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Economy

quartz007

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6. Of all the numbers gov't publishes, this makes me most mad..

Reply to sandensea (Reply #5)

Thu Jun 14, 2018, 09:13 PM

Jun 2018

and that is CPI. It is a sad cruel joke. They give us social security raises which are a cruel joke compared to our actual cost of living. I would be less angry, if they just told us that there is not enough money available for adequate raises, so this is best they can do.

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Will GDP Growth reach 4%?? [View all] quartz007 Jun 2018 OP

How can the tax cuts affect this? Kablooie Jun 2018 #1

My daughter received a reduction in tax withheld in Feb quartz007 Jun 2018 #2

Only if Cheeto cheats. sandensea Jun 2018 #3

Yes, just like the unemployment numbers quartz007 Jun 2018 #4

My favorite was Bush's consistent 3% inflation sandensea Jun 2018 #5

Of all the numbers gov't publishes, this makes me most mad.. quartz007 Jun 2018 #6

And now they want to calculate COLA increases by using GDP prices sandensea Jun 2018 #7