As I sit here CBS Nightly News is running a story on the high prices at fast food restaurants... Dan

Can one of you political economic gurus explain how whoever is President actually affects what inflation numbers are..?? I know everybody claims it's the Presidents policy that affects things but just because you want something to happen doesn't mean Congress is going to go along with your plans. If there is any group to blame it would be our esteemed Congress. They either pass laws or they don't which can affect things...i.e taxes, rules and other regulations that add costs or lower them...fat chance of that...:) I don't like inflation anymore than anyone else.

If anyone thinks that re-electing Trump is going to magically lower fuel costs, lower food costs, or lower the cost of hard goods I've got some ocean front property in Arizona I'll sell cheap...:)

If Trump will pledge to lower the price of fluorocarbon line, reels and rods, and boats I will consider voting for him...:)

We shall see

Is that land close to where they moved the London Bridge?

We have had one term of each of the the candidates, I know I personally did pretty well under one and have struggled under the other one…which one do you think I will pick?

This guy says he lowered inflation and gas prices as well.


https://youtu.be/U_O1hEm59rM?si=KQAoBb_SpovFrMKX

Neither of the two recent US presidents caused the inflation we have seen the last few years. The inflation problem hasn't been isolated to the US, the whole world has experienced it. If it was a US problem, the USD would have crashed but it hasn't, it's maintained a stable exchange rate with other currencies throughout this inflationary period.

I attribute the global inflation problem to Covid-related supply chain interruptions and the Russian-Ukrainian war.

Cargo ships were decommissioned for scrap metal in 2020, the world will pay for that for years. Also, we (in the West) returned to normal post-Covid operation well over 2 years ago, but China did not. The Chinese have only been back at work for a little over a year now. They may never get back to pre-covid production levels.

Covid drove oil prices down, it was the Russian invasion of Ukraine that drove them up. Both counties are also leading exporters of grain and fertilizer. Ukrainian grain has historically fed much of Arica and the Middle East. Most of South America and the Middle East can't any grow crops without their fertilizer. That may not affected food supply in the US, but US buyers have to price compete with foreign buyers .

Well someone just announced a %100 tariff on Chinese cheap Chinese EV's. In and of itself it that is inflationary. Granting debt relief, also inflationary. Spending $2 trillion on "infrastructure", inflationary. I've got other examples. To say that a presidents policies have no effect on the economy and deny those policies can effect inflation is just not the case.

Yep. Getting to where a guy can't even afford a nice dress.

I wonder what the price of knee pads has done.

The President’s open invitational border policy costs definitely added to a significant part of U.S. inflation.

As did his energy policy.

If the executive can come in and immediately issue 80+ orders that impact energy production, there is not one person to blame but him. EVERYONE knows he did that.

Now, the other sad part is, the bitching and moaning for minimal skillz wage!!

For the love, minimal skills doesn't mean you get to live in a Beverly Hills!! It is MINIMUM wage because of MINIMUM SKILLZ!! These idiots didn't learn anything in school, dropped out, because school was too "hard" and now complain they should be making 6 figures for standing there, pressing a button on a screen and Asking "do you want that a meal?"

take back $20 per for that work/labor... It not meant to be a living career with Beverly Hills kind of money being made.. It is a High schooler's part time job to teach him/her how to work for things, become organized and to dream of doing something better with your life and obtaining skills that are far better paying..

There is your inflation summed up in a nutshell.

Mo

Heres the thing about inflation, it compounds. If it is 1.4% one year and then 4% the next year and then 5% the 3rd year and only 3% the 4lth year the DEMs try to say inflation went down but in actuality over a 4 year period like Joey's the total rate of inflation is 1.4+4+5+3 for a total across the board increase of over 13%

Funny how the gloss over the total