, it increased 24%.

That also sucks, and you don't have to lie about it to make your point.

https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=1&year1=201801&year2=202312

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Tell that to all of us paying upwards of 3X as much for many basic goods, including McChickens.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Hot take: a McChicken isn't a basic good.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

It is to people who can't afford anything else or cook for themselves. Like the homeless population you claim to care about.

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