A quibble, Anne: inflation numbers don't include food or fuel costs. That's why the claim can be made that inflation is low, even when prices are rising at the grocery store and the gas pump (and fortunately, gas prices are no longer rising in most areas). That's why there was a broad disconnect when the Dems applauded Biden’s inflation …
A quibble, Anne: inflation numbers don't include food or fuel costs. That's why the claim can be made that inflation is low, even when prices are rising at the grocery store and the gas pump (and fortunately, gas prices are no longer rising in most areas). That's why there was a broad disconnect when the Dems applauded Biden’s inflation numbers.
Also, those who say the economy is great aren't taking into account that food prices skyrocketed over the last couple years and will never come down. That is, even if food and other prices don't go up another dime, they're still cripplingly high, while the average working person's wages have less buying power than they did 40 years ago, and many people haven't seen an increase in years. It's lived experience vs. what the Dems are saying. The Dems have to address that discrepancy if they expect to win elections.
Denise, the economy is much more than inflation. Unemployment has been very low under Biden. Wages are up. Job creation has been good. The GDP has been very good. Trade relations are good. The number of new manufacturing startups is very high. The stock market keeps hitting new highs and people have done well with their IRA's and 401k's. What did Trump do that makes you think he'd be better than Biden for the economy.? And please don't use the Covid excuse for Trump's miserable numbers, because Biden had to deal with that as well. In fact, the inflation that you bemoan has been a direct result of Covid and it affected every country in the world. Biden had nothing to do with that.
Exactly. These are the stories that the Media failed to cover for 4 years. Inflation when up under Trumps first two years- up from the 1.6% miracle that Obama achieved. Never heard a word about it.
The Pandemic blew the world economy up and Biden protected the US from the worst of it and started to rebuild manufacturing and the working class. The Media never covered the Pandemic Economic Recovery story- just repeated over and over the "inflation" story.
CNN gave no explanation- which left FOX with the opening to claiming that the moment the IRA was passed- the price of everything went up. Of all the thousands of hours of "expert" interviews on CNN no one talked about how that was baloney and the real cause for the price of eggs. To think that any Dem candidate could counter years of programing in a 3 month campaign is unrealistic.
Well put, Beck. Isn't it ironic that corporate media was responsible for both Trump victories and yet he calls them the enemy of the people? (Well, I guess that does make them the enemy of the people come to think of it.)
A quibble, Anne: inflation numbers don't include food or fuel costs. That's why the claim can be made that inflation is low, even when prices are rising at the grocery store and the gas pump (and fortunately, gas prices are no longer rising in most areas). That's why there was a broad disconnect when the Dems applauded Biden’s inflation numbers.
Also, those who say the economy is great aren't taking into account that food prices skyrocketed over the last couple years and will never come down. That is, even if food and other prices don't go up another dime, they're still cripplingly high, while the average working person's wages have less buying power than they did 40 years ago, and many people haven't seen an increase in years. It's lived experience vs. what the Dems are saying. The Dems have to address that discrepancy if they expect to win elections.
Denise, the economy is much more than inflation. Unemployment has been very low under Biden. Wages are up. Job creation has been good. The GDP has been very good. Trade relations are good. The number of new manufacturing startups is very high. The stock market keeps hitting new highs and people have done well with their IRA's and 401k's. What did Trump do that makes you think he'd be better than Biden for the economy.? And please don't use the Covid excuse for Trump's miserable numbers, because Biden had to deal with that as well. In fact, the inflation that you bemoan has been a direct result of Covid and it affected every country in the world. Biden had nothing to do with that.
Exactly. These are the stories that the Media failed to cover for 4 years. Inflation when up under Trumps first two years- up from the 1.6% miracle that Obama achieved. Never heard a word about it.
The Pandemic blew the world economy up and Biden protected the US from the worst of it and started to rebuild manufacturing and the working class. The Media never covered the Pandemic Economic Recovery story- just repeated over and over the "inflation" story.
CNN gave no explanation- which left FOX with the opening to claiming that the moment the IRA was passed- the price of everything went up. Of all the thousands of hours of "expert" interviews on CNN no one talked about how that was baloney and the real cause for the price of eggs. To think that any Dem candidate could counter years of programing in a 3 month campaign is unrealistic.
Well put, Beck. Isn't it ironic that corporate media was responsible for both Trump victories and yet he calls them the enemy of the people? (Well, I guess that does make them the enemy of the people come to think of it.)