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To: DiogenesLamp
If you had been buying stuff all this time, you could believe your own eyes.

I have been. Prices are up, not by 100%.

But seriously, between Believing Obama.gov and some nameless mook off the street, I would go with the nameless mook every single time.

Most mooks are really bad at math.

Seriously, do you not remember what things cost before Obama?

Sure, still doesn't support your 100% claim.

Even Obama.gov shows an upward trend of 25% according to you.

According to the BLS, yes. 25% increase for food and beverages.

66 posted on 10/22/2015 2:20:22 PM PDT by Toddsterpatriot ("Telling the government to lower trade barriers to zero...is government interference" central_va)
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To: Toddsterpatriot
According to the BLS, yes. 25% increase for food and beverages.

The premise of this discussion is that the government is deliberately lying about inflation. Therefore it would seem to me that a good debate practice would be to rely on figures outside of that very same Obama government control... but I guess they do things differently in Chicago, eh?

At this point, there is nothing for it than to go to the Library and get copies of prices as posted in the newspapers in 2007, compare them to prices of 2015, calculate the difference, and post them here.

Sorry. I don't care so very strongly to convince you.

70 posted on 10/22/2015 2:29:19 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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