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[–] [email protected] 75 points 9 months ago (5 children)

“Do you think the rate of inflation has risen or stayed the same since this time last year.”

People are correctly pointing out that inflation has made prices worse. The fact that the rate is down is little consolation when the rate has been very high and is still higher than for their salaries.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 9 months ago

Translated into reality:

The economy is so bad we don’t even base our measurements of it on the assumption that it’s stable.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 9 months ago

Someone posted an inflation graph on here the other day that showed the huuuuuuuge spike a year ago and the not-even-close-to-comparable dip that's happened since then. That question is absolutely a cherry picked piece of data.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I personally think that requiring ordinary people to understand differential calculus to parse the question is cool and normal.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

Fortunately they don’t need calculus to recognize the state’s BS in this case

[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Liberals and being weasels, name a more iconic duo

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

Capitalists and being invasive pigs.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It’s the equivalent of raising the prices by 10% before having a “blow out sale” of 5%

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

More like raising prices 15% and then acting like it's a sale to only raise them an additional 4%