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uponit7771

(93,532 posts)
1. Yep and their favorite retort is what about Bidens 9% and I tell them Biden didn't event COVID. Shits them up cause
Mon Aug 18, 2025, 01:33 PM
Aug 2025

... they want to also disconnect COVID from effects on the economy.

Most of it was Pedoprez's mishandling of COVID

WSHazel

(824 posts)
2. Inflation reached 9% under Biden for a few quarters
Mon Aug 18, 2025, 01:35 PM
Aug 2025

and was way down by mid-2022. Trump is actually driving more inflation, deliberately, and his supporters don't care.

Prairie Gates

(8,479 posts)
3. When you're paying prosciutto prices for roast beef
Mon Aug 18, 2025, 01:41 PM
Aug 2025

Ooooof!

(To be fair, around here roast beef has been $12.99 a pound for a good while, sometimes $13.99. I don't think I've seen $18/lb though.)

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