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Groceries ARE EXPENSIVE AS HELL

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by SamFisher, Aug 7, 2025.

  1. El_Conquistador

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    Inflation is very low -- with the CPI including food & energy under 3.0%. That's a historically modest level of inflation. Under Biden, inflation soared to as high as 9%. We are still feeling the impact of his runaway deficits and profligate spending. At least with Trump, the rate of increase has slowed -- which is really all you can ask. Deflation is not something that anyone wants... as it would create a monstrous recession if not depression.


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    the Trump USDA is certainly spinning the spin . . .

    Most retail food prices grew more slowly in first half of 2025 than average mid-year rates from 2005–24

    https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/charts-of-note/chart-detail?chartId=113026
     
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    If you have a link where to buy these please share.
     
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    This study stopped in June so it wouldn’t have captured the rising veggies and beef prices that have occurred once the higher tariffs set in.
     
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    There’s no pandemic this time causing inflation.

    Inflation was already decreasing under Biden then Trump until tariffs started kicking in. This time a rise inflation will be Trump’s fault and we finally reached the higher tier tariffs starting Aug 1st.

    We will see what the August numbers say a few weeks.
     
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    Lmao this is too funny. When biden was POTUS and @adoo started the Bidenomics thread this dude would spam the thread literally every day claiming the biggest issue in America was egg prices or something. Suddenly now that their guy is POTUS they tell everyone to shut up and quit winning.

    its just hilarious how utterly shameless these cultists are. They have no core ideology or mindset

    Don't forget Trump fired the BLS director who was in charge of coming up with CPI data. You shouldn't blindly trust the numbers now as Trump has made it clear he wants to rig the reports
     
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    You left a lot out here — gotta be honest.
    She was a Biden political appointee who had major data integrity problems (huuuuuge revisions) as well as withheld jobs numbers to impact the Fed’s rate cut decision. She played politics and got caught. Trump was well within his rights to terminate her.

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    Wall Street has already destroyed this conspiracy because if you look at the data and facts the revisions that have happened lately have been below the long term trend. There's zero evidence she was "playing politics" or distorted the numbers



    I just dont understand why you bother replying to me when you know I'm going to smack you around and embarrass you? If you have some BDSM fetish or something weird go join the relevant website.
     
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    With each passing day, there is less and less separating you and Tinman
     
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    This is where you lost @El_Conquistador. Maga doesn’t have any time for that.
     
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    Right about now is a good time to put in some stop limit orders.
     
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    “I won on the border, and I won on groceries. Very simple word, groceries... When you buy apples, when you buy bacon, when you buy eggs, they would double and triple the price over a short period of time, and I won an election based on that. We're going to bring those prices way down.”

    -Donald Trump
     
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    Eggs and apples prices are down.


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    Brie and Birkenstocks are up
     
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    Beef way up. Vegetables way up.

    PROMISES NOT KEPT
     
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    So apparently the Democrats' criticism is that Trump isn't fixing the problems that the Democrats created fast enough or in a nice enough manner. WOW -- good luck with that plank in your party's platform! Independent voters are laughing at how silly the Democrats sound right now. A sampling below:

    1. Biden and the Democrats caused inflation. Trump has lowered inflation rapidly (from Biden's 9% to now below 3%), but that's not fast enough!

    2. Biden-Blinken sparked the war in Ukraine with provocative acts. Trump has brought foreign leaders together to achieve peace in Ukraine, but since a peace deal was not immediately struck the day of the summit, the progress is not fast enough! Furthermore we didn't like the carpet!

    3. Biden and the Democrats opened the border wide for all nationalities to illegally enter our country and remain here. Trump has closed the border and is deporting the illegals, but he has been rough in handling them. The Alligator Alcatraz name is insensitive!

    4. Biden and the Democrats let crime run rampant in urban areas. Trump has brought in the National Guard in DC to fix the problem, but the Democrats don't like the optics (likely because it's embarrassing to the situation that they caused). Ugly photos!


    Trump is LEADING and improving quality of life. Democrats are engaged in petty whining. It's obvious who the leaders and achievers are.


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    I’ll leave it to others to take down your silly post, particularly as you cling to the 9% inflation figure like a child to his binky.

    The bigger issue is that copying content from yesterday’s Fox News broadcast is just so lazy. I realize that being a Trumper requires you to sacrifice intellectual honesty and hang out with morons. It seems that burden has stripped you of originality and creativity.
     
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    skip the groceries, just go to Mickey D's

    McDonald’s to slash combo meal prices— despite clashing with franchisees over surging costs

    https://nypost.com/2025/08/20/busin...despite-clashing-with-franchisees-over-costs/

    excerpt:

    McDonald’s will also bring back its Extra Value Meals, including a $5 Sausage Egg McMuffin and $8 Big Mac meal in September, as well as a $5 Sausage, Egg and Cheese McGriddle and $8 10-piece Chicken McNuggets meal in November.
    more at the link
     
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