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— Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) 2026-02-14T00:59:48.186Z
Walleye
(44,233 posts)mcar
(45,856 posts)Obama/Biden would have been crucified for that adjustment. MSM barely reported on it, while heaping praise on the phony January report.
sop
(18,085 posts)Other things they no longer care about:
- The Presidents declining mental state.
- Influence-peddling by family members.
Im sure theres more.
maliaSmith
(186 posts)I think Trump and his administration lowered the inflation numbers. Food costs are much higher than 2.8.
popsdenver
(1,985 posts)they only factor in the "price", NO MENTION OF 1/3 TO 1/2 LESS CONTENTS.......
SHRINKFLATION......Compounds the TRUE price RADICALLY..........and it is still going on, big time......
The so called Consumer Price Index was doctored by Reagan to NOT include many things that WERE included, and add other things that aren't even worth measuring......THAT is how Republicans deal with statistics and un-tidy figures.......
niyad
(130,922 posts)just since January 2025. I have a DAMNED good memory for prices. I have no idea what metrics those idiots use, but it doesn't match reality.
BattleRow
(2,179 posts)paleotn
(21,905 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,500 posts)But in 23 & 24, the graph shows prices were close to flat. Then there is a clear increase in the slope of the graph beginning in 2025 (indicating inflation in this category has definitely increased under Trump)..
LiberalArkie
(19,566 posts)Grokenstein
(6,313 posts)"I won on groceries. Very simple word, groceries. Like almost, you know, who uses the word. I started using the word. The groceries."
If anyone else spouted such gibberish, the press would...oh, you know the drill.
Cha
(317,927 posts)enabling regime.
thought crime
(1,400 posts)Never to return. Republicans and conservative media were driving the inflation issue. After election day - crickets.