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Message: [QUOTE="MadDogRevival, post: 2751096, member: 8028"] You mean Core CPI? In any event, official CPI is less than actual inflation, so my argument is supported more by real inflation viz a viz .gov CPI. Not meaningless, but not an indication of actual inflation, I agree. Unsure, but those specific "trades" are not representative of the general rate of pay for a H.S. grad entering the blue collar work force. Maid, restaurant server, delivery driver, body shop worker, auto plant worker, injection molding factory, cloth printing factory, custodian. The buying power of the money earned in the blue collar jobs in the U.S. has been eroded by wage stagnation and dollar devaluation AKA inflation. 4 year old car only had 50k left in it? I guess it was an Olds, so that's a real possibility, lol. [/QUOTE]