Store, but another part of this that really is having, i think, a subtle but substantial effect on public opinion, and that is real wages. in november, real wages went down 1.1% year over year. that is to say your wages adjusted for inflation went down 1.1%, and prices are continuing to rise, but your wages, your ability to pay for them continue to decline. in fact, if you then combine it with the decline in the average work week, it s not just how many how much do you get paid, but how many hours do you get paid for. the work week is declining so as a result you take that into account and one month, year over year, 3% decline. so hit on the one hand by high raise in praises and the other hand the wages are not keeping up with the increase in prices so the gap at the end of the month between the stack of bills you have and the cash you have to pay for it, that difference gets to be a little larger each ....