It's 50/50 on this possibility. There's an interview trending right now where the host is repeating to the 47th resident that "no what you say is not true, the evidence was faked/photoshopped" (and DJT had nothing to say beyond "why are you not saying yes to me, I'm potentially making you promoted and you're not being nice enough to me"). Chances are that people see that there are no clothes and won't bend over to sustain the lies.
That was a mind breaking interview fwiw. It really seems like the right wing is unable to keep track of the lies, and are self deluded by their ecosystem.
What do you expect to happen when you have a compulsive liar say whatever is on his mind and then an entire ecosystem repeating what he said as if it were fact.
They don't need to keep track of the lies. That's part of the power of flooding the zone. It also helps because there is always something their supporters can point to that they like. It literally doesn't matter how contradictory the statements are. These are people who elected someone who promised both massive tariffs and to lower the prices on goods.
To be fair, the government has a long history of changing how key metrics are measured to suit their needs. The CPI is pretty consistently changed to keep inflation rates roughly on target.
How do you explain a large deviation in magazine prices as listed in the CPI compared to the actual prices printed on the cover? Or swapping out steak for lesser cuts or ground beef?
You can claim that my assumed intent behind how the CPI is adjusted over time is a false equivalence. I'd argue with you there, but what absolutely is false equivalence is a pound of steak and a pound of ground beef.
It's the math version I hadn't seen before. I saw the comment shortly after I made basically the same comment with way more words. Sadly, even in it's simplest form, I'm sure the people that most need to understand it, will still refuse to accept it.
“To be fair”, ok provide data. Do you have evidence that they consistently changed metrics to keep inflation on target? I only know of one change in the recent years and I don’t know if that even went through.
Examples? There are definitely complaints about how CPI is calculated (particularly that it does not include housing), however it's not consistently changed.
I think that's far different that what's happening today. The other day Amazon was accused of being hostile and "political" for simply showing tariff costs in a price breakdown.
Any disagreement is a "hostile and political" act subjecting you to deportation without due process.