Sounds reasonable on first view but the CPI isn’t a good measure of how well things are going – plus, what if the previous administration messed up and things skydive? Then you would only have politicians who don’t need the money- because they have plenty already.

Why Is the Consumer Price Index Controversial?

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The Consumer Price Index is a popular measure of inflation in the United States whose calculation generates controversy amongst economists.