Reply #79: Inflation statistics should be grounded to reality...By de-coupling inflation statistics so that

[Faryn Balyncd]

...they do not compare apples to apples, but can compare rib-eyes to hot dogs, a tool has been created that will allow any measure of destruction to be done to standard of living.

The fact is, the CPI calculations have already been rigged to underestimate inflation by the Boskin Commission in the 1990's.

Do you really believe that we have had no inflation in the last 2 years?

For those who want to really slash SS without the politically charged "cuts", using a tool such as "chained CPI" which decouples inflation indexes from actual concrete items, and which can be easily "stretched" simply by changing the requirements for when consumers have, in fact, substituted one item for another, is a tool of infinite possibilities.