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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why on Earth are people offended by this? Besides Republicans feigning offense like they did with Obama's tan suit, I mean.[/quote]

Lots of Biden voters in comments explain their reason for offense to this tweet. [/quote]

Complaining about student loans in response to the price of food essentially remaining stable since last year does not indicate that offense was taken.

Have you visited Twitter before? It's very common for people to tweet complaints to politicians that have nothing to do with the original tweet.[/quote]

Did you put the tweet together? And expect it to placate the masses?

Prices That We've Never Seen Before': Rising Food Costs Hitting Restaurants Hard
Author: Christina Hager
June 21, 2021 at 5:25 pm

https://www.google.com/amp/s/boston.cbslocal.com/2021/06/21/food-costs-rising-boston-restaurants-demand-transportation/%3famp

“BOSTON (CBS) – Have you noticed how much it costs to fill your fridge these days? Some grocery store customers are feeling sticker-shock. “The cost of produce the cost of meat, deli, things that are prepared have gotten more expensive now,” said Melanie Kinsley of Franklin.

“They haven’t gone up. They’ve almost doubled,” said Nick Rando, who owns Ziti Trattoria in Natick.

It’s not just meat. According to the National Bureau of Labor Statistics, cereal and bakery items are up 5%. Fruit and vegetables are up 1%, and dairy products are up .6%.

We have seen prices that we’ve never seen before,” said Jim Tselikis, who runs Cousins Maine Lobster, a national chain of lobster roll trucks, along with his sister. “

Food prices haven’t remained “stable.”[/quote]

Ah, so not only are you an Obama's-tan-suit-pearl-clutcher, you're also a reality-denier. The cost of food prepared at home is up 2.2% since the absolute trough of the pandemic recession. Yawn. What's that thing you guys always say? Nothingburger?[/quote]

I think you are missing the big picture.

“Inflation is all around us. The latest Consumer Price Index from BLS tells us prices have climbed by 5 percent year over year, the largest jump since 2008. Sharp rises in energy costs (29 percent) are a major factor behind that number, as anyone who filled a car with gas recently can likely attest.

The prices we pay for our food are right at the top of the list of greater expenses. On a global scale, the BLS numbers sound downright reasonable. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization recently estimated that the global Food Price Index has jumped 30.8 percent above last year’s figure, to its highest level since 2014. Higher costs for oils, meats, dairy, and cereal products all contributed to the rise — and the increasing worries about food insecurity that come with them.

That sobering picture makes the 2.2 percent number from BLS sound almost reasonable. But for anyone who does the daily shopping, the reality behind that innocent-sounding figure quickly gives way to an immediate and personal recognition of just how significant 2.2 percent can be — especially as part of a steady stream of superficially innocuous annual increases.“

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.agdaily.com/insights/look-u-s-grocery-prices-high-right-now/amp/[/quote]

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