Posted on 04/18/2022 9:46:44 AM PDT by Conservat1
The bill for the COVID lockdowns, and the War — by which I mean of course the Biden regime's scorched-but-never-drilled-into-earth assault on energy production — and all the barrels of sewing machine oil for the government printing presses, is coming due. The bill states, among other things, that there has been and will be an 8.5% surcharge (basically a tax) on the cost of your basket of goods this year over last. But that's only if you are an "average" American. If you are a low-income person who spends a greater-than-average share of your paycheck on food, then the 20% rise in the cost of beef is going to hit you harder. If you are a construction worker, a plumber, or a waiter who has refused the seduction of generous government unemployment benefits and must commute 50 to 100 miles daily for work, then the almost 50% increase in gasoline prices and 35% increase for pre-owned cars is going to hit you harder than "average." For many Americans of the sort that Democrats used to proclaim the loudest that they cared about, that 8.5% figure translates closer to 17%. It means life savings collapsing to dust. It means deciding whether to eat or to heat — to work and build for a better future for their families or accept dead-end welfare dependency. It means misery not seen in America for 40 years...
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
1 lb ground beef
$2 under President Trump
$4.83 under Joe Biden (@ Walmart, day before yesterday)
And eggs... I just saw the prices on the slip...
Eggs have doubled in some places.
Remember...Never let crisis go to waste.
Pemium gas in 2020, $2.55. premium gas in 2022 $5.10.
Let’s go Brandon.
5.56mm
“Pemium gas in 2020, $2.55. premium gas in 2022 $5.10.”
CVX in 2020, $59. CVX in 2022 $174.
I can’t even imagine how people on limited fixed incomes and those who were barely hanging on to begin with are doing now.
Hey, these people are nothing but the great unwashed, who cares?
It’s the people who do not work but vote that matter
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