On Sat, 17 Apr 2021 01:26:51 +0000 (UTC), danny burstein posted for all of us
to digest...


In Tekkie© writes:
[snip]

The inflation rate is higher than being touted. Look at gasoline,
lumber, food.

Lumber is... horrendously higher than a year ago. Per a friend's
post a basic 4 by 8 plywood sheet went from $40 last year
to $80 now.

(I can confirm the current price).

But... if the Feds want to pull a rabbit out of their hat
and really make the Consumer Price Indenx (CPI) inflation
number look teensy, or even _negative_, what they should
do is...

... is... put "dime bags" of heroin in it.

These are the same, or even _lower_ in price today
than they were three decades of The War On Drugs ago.

(Called "dime bags" because they go for a ten spot).

In fact, if you adjust for the potency, you get more
bang for the, umm, buck today.

The other scary part is that there's probably a lot more
heroin in consumer "market baskets" than many of the
official items...

Don't forget the Fentanyl by China both through Mexico.

--
Tekkie