Inflation Rates

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(06-26-2022, 08:51 PM)Nately120 Wrote: I assume you're ripping on the left, but it's also interesting seeing the conservative narrative go from "the only thing standing between you and wealth is hard work" to "thanks to Biden, hard working Americans can't even afford the basic life needs."  

Pretty wacky how both political parties are essentially pointing out that Americans can still work hard and have trouble scraping by, but since they completely disagree on which of the 2 parties is to blame there is a 100% chance this pseudo-agreement will just lead to more class warfare and non-solutions.


2016
PERSON - I can't afford to pay my bills.
GOP - LAZY!!  Work harder!  Stop buying avocado toast!

2022
PERSON - I can't afford to pay my bills.
GOP - Of course you can't...Trump isn't president anymore.  Not your fault!  Bidenflation is making life miserable and impossible for hard working Americans.


Side note, from a cynical perspective the video of Trump Jr. acting like Biden's gas prices had made him have to cut back on his lifestyle was the most amusing of them all.

Anywho, back to work...

The amusing thing about all that too is you can that same logic back at them but in regard to gasoline.
Oh, spending too much on gas? Maybe trade/sell your car/truck and get one that has better fuel economy.

We traded in our car a few weeks ago that runs on premium (didn't realize it when we bought it in 2019) and actually made ~$5k more than we bought it for. Then we got a lower cost vehicle that only takes unleaded and still has about the same quality of interior/exterior and bells & whistles, not to mention better mpg. 
Ended up saving >$100/month on the payment with only using the previous vehicle as down payment.
Also saving plenty of $$ at the pump.

Try to do what you can to save money, isn't that the conservative way?