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> If the headline read consumers now willing to pay twice the price it wouldn't have the same clickbait value

that's not how it works though. Inflation affects a lot of goods where you have no choice, you just need it (e.g. food, utilities, housing, transportation).

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Almost all good have a sliding scale for quality and how much you consume. It's not pretty or Pleasant but it's possible. I don't want to in any way sugar coat it, but it's possible. For example people don't need meat or eggs to have a subsistence diet. The fact that they continue to buy those goods at a higher price demonstrates that they are both willing and capable of paying that price before switching to something cheaper like rice and beans

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