Someone built the RPI (Redneck Price Index) because the official CPI measures a basket of goods that apparently no actual human buys. The basket: • 150hp Evinrude • Copenhagen • 1lb of nails • 30-pack • Singlewide • Propane • Duct tape • Fishing license • Full-size truck • A/T tires • .30-06 ammo Built it with Claude. Results: not great. Honestly this is a more honest inflation measure than anything the BLS puts out. The CPI weights things like "shelter" using a fake rent calculation and then wonders why nobody believes the numbers.