December Inflation Data Out - 40 Year Record 7% It Keeps Getting Worse (CNN, abortion)
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Are any of you seeing empty grocery shelves?
On the news today they showed some of the shelves in Trader Joes and Wegmans that were really empty.
I think this was in D.C. or in Delaware.
I can't say I'm surprised, our grocery bill is now basically double from a year ago. If anything inflation is massively undercounted and manipulated, if you compare the same items from the 1970's inflation is much much more than 7%
I am on temporary Disability insurance to end very soon, my company has no place to put me in going back, there will be zero income like starting now.
Before I had surgery everything was planned going well, money in the bank and paying the mortgage down fast.
With the inflation it has zapped the 66% of wages I was getting in disability and killed us.
I can't even begin to tell you how sorry I was to read this!
So what are your plans -- and what kind of help will you be getting? (And if you don't get at least some help from the government, that would be, in my opinion, absolutely disgusting. Any government that cares more about those people who are here illegally than it does about those citizens who had been working until bad luck kicked in deserves to be . . . well, I won't say it, but I think most people can make a very good guess about what I am too cowardly to say.)
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I don't like saying this because inflation is hurting most people, I think, but this might be a blessing in disguise if nothing changes between now and November 1. The mid-term elections are exactly 300 days from today (on November 8), and I think and hope that moderates will overwhelmingly be voting for Republicans this year unless things significantly improve. (And I am not just talking about inflation, either.)
That is a disgusting attitude to have and part of the reason why we are so partisan. This right here is an example of party over country. Why do want people just to suffer so we can have the corrupt Republicans say they'll do things differently but never change and act as an abusive partner? Sorry, I'm not saying Democrats are perfect (far from it, except Sinema) but the Republicans especially ones I can vote for are total scum.
Are any of you seeing empty grocery shelves?
On the news today they showed some of the shelves in Trader Joes and Wegmans that were really empty.
I think this was in D.C. or in Delaware.
Blame that on the quarantine policies of the businesses or the CDC itself. Many schools are debating how they can stay open with the amount of sick calls. Besides the Chicago situation, many schools that are closing are doing so because they hit below critical levels of staff for that campus which is typically less than half.
That is a disgusting attitude to have and part of the reason why we are so partisan. This right here is an example of party over country. Why do want people just to suffer so we can have the corrupt Republicans say they'll do things differently but never change and act as an abusive partner? Sorry, I'm not saying Democrats are perfect (far from it, except Sinema) but the Republicans especially ones I can vote for are total scum.
So please explain why you think it is wrong for anyone to think that citizens should be favored over non-citizens when it comes to benefits that are funded by taxes.
Prices were going up under Trump too. Come on. Let's be a bit realistic. Not that the perpetually dazed and confused Biden is any better, but Presidents get a bit too much credit and blame for the economy either way.
The moral of the story is, centrally planned economy, or anything for that matter, doesn't work.
Please cite the rates of inflation under Trump vs Xi. Big difference. Fed policy, tax policy, ENERGY POLICY, rhetoric, etc all effect inflation. Sometimes greatly like now.
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Please cite the rates of inflation under Trump vs Xi. Big difference. Fed policy, tax policy, ENERGY POLICY, rhetoric, etc all effect inflation. Sometimes greatly like now.
Inflation is a laggard metric. But we weren't printing money under Trump during Covid? Small business, unemployment extensions, foreclosures moratorium, student loan, airline bailouts, etc? None of that was going on under Trump? Powell wasn't Trump's Fed Sec?
Is that what you're saying? Furthermore, you're saying none of that contributed to the current inflation readings?
try buying a used truck. used cars are skyrocketing.
i can barely get 30% fatburger for 3.50 a pound.
OTOH, some things haven't risen that much at all at least in my area. chicken, eggs, and dairy are all still reasonable.
beef, pork, produce, everything else is up, sometimes WAY up.
I know. I'm thinking about selling my 3 year old 27k mile truck, and ordering something new. The only think stopping me is not knowing when I'd be able to take delivery of the new one.
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