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11. Still think it is BS that two major components of household living expenses (food and energy) are not included

Fri Feb 20, 2026, 09:46 AM

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I can completely avoid the inflation on new cars by continuing to drive old ones (last 3 cars we bought were all kept for at least 16 years and over 175K miles).
I can avoid a lot of luxuries -- vacation costs, eating out, travel, new clothes

But I CANNOT AVOID buying groceries, lighting, heating, and cooling my house. I cannot avoid (where I live wuth limited public transportation) buying gasoline even with a hybrid car.

My food bill is substantially up through both straight inflation and shrinkflation. My electric bill is substantially higher.

The real inflation to people is much, much higher when you consider the things that you cannot do without.

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Still think it is BS that two major components of household living expenses (food and energy) are not included JT45242 Yesterday #11

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