re: Why so much talk of raising minimum wage? Why no discussion on cost of living?

To be fair, it's not a partisan issue, both parties are equally to blame. I can easily make the argument that we have not had a cost conscious republican in office in my lifetime. Reagan, for all that he did for the economy, was a huge spender. So was Bush. So was Clinton. So was Bush. Obama is just the worst we've seen in over 2 decades....

Federal government is addicted to the FRB and Banking crack.

However, if you look at the government data, they'll tell you that the price of goods are actually going down because TVs (that you buy once every 10 years)are cheaper than they used to be, but fully ignore the cost of real estate, energy, and food.

That said,