and the funny part about it is if you listen to what frederick hayek said, he says history is a reflection of inflation and it's for the benefit of the government. look what hershey has done. this is a perfect example, stuart. they're paying more for milk, dairy, soed on and so forth. they're paying more for things we have to pay for. they're having to pass the prices on to the consumer. for three years they haven't done that. it's going happen with dozens of other companies because you can't keep cutting your margins. you have to hold your margins. i'm surprised it took this long to cease price inflation. when the fed expanded its balance sheet by $4 trillion, stuart, that money has to show up inflation somewhere. and keep in mind one last thing. inflation benefits debtors and punishes savers. with the united states being the largest debtor in the world, stuart. you can assure yourself they love more inflation. >> how does the government juggle the numbers? i look at the consumer price index that's released every month. like at it very, very closely and it says the price of this, this, th