Posted on 05/08/2021 8:41:40 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The jobs report came out yesterday and it showed how the Biden policies are having a horrible effect on the economy. Instead of the almost one million new jobs which some, including the Biden team, had predicted, it was a record miss, with only 266,000 jobs. This is, at least in part, as we explained, because people are getting extended unemployment benefits so they’re not having to go back into the workforce.
What was the Biden team’s response? Let’s do more of the same! We’re not spending enough money on unemployment benefits! So let’s make things worse!
On top of that, and not unrelated, we’re also starting to see a rising inflation, as even this CNN report explains.
CNN's @ChristineRomans: "If you haven’t felt it yet, it’s coming. You can expect higher prices for toilet paper, diapers, soft drinks, plane tickets, a tank full of gas. Whirlpool is raising prices of some of its appliances by up to 12% …" pic.twitter.com/02JnIf4b4s
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) May 7, 2021
Donald Trump Jr. warned about it as well, comparing Joe Biden to Jimmy Carter. A stark reminder of the terrible inflation of the 1970s that Carter had no idea how to handle.
We can already see that Biden and his people have no idea what they are doing if they want to spend even more money.
But Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm demonstrated still more of the Biden team’s cluelessness when she was quizzed by Jake Tapper about the rising gas prices.
Quite the interview with Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm w @jaketapper on CNN — she seemed to suggest that gas prices were high and rising because the virus isn’t yet fully under control.
— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) May 7, 2021
Video: pic.twitter.com/Dfcxv2o5zA
— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) May 7, 2021
Tapper said that gas was about fifty cents higher a gallon than when Biden took office. “Beyond whether or not you think your policies are to blame,” Tapper asked, “Are you worried that the prices could impact whether or not Americans travel, which is, of course, needed to put money back into the economy?” Her response? “People need to travel, right. We need to get the virus under control first. We need to get to that 70%. We need to get to herd immunity. You know, why have gas prices gone up? Could that be because of the virus itself, as well? Is it — I mean — everything is tied together.”
How is that an answer to Tapper’s questions about the rising prices and the greater question of how you guys are screwing up the economy? Tapper didn’t make it particularly hard or even blame Biden for it, he just basically asked what was her response to the rising prices, or was she concerned about them? She couldn’t even say, “Yes, we are worried, and here’s what we’re going to do to prevent that.” Likely because they have no idea exactly how they would go about doing that.
How clueless it is to deflect to the virus? If it were because of the virus, which we’ve been dealing with for over a year, why didn’t the increases come last year? But this is the same woman who tried to sell us on new definitions of the term “infrastructure.”
And Fred Rogers rises from the grave to don a cardigan.
Grandtheft? Did she ever get that mole on her face removed? They must’ve took some brains with it.
She didn’t hide as much salami or polish as many bumper hitches as Wretched wHitler did when she was in college, according to a Freeper in the know...
I always thought that was a nervous tick... 
Working for a living is racist.
I was paying $2.45 for premium gas on election day. My last fill up, two days ago, at the same gas station, was $3.49. And yes, premium is the recommended grade for my vehicle. I use what the owner’s manual recommends.
Another very significant reason is that older workers who have been laid off or had their hours reduced have said, I will sign up for Social Security.
Once you sign up and start taking Social Security any attempt to get back into the labor market before Full Retirement Age (FRA is now usually 67 or so, but you can start taking Social Security at age 62 and some are financial desperate enough to do that) has a fairly discouraging federal penalty. The government doesn’t want people who retire to work.
“....In 2021, if you collect benefits before full retirement age and continue to work, the Social Security Administration will temporarily withhold $1 in benefits for every $2 you earn over $18,960. If you will reach FRA in 2021, the earnings limit goes up to $50,520, and $1 is deducted from your benefits for every $3 you earn over that. Once you actually attain full retirement age, the earnings limit goes away.....”
When she was governer of michigan, her nick name was little jenny grandtheft. She is the proverbial barrel of snakes.
Granholm is an AIRHEAD! One of the DUMBEST people ever to be in politics, and the stupid people of Michigan voted for her!
Jimmah Cahtah turned dollar bills into quarters.
And now we have another one in the White House...
Puppet man has caused massive inflation and unemployment. This is intentional. They deliberately cause pain, then tell you they’ll solve the problem with their new “plans.” Their new “plans” will make you suffer even more because their purpose is to make you accept their totalitarianism in which you’ll have no choices and a lot of shared misery.
During it all, the ruling elite lives high off the hog off your money, while you are miserable.
Stupider than Joe??
Donald Trump Jr. warned about it as well, comparing
Joe Biden to Jimmy Carter.
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I bet that carried a lot of weight with the decision makers..
The headline is too long. Should read Jennifer Granholm is brainless.
I hold that airheaded pile of human debris directly responsible for the loss of my 20 year career and forcing me to move from Michigan to the East Coast 12 years back when she was Governess.
Why she’s still breathing free air let alone in any position of responsibility is reason enough never to consider voting for any democrat.
She’s a complete incompetent and fits well in the cabinet of morons.
Any crowd of idiots who can get behind “math is racist”, cannot be trusted to comprehend economics!!
Demand is part of the answer.
Oh yeah.
$3.19 this morning in Louisville, KY by the interstate. It’ll be $4.00 by mid summer.
Here Gas is up 1.10 per gallon since the installation of Chomo Joe. I remember when gas skyrocketed under Obma’s regime and said it was because the economy was so great yet at the same time dragged in oil company ceos to explain why gas was so expensive.
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