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But that isn't entirely true.
Wages saw the biggest bump in decades just a couple of years back. The article is from late 2021, and while that feels like it was an eternity ago, the reality is that it was less than 2 years ago.
https://apnews.com/article/business-wages-salaries-increase-8ce98ea3bcc14c4810eb5a1111e1df49
US inflation is the lowest of almost all industrialized nations - down to 2.97% right now, compared to 3X that a year ago.
Tell me why I should give a shit when my grocery costs have more than doubled since 2020 and have yet to come down. Inflation rate is meaningless for those of us not in the top 1%. What good is it to me to hear the inflation rate was only 3% last month if a bag of cereal still costs $7? Should I simply be grateful that things aren't getting worse, faster?
You're just being a drama queen.
https://www.bls.gov/regions/mid-atlantic/data/averageretailfoodandenergyprices_usandwest_table.htm
Lots of real, actual data there that I am sure you will claim is false even without looking at it.
I just looked over that page, and I couldn't find any data on I_Has_A_Hat's grocery costs between 2020 and now. Would you mind pointing it out for the benefit of me and other particularly dense people in the audience?
The first column. Cookies, beef, chicken, milk, pasta... literally anything you'd buy at a grocery store.
Why don't you try clicking on historical data and selecting 2020?
Yeah, I've done that about a dozen times now and it works perfectly fine. If someone can't navigate a website, then rhey maybe shouldn't be commenting on it's contents.