Skimpflation: A reason inflation is worse than the government says it is

Re:Skimpflation: A reason inflation is worse than the govern... by listenallyall on Monday November 01, 2021 @04:42AM (#29064283)

Yea that's the tweet. First, it simply doesn't match people's own experiences, or the govt's own data. The tweet says ground beef is down 8%. However, somehow, in September (just 2 months later) inflation data showed beef was up 12% YOY: https://www.npr.org/2021/09/14/1036678722/chicken-beef-pork-...

Secondly, to somehow think 16 cents -- in the middle of a pandemic -- is worth a high-five, a bunch of jokes, and evidence that "the Biden economic plan is working" (what economic plan? nothing has passed yet), just shows that this administration is absolutely tone-deaf when it comes to the people it supposedly represents.

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Re:Skimpflation: A reason inflation is worse than the govern... by Dylan16807 on Monday November 01, 2021 @12:02PM (#29068579)

> Secondly, to somehow think 16 cents -- in the middle of a pandemic -- is worth a high-five, a bunch of jokes, and evidence that "the Biden economic plan is working" (what economic plan? nothing has passed yet), just shows that this administration is absolutely tone-deaf when it comes to the people it supposedly represents.

I think a mere "it hasn't gone up" would be a reasonable thing to be happy about among all the inflation. I wouldn't say "the Biden economic plan is working" about it but I feel like the criticism went to unreasonable places.

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Re:Skimpflation: A reason inflation is worse than the govern... by angelzen on Monday November 01, 2021 @05:10AM (#29064440)

Yeltsin Era.

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