Market Manipulation for Republican Gain

[Delarage]

So much for the so-called belief in "free markets." DeSatan and the Saudis seem to have the same idea (just in time for 2024):

It seems the Saudis are cutting production to raise fuel prices (which will lead to the inevitable "I did this" stickers.

[link:https://www.npr.org/2023/06/04/1180056198/saudi-arabia-oil-opec|

It seems DeSatan is cracking down on migrant workers, which will raise produce prices, which they will blame on "out of control" inflation (currently NOT out-of-control).

[link:https://www.governing.com/work/floridas-new-law-poses-heightened-risks-for-migrant-workers|

]https://www.forbes.com/advisor/investing/current-inflation-rate/#:~:text=CPI%20inflation%20hit%20a%2040,inflation%20is%20on%20the%20mend.

The Labor Department reported the consumer price index (CPI) rose 4% year-over-year in May. That’s well off the 4.9% gain in April and a touch below the 4.1% figure economists were expecting.

This is only the latest sign that the Federal Reserve is making solid progress in its ongoing battle against inflation. CPI inflation hit a 40-year high of 9.1% in June 2022, and it has been steadily falling over the past 12 months.

[Beachnutt]

1. Rethugs manipulate the stock market

through their big hedgefund donors such as Ken Griffin and Citidel securities using super computers and algorythms.
Keeping the working class 401k pushed down.
Griffin moved his headquarters to Ft lauderdale Florida recently and is desantis biggest donor.
These bastards are slick and tricky and will do anything to fool the voters into thinking the economy sucks and it's President Biden and the Democrats fault.
In my opinion if President Biden would put someone over the securities and exchange commission (SEC) that would clamp down on these huge big money cheating hedge funds and let the market operate like it is supposed to the working folks of America would see their 401k's soar to new heights and be very happy and would be no denying that Bidenomics is working and would vote in their best interest.
We need Gary Gensler gone and someone who is not bought off to run the sec.

[Tesha]

2. The Neo-Conservative...

Corporations and the powerful,
keeping themselves in positions of power,
simply by manipulating the ignorant.

[2naSalit]

3. And making sure...

That there are plenty of ignorant voters.

[Vogon_Glory]

4. Some of us remember the premium jumps for the ACA when Obama was president

My insurance premiums jumped 100 percent—and not-so-coincidentally it was an election year.

[modrepub]

5. It's Always Some Far-Off Democrat's Fault

Don't you always notice that the downtrodden miserable Republicans always blame some far off boogie man(or woman, especially women) for their plight? If their situation is not to their liking its because some Democrat picked their pocket with high taxes or gave some job to someone with darker skin or a non-traditional family setting. And they never mention their local Republican party as having anything to do with their plight; and local Republicans always blame "the other guy".

The kicker is, when the shoe is on the other foot, they complain about how folks should "pull themselves up by their own bootstraps".