Look who put out those statistics! Those are the same people telling you we have a vibrant economy when it takes $60.00 to fill up your tank, and a combo meal at McDonalds is over $10.00.
We took my daughter out for her birthday Friday night. The total for 4 diners, with no alcohol was $150.00 with one appetizer and no desserts. In fact, all of us ordered the same entree which was about the median for the menu. I think you and the people at the Bureau of Labor Statistics need to step away from their desks into the real world. I am sure they enjoyed their 3.1% pay raise to combat the so-called 9% inflation rate they endured.