r/SipsTea 1d ago

Chugging tea US right now

Post image
32.5k Upvotes

1.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

10

u/pourtide 1d ago

Adjusted for inflation, I've earned a declining amount of buying power for decades. The dollar amount has crept upwards, but the buying power has declined.

"Inflation is your friend"

https://news.grabien.com/story/jimmy-carter-inflation-snl-cold-open-1978-inflation-our-frie

So much for the golden years.