Although, good suits are a lot cheaper than they used to be. And the gas prices reflect worse things than inflation.
You know, we should come up with a solid comparison object or commodity. I can't think of one right now. Pound of hamburger? A whole chicken?
A gallon of milk might be good--fuel drives up the price of milk, but in a way that it drives the cost of everything else, so the variable would be flat.
Any other ideas?
I’ve used loaves of bread as the constant. Everybody’s gotta eat.