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| Bidenomics working... A pound of ground beef now costs $5.23 on average, up from $3.89 in January 2020, and prices for fresh fruits and vegetables are nearly 14% higher, per Bloomberg. |
+1. I bruised my foot when I kicked a chair last week. F*ck Biden. |
Republican environmental policy working. "Cattle herds in the U.S. have been reduced to their “smallest number in decades” as a result of prolonged drought in key cattle ranching states like Texas and Kansas, Swanson said." https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/25/beef-prices-are-at-record-highs-and-your-steak-is-becoming-pricier.html#:~:text=Retail%20beef%20prices%20in%20the,to%20ease%20any%20time%20soon. |
Lobster tail is through the roof! |
| It costs a fortune to fill up my pick up truck that I seldom haul anything in and never take off road. Why does Brandon hate real Americans? |
Eat potatoes. |
I've been going with pork lately. At my grocery stores, it's been a lot cheaper than beef; and I can make some delicious stuff with pork. |
Pork is also way healthier for the environment. |
| TGI Fridays abruptly closes 36 ‘underperforming’ restaurants - CNN |
Because TGI is a garbage restaurant and has been for decades. It is shocking it lasted this long. |
Biden hasn’t been president since January 2020, dear. |
It’s fun to find out that Republicans think that Democratic presidents are royalty who can raise or lower prices at whim. And it’s even more fun to remember that the GOP has blocked all the Democrats’ attempts to prevent price gouging, which is what you’re mad about. |
| December Jobs Report: 216,000 new jobs, unemployment holds steady at 3.7%. Wage growth: 4.1% in past year (well above 3.1% inflation). |
Markets down on this news because it may push out interest rate cuts, but the economy remaining this strong is really quite amazing. |
They really love to pretend that the train wreck of a year that was 2020 was during Biden's term. |