Brandon explains inflation

[BabyBoomer50s]

“My wife's friend was sayin’ ‘do you realize it’s over 5 dollars for a pound of hamburger meat?!’ 5 dollars. Well this is partly, you know, the pound of beef today costs 5 bucks compared to less than 4 bucks before the pandemic.”

 

[YDB95]

It hasn't been "less than 4 bucks" since 2013. In 2021 dollars, it hasn't been anywhere near that cheap in decades.
https://www.in2013dollars.com/Uncooked-ground-beef/price-inflation

 

[Lazaran]

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So the pandemic is contributing to inflation.

Sounds about right.

*shrugs*

 

[pecksniff]

Can you all drop that "Brandon" shit? It was stupid to start with and it ain't gotten any smarter.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

Can you all drop that "Brandon" shit? It was stupid to start with and it ain't gotten any smarter.

Once the righty schmucks find something they think makes them sound bitingly clever and edgy, they always run it into the ground.

It's why they are so terrible at creating any good memes and even worse at knowing when to let a basic one go when it's played out.

 

[Ramone45]

Can you all drop that "Brandon" shit? It was stupid to start with and it ain't gotten any smarter.

Hey, fuck you. People put up with you bullshit for four years. Orange man bad. Covfefe. Shove it up your ass. #LGB

 

[IrezumiKiss]

Hey, fuck you. People put up with you bullshit for four years. Orange man bad. Covfefe. Shove it up your ass. #LGB

"Orange man bad." was coined by the Right and they are the only ones using it.

likewise blame Cheeto for his Covfefe fail. That one lasted only a couple of weeks of burn before his proclivity for screwing up gave people something new to clown him on.

Blow it out your bootylips. #IDC

 

[Cubantripod]

Can you all drop that "Brandon" shit? It was stupid to start with and it ain't gotten any smarter.

If you're going to dish it, you have to learn to take it

 

[pecksniff]

If you're going to dish it, you have to learn to take it

I, for my part, never used names like "Cheetolini." (Though that was a good 'un.)

 

[Sean Renaud]

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So the pandemic is contributing to inflation.

Sounds about right.

*shrugs*

I'd have to look at long term trends but it would not shock me at all.

 

[toeskr]

Once the schmucks find something they think makes them sound bitingly clever and edgy, they always run it into the ground.

That is just deplorable.

 

[JohnnySavage]

He hasn't had a paycheck that wasn't funded by the taxpayers since his knife fight with Corn Pop.

 

[Champakian]

Inflation is just a figment of (R) and Indy imagination.

It's not happening.

Everyone who says it's happening isn't following the "science..."

 

[pecksniff]

Inflation is just a figment of (R) and Indy imagination.

It's not happening.

Everyone who says it's happening isn't following the "science..."

Of course it's happening -- but it's not necessarily a bad sign. The Great Depression was characterized by deflation. Usually, inflation comes with expanding economic activity. The "stagflation" of the 1970s was an anomaly, caused by an increased cost (imported petroleum) external to the American economy, not by government spending or Fed monetary policy.

 

[Champakian]

There is demand-fueled inflation but there is also money-fueled inflation.

One is economically healthy and the other is a political sickness born out of desperation.

This is purely the latter caused by government trying to mitigate the extreme effects of bad policy...

 

[JohnnySavage]

Pumping money into the economy is the major source of the current inflation, but lack of labor is also a significant contributor. Labor shortage is almost 100% responsible for the beef and poultry prices going up.

The Great Resignation has left 10 million jobs unfilled.

 

[WillJ8787]

“My wife's friend was sayin’ ‘do you realize it’s over 5 dollars for a pound of hamburger meat?!’ 5 dollars. Well this is partly, you know, the pound of beef today costs 5 bucks compared to less than 4 bucks before the pandemic.”

Vegetables are inexpensive.and good for you...they also help folks have a better attitude.

Fiber = less constipated thinking

 

[LittleDixie]

Can you all drop that "Brandon" shit? It was stupid to start with and it ain't gotten any smarter.

Oh, peck. How many cute little names does the Left have for Right wingers?

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

Vegetables are inexpensive.and good for you...they also help folks have a better attitude.

Fiber = less constipated thinking

Ironic that we have a vegetable in the White House.

 

[pecksniff]

There is demand-fueled inflation but there is also money-fueled inflation.

One is economically healthy and the other is a political sickness born out of desperation.

This is purely the latter caused by government trying to mitigate the extreme effects of bad policy...

But, there is demand-fueled inflation going on. Loosening up of covid restrictions leads to increased demand.

 

[pecksniff]

Oh, peck. How many cute little names does the Left have for Right wingers?

I've never encouraged such usages as "Rethuglicans," "Repugnicans," etc. Which are still elegant Wildean wit compared to "Demonrats," etc.

I accept "deplorable" because it's pretty much an established part of standard political discourse, now.

 

[YDB95]

Ironic that we have a vegetable in the White House.

At least he eats his vegetables. And probably doesn't serve cold McDonalds and KFC to his guests.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

At least he eats his vegetables.

I heard puréed carrots and peas are his favorite.