Why inflation hurts more than it did 30 years ago
• APInflation spooked the nation in the early 1980s. It surged and kept rising until it topped 13 percent. These days, inflation is much lower. Yet to many Americans, it feels worse now. And for a good reason: Their income has been even flatter than infl
So we are hurting more now because they haven't inflated the earnings and the savings? But that would remove more money from their bucket...this is the end game.