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To: elmatador who wrote (100247)	4/21/2013 6:30:20 AM
From: golfer72	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217645

This US citizen is very aware. I shop for food every week. Are Americans really that dumb?

To: elmatador who wrote (100247)	4/21/2013 9:08:39 AM
From: RJA_	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217645

>>>. In the US CPI is a tool to pull the wool over the eyes of the wage earner and the Social Security recipient. True, but obviously not good enough. Coming next: The chained CPI. Or, how to pretend you are measuring inflation by comparing products of declining quality over time and pretending that they are the same.

To: elmatador who wrote (100247)	4/21/2013 9:57:18 AM
From: bart13	2 Recommendations Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 217645

1970 U.S. average new car price $3,542, 2012 average new car price $30,748 (8.68 times higher). CPI New vehicle index 1970-2012 moved from 52.7 to 146.0, which is 2.77x. They're really over 3 times better?