AOC says inflation is propaganda

Obviously AOC doesn’t shop at my grocery store or dine in any of my wife’s and my restaurants.

 

I don’t think presidents control if we have inflation. Global conditions are far greater than what they control.

Glad this article AOC says, first misread it as AOC thinks . At least it wasn’t Tubberville or Gaetz.

 

Gotta tell you, I went to Trader Joe's yesterday and was so shocked at how low the prices were compared to Publix. Peanut butter for instance, not one jar was over $3.49, while Publix has jars over $7. I spent $59 on two full bags ( I use insulated reusable bags ) where if I did that at Publix it would have been around $100. I never get out of there for much less.

Love Sprouts, but they are worse than Publix by a long shot.

 

Publix cut their broccoli stalks in half and kept the price the same if not raised a bit. They are finding ways to keep even the unprepared whole foods rising in price and lowering in quantity I swear I don't understand how people keep shopping there entirely because of convenience.

 

I just posted some real world data on food staples above. So, let's look at "fresh stuff".

Eggs up 38%
Chicken up 18%
Chicken Breast up 14%
Ham up 13%

 

It's absolutely because of convenience. That Trader Joe's is almost 15 minutes from us, I pass two Publix's on the way and there is another one less than 5 min from our house. There is one I can actually walk to if I wanted to. They took over Lucky's stores regardless of how close another Publix is. People don't pay attention to that broccoli trick that other manufacturers have been doing for years. Settlement in the bag my ass.

 

That's dumb. There is no way inflation is 20% but somehow the Feds "basket of goods" is missing it. This reminds me of all the morons screaming about "fake jobs reports" in 2016 only to start claiming it's "real" in 2017 ...

 

Yeah, that happens all the time where there is shortage of something ... Eggs and Chicken ... say ... what do those have in common? You could pick any point in history and find something with skyrocketing prices due to some shortage. I remember a toilet paper shortage when Trump was president, surging 20%, for example.

 

Can you share your math on this ... that's like 3.2% a month, not a year.

 

doesn't do months, but punch in 2020 & 2023 & you get 19% cumulative inf.

200 x 1.19 = 238

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my math sez that 3.2% per month for 3 years would be over 300% (1.032)^36

 

Ok, but that's 3 years ... my point has been that the last year has been (or was before today's report) relatively calm at 3%.

 

i was answering Okla's question

 

You are right, I missed that he asked about august 2020 instead of 2022.

 

LOL. You are the one thinking grocery bills only went up $6 dollars in the past year. Can't help you there Sport.

 

Chicken was up 12% in 12 months under Trump virtually the same as above. I remember all your belly aching too. Oh, wait. I dont.

 

I'm saying inflation for year -- for the "basket of goods" that the fed monitors -- was 3%, so for $200 that would mean $206. It's a pretty simple concept, that's what 3% inflation means, sport ...

 

Was there a shortage of Flour, Potatoes, Sugar, Bread, Butter, Cookies, Cheese, Rice, Yogurt, Coffee and Ice Cream? If so please list those shortages. Otherwise you are mistaken.

 

Was everything else going up with Chicken? We both know the answer to that. Good try. Swing and a miss!

 

Anyone thinking inflation isn't a big issue is either really rich or an idiot or both.

 

LOL, you searched for a list of the items most affected by inflation, then posted it claiming it's the norm.

Here's the counter argument ...