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[–] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I mean technically median income has gone up about 80% in the US since 2005. While inflations CPI over that same time span is around 70%. You can look at

https://www.officialdata.org/us/inflation/2005?amount=100

to calculate rate of inflation and the BLS to cover median income 2005 vs 2025.

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/wkyeng_07202005.pdf

https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2025/median-weekly-earnings-were-1196-in-second-quarter-2025.htm

That obviously doesn't take all factors in cost of living into account (particulary housing). But what you said is basically incorrect and more importantly, completely irrelevant to a moderate increase in price to a consumer good for the first time in over two decades.

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