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Chainfire

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7. The same people who control the economy control politics.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Mar 31, 2022, 10:34 AM

Mar 2022

Expect food and fuel prices to keep rising until the elections. It is a double win for Republicans. All of us have to eat and many of us have to drive. The real pain of the prices is born by the the people that Republicans care the least about.

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U.S. inflation jumps again and hits 6.4% rate, the Fed's favorite price gauge shows [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2022 OP

We need some anti-trust action -- NOW! NCjack Mar 2022 #1

How is a drop from 7.9% to 6.4% called a "jump"? lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #2

It wouldn't be. But that isn't what happened FBaggins Mar 2022 #6

The February inflation rate was 7.9%, so it would also be correct to say the inflation rate dropped Shermann Mar 2022 #3

These are both February numbers FBaggins Mar 2022 #5

I see, my mistake. nt Shermann Mar 2022 #8

Key Fed Inflation Rate Hits 40-Year High; S&P 500 Slips mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2022 #4

The same people who control the economy control politics. Chainfire Mar 2022 #7

So why didn't inflation spike before the 2012 and 2016 elections? Why were gas prices low in 2016? onenote Mar 2022 #11

I recall gas prices rise sharply during President Obama's mahina Mar 2022 #12

Gas prices fluctuated during Obama's term. And Bush's. And Trump's. And so on. onenote Mar 2022 #13

Rats, I just spent 10 minutes replying to your post mahina Mar 2022 #14

Also, thanks for the link because I never even knew that that office existed. mahina Mar 2022 #15

Ps yes, the run up to the 2008 election mahina Mar 2022 #16

U.S. Inflation Rises to 40-Year Peak in February by Fed's Preferred Measure mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2022 #9

The inflation is The Wizard Mar 2022 #10

The Key Sentence In The Report Reads DallasNE Mar 2022 #17