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slibhbyesterday at 9:18 PM3 repliesview on HN

Yeah, it's you. Real purchasing power is up over the past 20 years.


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pocksuppetyesterday at 10:14 PM

How did you calculate that?

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coldteayesterday at 10:01 PM

Yeah, just not in anything that matters, like rent/housing, education, and healthcare.

And increasingly not even for basics like food, with inflation eating away that PP.

But hey, you can buy tech gadgets cheaper than in the 1990s.

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xantronixyesterday at 10:27 PM

idk how impactful that is, you can't really live in a house made of shit bought from Temu