{"id":82594,"date":"2022-06-24T06:25:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T11:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=82594"},"modified":"2022-06-24T06:25:13","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T11:25:13","slug":"inflated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=82594","title":{"rendered":"Inflated"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Joe Doakes from Como Park emails:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UBack when the Lesko Brandon administration was insisting price inflation didn’t exist, I detailed the recent history<\/a> of price increases in a single product as a way to prove the lie.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Now that price inflation is admitted, turns out to be a good thing because it helps consumers cut back on needless expenses. Such as chip dip. Which just went to $5 per jar up from $3 less than a year ago. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Thanks, President Brandon, dieting has never been easier!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This photo explains why Democrats are in a panic about the upcoming election. They can blame Putin. They can blame oil companies. They can blame makers of baby food, tampons, and DEF. They can quote ‘experts’ telling consumers not to believe their lying eyes. But consumers don’t care about that. They see the evidence of inflation. They see Lesko Brandon’s policies hurting them. Whether they’re angry enough to do something about it at the polls, to punish the people who are punishing us, remains to be seen. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Joe Doakes<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

It certainly didn\u2019t help Jimmy Carter much.<\/p>

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But at the risk of sounding like a curmudgeon, I don\u2019t think people are as smart now as they were back then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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