Skimpflation: A reason inflation is worse than the government says it is
I'm not an economist. I am a consumer, though.  And I'm older, so I have 'habits' that don't tend to change.<p>My rent has gone up 30%.  What used to cost me 100 something in groceries now regularly goes into the 200s.<p>I'm nothing if not an observationalist, but this CPI is horse dung.<p>For someone like my family, I wouldn't believe any number less than 20%.<p>The sad thing is, I've never talked to a single friend or family member that said otherwise.<p>So what is the government reporting?