Subject: Re: The Joy Of Having Less...
For the first time in years, inflation has successfully overtaken worker pay, allowing Americans to finally experience the thrill of working harder while being able to buy less!

The erosion of purchasing power is heavily driven by an energy shock from the war in Iran, cascading into a 28.4% surge in gasoline and a 54.3% spike in fuel oil.

There's only one solution to that problem: Give the head of the BLS a crash course in propaganda! And if they won't do it, fire them! ;-)