The problem is the devaluation of the dollar. Remember when grocery chains gave you a free turkey at Thanksgiving if you bought $10 worth of groceries....which paid for the entire holiday meal? That was in the ‘60s.
The Feral Reserve has so devalued our currency that a $.39 loaf of bread then, now costs $2.75. So naturally, the .29/gal. of gas is now going for $3.50/gal. Greedy Government conveniently doesn’t count food and fuel in its inflation numbers, but citizens still need to eat and drive to work, if they are fortunate enough to have a job.
And this is why the American Middle Class is sinking like a stone.
Those are very good observations, but that was not my point.