Posted on 04/15/2022 7:37:07 AM PDT by Kaslin
In March, inflation jumped 8.5%, the biggest spike since 1981. Economic growth is expected to slow. Voters are expected to be angry. Yesterday, press secretary Jen Psaki warned, "We expect March CPI (consumer price index) headline inflation to be extraordinarily elevated due to Putin's price hike." Today, her future employer, NBC, reported: "Inflation hits 40-year high of 8.5 percent due to war in Ukraine, rent hikes." The Washington Post says much the same. President Joe Biden's senior adviser for communications at the National Economic Council, Jesse Lee, went even further, accusing those who blame Biden for inflation woes of being "fully in lockstep" with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The main problem with this transparently silly talking point is that most voters will surely recall that inflation concerns predated the invasion of Ukraine. I'm not sure what Putin's position is on American inflationary pressure, but if that's it, he would be correct -- murderous dictator or not.
The Biden administration, in fact, spent a year downplaying inflation fears despite the warning signs, contending that inflation was only "transitory," claiming that "nobody" was "suggesting there's unchecked inflation on the way -- no serious economist," dismissing price spikes as a "high-class" problem, and arguing that higher prices might actually be a good thing. (Let's just say Psaki isn't cracking jokes about "the tragedy of the treadmill that's delayed" anymore.)
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Their problem is that most Americans aren’t nearly as gullible as they think....or wished we were.
In your dreams. We not only have a stolen presidential election but both houses of Congress and numerous state legislatures are controlled by Democrats.
Agree about half the population believes this is all caused by Putin. Another chunk thinks it is all out of the governments control or that big business is just being greedy.
The fact that the Virginia governor is now a republican and some down ballot elections seem to be moving back to the right gives me great hope.
Recently we had a special election for a city council seat due to the death of the councilman.....it had been held by a Democrat for literally decades. This time it was a landslide for the republican.
Just one more small indication that hopefully things are turning for the better.
There was already major inflation before the war. Any additional inflation since the war started is due to Brandon’s response to it. Putin didn’t shut off our supply of Russian oil. That was a choice Brandon made.
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