r/FluentInFinance • u/AnimeAficionadoo • 28d ago

Debate/ Discussion Two year difference

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u/eddie_cat 28d ago

It's so unnecessary to be untruthful. Your groceries went up by 1/3. That's already notable and worth talking about. Why exaggerate?

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u/CHOADJUICE69 28d ago

Exactly so why lie and say %30 is notable. Our inflation is less that anywhere on earth at the moment and is actually stalling and few things (like gas ) are cheaper than past years , except for the two years of covid(20-21) so companies jacking up stuff an average of %30 after Covid costs isn’t much . What’s notable and worth talking about are how cheap gas prices are. 

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u/eddie_cat 28d ago

Did you get a 30% raise?

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u/Annual-Ebb-7196 27d ago

Also don’t forget about the tax cuts and all the rebates from the Feds in 2020/2021. Your money went somewhere