I have to assume 'ex' means excluding, which would make this man a massive moron indeed.
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Yup. CPI is intentionally designed to exclude the main and most essential costs in daily life in favour of useless consumerist purchases to give a total scam of an underestimated figure.
And this is the sole measure by which the Fed and government measure inflation.
I'm really stoned and posted the wrong meme but in a roundabout way it still works lol.