> Well 40 years strong of that not happening in this country as we continuously inflate, because our currency is inflationary by design.

You just fundamentally don't understand what you're talking about. It's not about bringing prices down, that would be a deflationary economy (negative inflation/CPI). Deflationary forces (e.x. lowering demand) are needed to lower inflation (the cost of good goes up but more slowly).

It has literally never been about making things cheaper than a year ago.