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$1 in January of 2018 has the same buying power as...$1.24 in December of 2023. "The price of everything" did not increased 100%, it increased 24%.
That also sucks, and you don't have to lie about it to make your point.
https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=1&year1=201801&year2=202312
Tell that to all of us paying upwards of 3X as much for many basic goods, including McChickens.
Hot take: a McChicken isn't a basic good.
It is to people who can't afford anything else or cook for themselves. Like the homeless population you claim to care about.