cross-posted from: https://ibbit.at/post/107526

Democrats on the congressional Joint Economic Committee released a report Thursday detailing how much more the average American family in every US state is having to spend monthly to cover the rising costs of food, shelter, energy, and other necessities under the leadership of President Donald Trump. The panel released its report on the same day the Trump administration was supposed to…

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    4 hours ago

    I’m surprised how big the difference between states, $269 in OK to $1,030 in UT

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      I’m in UT and I felt like I’ve just been fucking up my finances… I didn’t realize it’s an actual thing happening to me.

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        oh, you are probably fucking up your finances too, but capitalism is f’n it up more than you are ;-)

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    let’s play a game: which will come first? civil unrest, 2% interest rates or midterm elections?

    we’re not the only ones playing that game.

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    I wonder what my distant uncle who said Trump made him richer would think about this. I think he was referring to the three tiny stimulus checks he got during the pandemic. Oh well, he voted for this.

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    Deploying the same methodology that Republicans used to track cost increases under former President Joe Biden, JEC Democrats found that the average US family is spending roughly $700 more per month on basic items since Trump took office in January, pledging to bring prices “way down.”

    Smart to use their methodology. That way they can’t call it flawed. Well they can but they’ll sound stupid

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      na, Democrats always lie, even they use the same methodology, if a Democrat said it is automatically a lie /s

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    Yah, but Biden had the worst economy ever, and Pedonald is just trying to dig out from all the terribleness.

    🙄

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    sure but they’re paying it to the big corps who need profits, so like, it’s all good, right?

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    Inflation is lower than it’s ever been. Gas Is nearing 1.80 per gallon. Thanks giving will be 25% cheaper. Fake news media

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      If it isn’t sarcasm, the poster hasn’t been in a grocery or clothing store in months. Or gas station. But I actually heard Trump say something like “what inflation, there IS NO inflation” in an interview.

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        We are in a new age of disinformation and crazy people, where the president of the US literally responds to protests against him with AI videos of him shitting on all of them, and where every sarcasm post needs an /s.

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        It doesn’t really read like sarcasm when it’s making the same points maga is making tho.