Not really. Dollars buying less is a direct result of corporate greed. It has nothing to do with higher costs of materials...maybe a tad with labor. You get a smaller frozen pizza for $6 than you did 2 years ago simply becuz corporate America is squeezing your nutz. And anyone who pays $100/mo for cable or sattelite tv in order to watch 15 minutes of commercials every hour probly actually enjoys having their nutz crushed. America! Land of the sheeple! Of course they will all rejoice when their pennies become dollars. But that won't happen unless Bernie gets elected. Feel the burn, sheeple...I mean, kittens :-)