Here’s why inflation is so high, and when it might ease

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7 thoughts on “Here’s why inflation is so high, and when it might ease

  1. How utterly stupid to fail to equate the “election” of Biden and Company to the present rate of inflation. Talk about running around with blinders on, trying in vain to ignore the obvious. Geeze, what media acolytes for this pathetic gaggle of aging, corrupt, otherwise unemployable [in the private sector, where they would starve] politicians.

    1. Jeffrey R – if you don’t understand that the disruption of the supply chain caused by Trump’s failure to respond quickly and effectively to the pandemic then you are not intellectually honest yourself. Quit watching Fox News Channel and Newsmax and quit reading the Washington Examiner. They are nothing more than propogandistic outlets that are “all in” for Trump and will never be caught telling the truth (unless they are forced too by a $1 billion plus lawsuit for defamation).

  2. The gasoline and heating oil prices will take care of themselves because we begged OPEC to pump more oil…which they said “no” to.

    The good news is that OPEC’s oil is apparently cleaner than what we have underneath North Dakota, so the environmentalists will be happy.

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