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Elessar Zappa

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20. Well, the chances of prices going back to 2019 levels is almost zero.

Reply to The Mouth (Reply #18)

Fri Sep 27, 2024, 06:10 PM

Sep 2024

Neither party can do anything to change that. The best we can hope for is for inflation to stay at normal rates, which is way more likely if Harris is in office rather than Trump, who doesn’t give a damn about people on fixed incomes.

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Key Fed inflation gauge at 2.2% in August, lower than expected [View all] BumRushDaShow Sep 2024 OP

"soft landing" may be understating it. nt BootinUp Sep 2024 #1

Has Donnie placed an order for a case of ketchup to celebrate sinkingfeeling Sep 2024 #2

Graphs and summary table of all 3 inflation measures (PCE, CPI, PPI) progree Sep 2024 #3

I felt the rumble BumRushDaShow Sep 2024 #4

But some GOP-MAGA Latino voters in Arizona still complain kansasobama Sep 2024 #5

Bunch of B.S. imo CountAllVotes Sep 2024 #6

I can relate to that bucolic_frolic Sep 2024 #7

That is how I see it too CountAllVotes Sep 2024 #9

Where are you? BumRushDaShow Sep 2024 #10

One could spend $9/lb on ground beef in Seattle. maxsolomon Sep 2024 #11

I think some of the name-brand Wagyu here at my market BumRushDaShow Sep 2024 #13

Perhaps in some housing districts, where housing has gone up thru the roof, e.g., in FL, other places. These SWBTATTReg Sep 2024 #17

Nothing in your OP or its linked article is inconsistent with ground beef being $9/lb somewhere progree Sep 2024 #12

Actually yes - the price "rise" (slope of the line) is LESS than it has been in the past BumRushDaShow Sep 2024 #14

There are breakdowns into broad and sometimes narrow categories progree Sep 2024 #15

I don't think they would have that data BumRushDaShow Sep 2024 #16

And then look what I found BumRushDaShow Sep 2024 #29

It was all staged--it's a hoax!!!! COL Mustard Sep 2024 #8

I'm on a fixed income. The Mouth Sep 2024 #18

+1 CountAllVotes Sep 2024 #19

Well, the chances of prices going back to 2019 levels is almost zero. Elessar Zappa Sep 2024 #20

Prices are up 19.3% since 8/2019 according to the PCE, and 22.7% according to the CPI progree Sep 2024 #22

What should've been done was a flat amount increase for people on SS, SSDI, and SSI. Elessar Zappa Sep 2024 #23

I'm on a "fixed income" too (as a retiree, with any COLA subject to the whims of fucking Congress) BumRushDaShow Sep 2024 #21

COLA CountAllVotes Sep 2024 #25

That inflation surge destroyed my family, essentially The Mouth Sep 2024 #26

Agree CountAllVotes Sep 2024 #27

'The party has other priorities than old people on fixed incomes" BumRushDaShow Sep 2024 #28

Well, I wish the choir was yelling at the pastor The Mouth Sep 2024 #30

Is the real message this? CountAllVotes Sep 2024 #24