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KillBot9001 t1_ivnm0wv wrote

You can actually ignore the person and just make it a party-line delineation. Starting with the lockdowns of 2020, the US House approved ridiculous spending (federal reserve printer go brrrr), of which the senate had to approve, which ultimately mr. Showbiz signed off on.

That kicked off a large run of inflation, which evetually began to affect the costs of goods to the end consumer. Blue took the POTUS seat, and immediately started terminating domestic energy developments in a way that almost gets Greta aroused. A change in the supply, which proceeds to get more and more limited, with a consistent demand applies pricing pressures. So going into winter, if your heating is petroleum derived, you get hit with inflation + supply issues for very high prices.

So basically the idea is, NH blue voted for all the things that drive up the costs, and therefore "freeze to death." A reasonable retort would include, "as far as the initial inflation side goes, Trump signed off on it, so wtf?"

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Jazz_horse t1_ivnokea wrote

That’s not really the case. The money printer has been running since 2008. This was always going to happen, Covid just made it worse.

Most of the current inflation is price gouging/profiteering. House just released a report on it.

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KillBot9001 t1_ivnotpg wrote

The money printer has been working since 1913 if we are going to be pedantic. The 2020 lockdowns set the printers on fire.

Price gouging has always been a partisan claim and I have no interest in wasting my time on that item. You can do you / reddit can do what reddit does there, no value in spending time on that topic.

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Jazz_horse t1_ivnp5rn wrote

I’m not being pedantic. They never solved the issue in 2008. Cans were kicked.

I don’t really see how price gouging is a partisan topic when it’s demonstrably true that profits are sky high.

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UnfairAd7220 t1_ivpkghn wrote

Ina withering 10% inflation environment, 'profit' isn't what you think it is.

Can I get you a cracker?

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66698 t1_ivntwbe wrote

Look up how much of our $$ was printed since covid started. Facts speak for themselves. It’s not an argument.

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UnfairAd7220 t1_ivpk91u wrote

$5.7T in the last two years had nothing to do with Trump. Strangling access to supply puts a spear right through the heart of NE.

Did any NE Senator make a peep?

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Troutflash t1_ivodm52 wrote

Actually, due to the sanctions on Russia the practically the whole world is experiencing high inflation. Look at Germany and Great Britain. Different economies, same inflation issues.

America doesn’t have much diesel refining capacity, we got most of our distillate from Russia.

Things that are shipped cost lots more. Inflation.

Biden and his neocon advisers have led our legislators, of both parties, to take actions that are economicwarfare- sanctions, and proxy kinetic warfare.

Both parties are culpable.

Oh, and somehow Nordstream 2 “broke”, opening up the European market for more expensive LNG from America- lessening domestic stock and driving the price up. Which makes generating electricity more expensive. That makes for rising inflation.

Don’t forget, as mentioned earlier, record corporate profits from price gouging…

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