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   elftummy?:confederateflag:??????????? (elftummy@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 02-Aug-2024 12:40:06 JST elftummy?:confederateflag:???????????

   • elftummy?:confederateflag:???????????
   I decided to do the math on this
   Specifically, I looked at these three combos:
   >A - 3 soft tacos $3.59
   >B - 1 quesadilla + 1 taco $3.99
   >C - 1 nacho bellgrande + 1 taco $4.19
   
   According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, $1 in 2005 should have the same buying power as $1.61 today
   In other words the government claims there's been a 60.87% cumulative inflation rate since 2005
   If this were true (spoiler: it's not) then the prices would be as follows:
   >A: $5.78
   >B: $6.42
   >C: $6.75
   
   The real prices today and true cumulative inflation are as follows:
   >A: $7.69 (77.71%)
   >B: $8.99 (83.03%)
   >C: $9.59 (84.57%)
   Average cumulative inflation 81.77%
   That's basically 20.90% higher than the govt claims (because they're jewish liars)
   
   ALSO: Something not considered is that the combo prices I listed include a large drink
   Taco Bell has been a big proponent of shrinkflation
   For example: The large drinks in 2005 were about 42oz
   Sometime between 2005 and 2014 they shrank the large cups to 32oz and replaced the old large drinks with an "XL" size (eventually they got rid of this size entirely)
   Just last month they shrank the sizes again by the way, but I haven't been to Taco Bell to see just how small they are now. My guess is that the 32oz is now 30, the 20 looks like it's now 18 (pictured old med cup next to the aug 2024 med cup) etc
   And the food shrinkflation is really difficult to properly measure
   
   RT: https://poa.st/objects/e20a35af-4040-439b-82ed-e54cd1c4d3db
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     demonofustio (demonofustio@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 02-Aug-2024 12:40:03 JST demonofustio

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     • Ares :sonnenrad:
     @Bad_Banner @elftummy @boeswilligkeit
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     elftummy?:confederateflag:??????????? (elftummy@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 02-Aug-2024 12:40:04 JST elftummy?:confederateflag:???????????

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     • Ares :sonnenrad:
     @boeswilligkeit I make political poasts all the time
     It always has the same theme: "FUCK jEWS"
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     Hotep 悪い? (bad_banner@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 02-Aug-2024 12:40:04 JST Hotep 悪い?

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     • Ares :sonnenrad:
     @elftummy @boeswilligkeit There's not enough pictures of Hitler smiling
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     Ares :sonnenrad: (boeswilligkeit@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 02-Aug-2024 12:40:05 JST Ares :sonnenrad:

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     @elftummy of course the one time this nigga makes a political post it‘s about how inflation has ruined taco bell
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     Zettour (zettour@gearlandia.haus)'s status on Friday, 02-Aug-2024 12:40:18 JST Zettour

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     @elftummy Breakfast burritos were $1 in 2019 and are now $2.30. With less filling today.
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     John_Darksoul (john_darksoul@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 02-Aug-2024 12:40:27 JST John_Darksoul

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     @elftummy No no no. You're not supposed to count food or gas or rent and all that stuff. You're supposed to only factor the price changes of like smart tv's or the kind of printer that self destructs when you run out of ink.