 A quote here, he says, salaries have outpaced inflation. These gains do not apply to those on minimum wage, fixed income or government benefits. So those types of folks get harmed the most by inflation because the biggest percentage of their income, of course, goes to the basics, food and housing. But he goes on, as he states, is although inflation, the worst of the increases seem to be behind us. It hit over nine percent one point a couple of years ago.