I've just had my 80th birthday, and I've been reflecting on some of the changes I've seen. When I started driving I could ask for 4 gallons of petrol ( there weren't any serve yourself pumps then), and I could give the attendant £1, and say keep the change. $ gallons today will cost over £36, and I have to serve myself. They keep saying inflation is low, but that doesn't seem low to me. Right now the producer price ines is up over 36%, and that is a more realistic indicator than the retail price index bandied about by the government.
It really does seem to be a way for the super-elite with their hereditary wealth to increase their asset value at the expense of the bulk of the population.
belated Happy Birthday to you Sir, at this time that age is difficult for an individual person to reach, and you are lucky that you have reached that age and it is rare for that age that the person is still strong because there is often a lot of pain. brought, Then do I correctly understand that every gallon of oil in your area is 36 pounds or 36 pounds in 4 gallons? either of the two I could say it is still expensive even you have low inflation there in the area where you are.