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Bidenomics: The High Price of Gaslighting

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Posted By: Garnet, 11/27/2023 12:49:42 AM

Anyone still wondering why voters trust former President Trump more than President Biden on the economy should read what the White House posted on X about inflation last week: “Ahead of the holiday season, costs are down for everything from airline tickets and car rentals to toys and TVs.” Biden and his underlings continue to believe public disapproval of his disastrous economic performance can be improved with happy talk and cherry picked statistics. It assumes Americans can’t remember how much less the cost of living was when Biden was elected.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: PChristopher 11/27/2023 12:59:57 AM (No. 1605559)
Not exactly on topic, but related... I look forward to a public burning of the Biden's and Obama's portraits on the south lawn. Then sweep every square inch of the WH for bugs and then confiscate the passports of every Dem and RINO who had anything to do with the misery they've put us through for the last six years.....for starters. Forgiveness is not an option!
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Reply 2 - Posted by: FJB 2022 23 24 11/27/2023 1:08:49 AM (No. 1605560)
Poster 1, my sentiments exactly!! MAGA
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Strike3 11/27/2023 3:55:38 AM (No. 1605577)
The Obama-Biden circus continues to manipulate the price of gasoline by pennies to make the cost of everything else fall under a certain average but one visit to the grocery store rips their scheme apart. You can't spend trillions of dollars on leftist fantasies and not affect the cost of everything else. Isn't it about time to give up on your green-weenie EV vehicle boondoggle and open up the country for oil drilling? That is a critical step in saving the country before everything blows wide open. One of the major rules in Economics 101 is that the customer is always right. An addendum is that the US Government is always wrong.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: mifla 11/27/2023 4:00:38 AM (No. 1605580)
Prices go up by dollars and come down by pennies, and these clowns want a parade of gratitude. Idiots.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: DiegoDude 11/27/2023 4:27:37 AM (No. 1605591)
Didn't Stalin say something like "Tell a lie long enough, and people will believe it?"
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Lala 11/27/2023 6:39:16 AM (No. 1605619)
The lies don’t hold up in the aisles of the grocery store. I honestly don’t know how people can afford to feed their families.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Clinger 11/27/2023 8:17:07 AM (No. 1605664)
Unfortunately far too many would rather continue to be lied to than face the fact that they built their entire political perspective and positions on a pack of lies. It's a tough pill to swallow to admit that you have been had, hoodwinked, scammed. Admitting to the gaslighting on the economy might be the pulling on the yarn that unravels the whole sweater. Speaking of gaslighting, how about the very term "Bidenomics?" The implication is that Biden's economic policy has some academic or at least thought out plan. What Biden has done is loot the economy by printing money, committing future generations to either war or servitude, canbializing our wealth and means of producing it.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: marlon 11/27/2023 8:58:26 AM (No. 1605693)
I rarely go to the grocery store. I live alone and only eat home if I'm inviting dinner guests. The rare occasion I do go to the store like yesterday to grab a few items and snacks for my guests I'm just in a state of shock. I have no idea how families can possibly afford to eat. Ironically I own a restaurant so I know full well the rising food costs but to see it on literally every item in the store is certainly eye opening.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: 3XALADY 11/27/2023 10:17:12 AM (No. 1605744)
I am a crafter and in the last two weeks, have seen two major craft retailers cut their prices on Fall and Christmas decorating items first to 50% off, next 60% off and this week 75% off. That tells me they know people cannot afford what they are selling. Black Prissy tells us there is no inflation.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: edgar 11/27/2023 11:53:44 AM (No. 1605818)
What is behind the drop in gas prices? Have the strategic reserves now been fully depleted? Just wondering.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: mc squared 11/27/2023 12:09:38 PM (No. 1605827)
Cough medicine and allergy meds are incredibly high. Small bottles start at almost $10 and run to $40 something. I guess I'm lucky - they're not locked up yet.
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