pinqy
Gold Member
When inflation started getting too high they took the 8oz of steak out of the CPI and replaced it with 8oz of hamburger meat. That way prices don't look as bad. Government numbers are mostly bullshit.
Here are answers to your argument. Feel free to rebut them.
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2008/08/art1full.pdf
Econbrowser: Shadowstats debunked
True or False: U.S. Economic Stats Lie at SmartMoney.com
No fair spoiling my fun trying to make him find actual sources for something that doesn't exist.