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Nearly half of Americans struggling because of inflation spike: poll
New York Post ^ | June 19, 2024,

Posted on 06/20/2024 5:45:53 PM PDT by george76

Nearly half of Americans report that the recent spike in inflation is making it harder to make ends meet...

Monmouth University released a poll Wednesday showing 46% of Americans are “currently struggling to remain where they are financially.”

That figure is the highest point recorded by this pollster since Joe Biden took office and far higher than during his predecessor’s term.

“In polls conducted between 2022 and 2023, this number ranged between 37% and 44%,” Monmouth said in its report.

“In prior polls from 2017 to 2021, this sentiment was much lower at 20% to 29%.”

Prices have risen about 20% since Biden took office, a huge increase across all kinds of goods and services.

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The overwhelming narrative is that a large segment of the American public feels it is financially behind the eight ball,” Murray said.

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The poll surveyed 1,106 adults from June 1 to June 6.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biden; bidenflation; bidenomics; economy; inflation; struggling; worthlessjoe
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To: Texas resident

I hear that! I had 3 teen boys and a moocher BIL under my roof at one point in time.

And then I would remember my MIL, who raised 14 kids, tell me:

“On Monday I would go the the day-old bakery store and buy 14 loaves of bread. Then on Tuesday I would go to the discount dairy and buy 14 gallons of milk...”

They had chickens for eggs and a beef steer for meat.

I managed to keep us all fed and clothed with a BIG garden, a flock of chickens and we hunted and fished. And this was in the 90’s when doing this stuff was not the least. bit. cool. ;)


21 posted on 06/20/2024 7:48:10 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Secret Agent Man

Right.

IF accurate, at least a couple of national polls show 50-50 Biden vs. Trump.

How can half the people be that corrupt and evil?

Maybe it’s Abraham Lincoln’s saying:

“You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.”
― Abraham Lincoln

I think The View types are fooled all the time, all the way.

And the old Soviets and Chinese as Mao’s Communism came in thought the common people would share equally in the wonderful new system’s increased shared wealth (only the top elites got it all) and no one would be taken advantage of (the poor common people were—and are).


22 posted on 06/20/2024 8:01:16 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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To: Robert DeLong

Mitt Romney did that to himself instead of simply saying I stand by my statement he let Crowley correct him in real time. Mitt was just a bad candidate when he literally made his convention about him being more likeable and then he adds a Chris Christie as keynote speaker whom literally didn’t mention Mitt Romney’s name till 20 minutes into his speech.
Trump is Trump if he thinks Joe is lying he’ll say so and if he thinks the moderators are protecting him he’ll make sure to point that out too.


23 posted on 06/20/2024 8:08:20 PM PDT by Lod881019
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To: ducttape45

Yeah, the OLD refrigerant was about 99 cents a can - they have a full pallet of them when the regulation was closing down and WalMart was clearing them out.

I had money in those days. I should have bought 500 of them.


24 posted on 06/20/2024 8:48:26 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Lod881019
That's what I said. We both know Trump will fight back, however, those that hate Trump will continue to hate Trump, some will be swayed away from Trump, but some will also sway towards Trump too. I'm just making a prediction as to what we can expect from this debate, just for the fun of predicting.

If Biden fails, he will not be nominated at the convention and instead a search will take place for replacements, because they are not going to select Harris, for she's an even bigger disaster than Biden. They only picked her as Biden's running mate to ensure that Biden wouldn't he impeached & possibly be convicted if the midterms happened to change Congressional control. The could afford to lose the House, because they had enough RINOs in place to negate any real threat. But they has to hold on to the Senate.

So, let's see how my predictions go.

One last thing:

They will try to gaslight people that the economy is much better than the people realize, but that won't fly with most whose lived life sees the reality that life has less quality under Biden than it did under Trump.

25 posted on 06/20/2024 9:54:45 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: george76

I live with my step daughter and my dog. Going to the grocery store and only spending $75.00 for a week or two is hard going.

A curious side note is that the store has guards to prevent shoplifting. Never saw that before here.


26 posted on 06/21/2024 2:46:30 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dreams)
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To: Jimmy Valentine

Will be worse soon.


27 posted on 06/21/2024 3:33:23 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76
Prices have risen about 20% since Biden took office, a huge increase across all kinds of goods and services.

Nope.

The value of any stored/saved money has dropped 20%.


28 posted on 06/21/2024 4:53:13 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: rktman

The economy is fine, you just dont see it yet. /S


29 posted on 06/21/2024 4:59:30 AM PDT by Jonny7797
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To: Jonny7797

I was looking the wrong way. 😊👍


30 posted on 06/21/2024 6:04:03 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: george76
Nearly half of Americans report that the recent spike in inflation is making it harder to make ends meet...

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Nearly half will vote for four more years of this.

31 posted on 06/21/2024 6:11:08 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Robert DeLong

“They want to highlight between Trump & Biden, they do not want a real debate.”

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Totally fake debate. the most rigged event in history.


32 posted on 06/21/2024 6:14:38 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Jimmy Valentine

“A curious side note is that the store has guards to prevent shoplifting. Never saw that before here.”

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Its common in some urban areas, as is the increasing practice of putting items under some type of lock and key. And don’t forget to watch your back when you leave the store.


33 posted on 06/21/2024 6:18:35 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Robert DeLong

“The could afford to lose the House, because they had enough RINOs in place to negate any real threat. But they has to hold on to the Senate.”

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Any Republican “majority” is illusory. The party is infested with RINOs.


34 posted on 06/21/2024 6:21:50 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: george76

I don’t know where they get this 20% price rise from. Prices have gone up way more than that for necessary things such as grocery, restaurants, housing, gas, cars. And wholesale has increased way more than retail so businesses and owners aren’t spending as much on other things such as raises, expansion and improvements


35 posted on 06/21/2024 7:56:23 AM PDT by pangaea6
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To: pangaea6; All

Decide for yourself what you believe...

Can We Print Endless Money? Debate Over Modern Monetary Theory

https://rumble.com/v52unqr-can-we-print-endless-money-epic-debate-over-modern-monetary-theory.html


36 posted on 06/21/2024 9:28:25 AM PDT by Texan4Life
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To: george76

I feel that you are correct unfortunately


37 posted on 06/21/2024 9:32:17 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dreams)
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To: CatOwner

There was an anti-Soviet Union commercial in the 60’s where the brainwashed kid had a chain around his head. Today he would be a Democrat.


38 posted on 06/21/2024 9:46:28 AM PDT by alstewartfan (Child slavery, rape and drug OD's mean nothing to Roberts and Barrett. )
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To: Texan4Life

It worked in the Weimar Republic and in Venezuela, so YES! it can work here!


39 posted on 06/21/2024 8:31:02 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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