Posted on 08/09/2022 8:48:31 AM PDT by fwdude
It’s so deceitful that they exclude many of the items from the CPI which comprise a huge part of most people’s budgets, like FUEL!
You’re right. Real inflation is around 35% or higher. I’ve seen it in my expenses for sure.
And like Monopoly, you get a Get Out of Jail card and free government money every turn. If you are a member of the privileged political party and race and sex, that is.
Reuters headline writers are so clever as they try to be misleading. The adjective for the huge DROP would be “worst” for a Republican, not “biggest”, a positive connotation word as we see here. Most people are not very smart.
But the real barrier to productivity is regulation. Government can stimulate productivity by reducing regulations. But it is not just regulations. Business productivity is affected by every mandate placed on business. Taxes are a perfect example. It’s not so much the dollar amount of taxes paid, but rather the cost associated with tax law compliance. Every moment and dollar spent on activities not related to delivering products and services to consumers is unproductive. We need a complete divorce between business and government.
Not to mention HR, and the leftards who are largely in control of this massive dead-weight industry. Ever more regulations are imposed, which are hard to discern or quantify. Just got an email on the Dept of Labor increases on penalties this very morning. Talk about onerous.
You are so right about HR. There are so many facets of businesses exist solely to comply with government mandates.
Just the other day in Kentucky, senile Sleepy Joe cluelessly read (and mindlessly adlibbed) the following during his most recent teleprompter speech: "We’ve never done this before ... like a billion, 200 million-dollar infrastructure project ... helping take care of everything from health care to God knows what else."
"A billion, 200 million-dollar infrastructure project?" Senile Sleepy Joe has no clue about even basic math. With all of senile Sleepy Joe's soaring spending and skyrocketing inflation, a "billion, 200 million-dollar" anything is like chicken feed in the enormous U.S. economy. Hey, senile Sleepy Joe, the U.S isn't a third-world country ... yet ... but you're clearly doing your "best" to see that it becomes one soon.
Funding for "God knows what else?" (Um, senile Sleepy Joe, the Democrats/RINOs still laughably claim you're a legitimate "elected President." However, a U.S. President is supposed to actually know what's in each spending bill he signs. Sad. Very sad.)
Democrats/RINOs are sad, too. One of Biden's spokespeople, in referring to senile Sleepy Joe's teleprompter speech, actually said it shows that "as a Biden," he always means what he says. LOL. What a joke. First of all, senile Sleepy Joe doesn't even know what he's "saying," let alone know what he "means." Democrats/RINOs are still comically trying to pawn off senile Sleepy Joe as a "competent" individual. Every country in the world, no matter how small, is still laughing at the United States regarding the stolen election resulting in the Democrats/RINOs gurneying senile Sleepy Joe into the Oval Office, along with Kamala "Laughing Hyena" Harris. Who do the Democrats/RINOs think they're fooling? Please, Democrats/RINOs, stop insulting the intelligence of 7 billion people on Planet Earth. "Earth to Democrats/RINOs! ... Earth to Democrats/RINOs! ... (crickets) ..."
thank you...
“Everything in Washington is political and everything is about timing.”
Everything in Washington is a lie.
This is the government declaration of sovereignty over the people.
There are no statistics created and released by Washington that are truth.
That’s OK. I hear there are 87,000 high paying Federal jobs opening up.
Yes, productivity increased from 4.6% to 2.5% annual rate.
Win a woman’s swimming contest. Collect prize money.
Have a sex change operation scheduled. Go to the women’s rest room and enjoy your last woody.
Get out of jail free. Burn a store down and murder the owner. Do not pass GO. But sue the police for arresting you. Collect two million dollars.
Yet another record set by Biden and the Democrats and their policies.
One of the most record breaking administrations in history.
Everything in Washington is a lie.
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Well yes, that too. Being good liars is the only “skill” that most people in the Swamp have.
It is what they want. The progs want another Depression/War cycle.
The corrupt press w.ill bury this story... Because 98% if them are liberals and liars...
Me, SOL!
True. The administration’s “published” or “we will (reluctantly) admit inflation is this much” value OMITS the “always volatile “ prices of food, fuel, and housing.
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