william the wie
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The problems with the CPI are mostly budgetary and bureaucratic. It took over a decade to work in warehouse sales, online and catalog sales are believed to be grossly underweighted still and there is a long list of other problems. Much of these problems could be avoided with longitudinal studies but that would create other problems such as gaming the survey, placebo effects and results that would annoy congress unduly.