• @iopq
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    17 months ago

    It’s justified by inflation, inflation is an average.

    For example, if thing A goes up 20% and thing B goes up 0% we say the inflation is 10%. You will complain that A went up faster than the inflation. But you’re cherry picking the data, since you ignored B not going up

    • Flying Squid
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      17 months ago

      I see, you didn’t actually read the article.

      • @iopq
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        17 months ago

        Inflation is lumped together with cost of living. Those are not the same