Unless you light up your house like the Griswalds, work in a different state and drive every day, or use your hose to water your driveway for 10 hours each day, I don't see how they are the "big 4".
Geez we are a pack of pathetic whiners.
As for inflation being disguised by the dollar, aren't you just saying that we don't have actual inflation.
This notion of reinterpreting facts to suit your argument is really getting a bit out of control on this thread.