Year. it is not a political statement but a fact. the government going back to 1983 does a poor job of analyzing how much it costs you to live this year to next yearr. the goods and services are going up dramatically and slow economy and high unemployment. that s how they see it every day. why do they think it is a bad job of determining how the economy is doing out there. is it because they are not lifing like the rest of us are? it is a complicated formula. when theyment to reduce how much money the government had to pay out in cost of the lifing adjustments. and so this is how they are looking at 28 years. it is the cpi . ....