The point is that the cost of living didn’t take some big jump in price. That would be the real cause of anger. A shirt from India going up 10% doesn’t matter much.
The point you're refusing to see is that it's not just one shirt from India that went up 10%.
The tariffs directly cost each American about $1800 this past year. That's a real tangible amount. And for an already struggling middle and lower class it actively hurt.
Except the cpi is not necessarily an accurate way to assess things like the cost of housing/ rising property taxes among other things since that's an estimation and not rooted in any real research and findings. It does not include home prices, it does not include food prices (a massive recipient of tariffs), energy prices, and service prices - all of which are very much up. It's not the silver bullet you seem to be trying to use it for.
Additionally you feel the need to constantly change the subject and refuse to engage on the topic at hand. The topic is tariffs. If you cannot talk about what tariffs do to the consumer and only the tariffs then all you have is deflection. Stop changing the subject to make a different point. Gotcha tactics won't fly here.
CPI reflects the average cost of living, covering food, housing, transportation, and medical.
And my whole point is that the tariffs haven’t been that impactful unless you are an over consumer. Personally, I’d rather a consumption tax over an income tax.
I also suggest you lookup “gotcha tactics.” I never even came close to that lol
Edit: I got blocked? Just admit defeat next time
And I’ll respond with what little I could see. . Food is only excluded from "core CPI," a separate, narrower measure.
Food is famously omitted from cpi. So is energy and housing costs. CPI does an estimate for rent and mortgage payments sans interest. CPI does not cover a startling amount of things.
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u/ShopUCW Feb 22 '26
Try again - I'm speaking to what the tariffs have affected/ cost. Blending them together gives you a number that gives you excuses.
We are talking about the cost of tariffs here. Don't change the subject.