Charts for Pre-Coiners™️ When income levels are different but the *rate* of change is similar, everyone wins When income is different *and* the rate favors the top more than the bottom, fewer people win, thereby widening inequality Saving in #bitcoin can fix this

Charts for Pre-Coiners™️ If you want to own a house but can’t afford it, you may want to start saving in #bitcoin

Charts for Pre-Coiners™️ Happy New Year! Unless you're in the bottom half of workers, that is While there was some relief on expenses (electricity, food at home) compared to wages, transportation and housing (as well as food away from home) outpaced 2024 wages Got #bitcoin?

Charts for Pre-Coiners™️ It's not only that CPI is higher relatively, which has led to negative inflation-adjusted wages It's that workers experience much higher price inflation than CPI through their highest proportion expenses, which hurts them even more Got #bitcoin?

Charts for Pre-Coiners™️ IrishBitcoinBro presents housing costs’ charts from different regions with one simple message: Saving in continuously devalued fiat currencies to buy a home is a losing battle Saving in #bitcoin to buy a home is how individuals and families can win

Charts for Pre-Coiners™️ In the same timeframe, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 19.9%. 1) for the median earner and everyone below, the increase was lower than this 2) workers’ Top 3 expenses outpaced wages 3) got #bitcoin?

Charts for Pre-Coiners™️ Examining this claim on food alone (2021-2025): Average wages = +19.9% Food at home = +23.2% Food away from home = +25% Food is the 3rd highest expense for 3/5ths of workers Shelter (+24.7%) & transportation (+43.5%) make this worse Got #bitcoin?

Charts for Pre-Coiners™️ This Bob-inspired chart tracks year, minimum wage, and gold price While it's harder to earn 1oz of gold at today's minimum wage compared to 1970, it was also harder in 1980 than 2000. What will this chart measured in #bitcoin look like over 50 years?

The brunt of inflation is on non-asset owners ie the less well-off. Waldo Stacker has been banging this drum for years.

Inflation worsens social inequity, entrenches stratification, and inevitably leads to conflict and collapse

Charts for Pre-Coiners™️ Hold the celebration on headline CPI. Workers two largest expenses, shelter and transportation, continue to outpace median wages. Fortunately, if workers are able to save in #bitcoin over time, they can combat this.

Charts for Pre-Coiners™️ Americans now spend $100b+ on lottery tickets each year What if they just saved in #bitcoin instead? Odds of winning anything in Powerball: 1 in 24.87 Odds of winning by hodling bitcoin: 1 in 1 It might actually be better being smart than lucky

Charts for Pre-Coiners™️ Worried about rising food prices? If you're in the bottom three income quintiles, you probably are, as food is your third highest expense. And wages aren't keeping up. But as Bitcoin Carl shows us, saving in #bitcoin fixes this

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Charts for Pre-Coiners™️ The fundamental issue with the term "real wages" is that the adjustment is based on CPI in its entirety CPI does not weigh categories according to the proportion of workers' expenses used for each category Shelter is workers' #1 expense Got #bitcoin?

Charts for Pre-Coiners™️ Shelter = rent (35.5% of CPI) Housing = rent + energy (35.5 + 3.2 = 38.7% of CPI) In 2020, the bottom two quintiles paid 39.5% and 42.9% on housing; it's much higher today as shelter has risen the most of CPI. Saving in #bitcoin can start to fix this

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Charts for Pre-Coiners™️ Step 1: look at 5-year price increases in your 3 largest expenses: shelter, food, transportation. Step 2: look at your paycheck to see how much you've gotten a raise over the last 5 years Step 3: study #bitcoin if you don't like what you see

Charts for Pre-Coiners™️ No matter the timeframe, inflation is stealing your purchasing power. Maybe your wages keep up, but most likely not. Maybe you break even with some investments, but many have none of these. Anyone can access and save in #bitcoin to fix this.