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The Mouth

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26. That inflation surge destroyed my family, essentially
Fri Sep 27, 2024, 09:22 PM
Sep 27

But at least Carter (and even Ford) give it a hell of a lot more concern than I've heard from left or right for the last 4 years. The party has other priorities than old people on fixed incomes subject to the whims of inflation. We don't march in the streets, we merely vote sanely (which is Democratic, of course). Other issues get action in the streets and the energy of party leaders but we old folks can just go off and die in poverty, we should be grateful for the occasional increase in SSI or the occasional white house fulminating about corporations (the same ones that contribute a lot of money to people in both parties). The pubbies want to use it to win the election, of course- not that they really give a shit- but tha5t doesn't mean that it's an existential issue for my voting block. I'd sure as hell like to see VP Harris outline what, when, and how she is going to do something about this, with numbers an a SENSE OF FUCKING URGENCY EQUAL TO ANYTHING OF THE LAST 10 YEARS. But I'm on old dude who should probably just drop dead as far as the people who have other issues are concerned.



"soft landing" may be understating it. nt BootinUp Sep 27 #1
Has Donnie placed an order for a case of ketchup to celebrate sinkingfeeling Sep 27 #2
Graphs and summary table of all 3 inflation measures (PCE, CPI, PPI) progree Sep 27 #3
I felt the rumble BumRushDaShow Sep 27 #4
But some GOP-MAGA Latino voters in Arizona still complain kansasobama Sep 27 #5
Bunch of B.S. imo CountAllVotes Sep 27 #6
I can relate to that bucolic_frolic Sep 27 #7
That is how I see it too CountAllVotes Sep 27 #9
Where are you? BumRushDaShow Sep 27 #10
One could spend $9/lb on ground beef in Seattle. maxsolomon Sep 27 #11
I think some of the name-brand Wagyu here at my market BumRushDaShow Sep 27 #13
Perhaps in some housing districts, where housing has gone up thru the roof, e.g., in FL, other places. These SWBTATTReg Sep 27 #17
Nothing in your OP or its linked article is inconsistent with ground beef being $9/lb somewhere progree Sep 27 #12
Actually yes - the price "rise" (slope of the line) is LESS than it has been in the past BumRushDaShow Sep 27 #14
There are breakdowns into broad and sometimes narrow categories progree Sep 27 #15
I don't think they would have that data BumRushDaShow Sep 27 #16
And then look what I found BumRushDaShow Sep 28 #29
It was all staged--it's a hoax!!!! COL Mustard Sep 27 #8
I'm on a fixed income. The Mouth Sep 27 #18
+1 CountAllVotes Sep 27 #19
Well, the chances of prices going back to 2019 levels is almost zero. Elessar Zappa Sep 27 #20
Prices are up 19.3% since 8/2019 according to the PCE, and 22.7% according to the CPI progree Sep 27 #22
What should've been done was a flat amount increase for people on SS, SSDI, and SSI. Elessar Zappa Sep 27 #23
I'm on a "fixed income" too (as a retiree, with any COLA subject to the whims of fucking Congress) BumRushDaShow Sep 27 #21
COLA CountAllVotes Sep 27 #25
That inflation surge destroyed my family, essentially The Mouth Sep 27 #26
Agree CountAllVotes Sep 27 #27
'The party has other priorities than old people on fixed incomes" BumRushDaShow Sep 28 #28
Well, I wish the choir was yelling at the pastor The Mouth Sep 28 #30
Is the real message this? CountAllVotes Sep 27 #24
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