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[-] doublehelix@lemmy.cafe 48 points 18 hours ago

When she sat down on The View and said she wouldn't change a thing compared to Biden that was a messaging problem. People can't afford rent and grocery inflation is out of control and she thinks everything is fine and dandy? I voted for her but I'm kind of sick of being a perpetual afterthought who has been voting for the lesser of two evils for over 20 years. They dumped the working class in favor of chasing an imaginary pool of moderates and this is the result. Give us someone we can be passionate about and, even if they're lying, at least pretend to tell us what we want to hear.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 7 points 15 hours ago

The problem with that was that she was actually answering the question, correctly and analytically. They actually made the right decisions, even if the supply chain was still a problem. Not much the president can do about that global problem.

even if they're lying

Yeah you get it. She didn't do the politician thing where you answer adjacently.

[-] rigatti@lemmy.world -2 points 17 hours ago

Grocery inflation is, in fact, not out of control: https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/inflation/current-inflation-rates/

I'm so tired of hearing that. But I guess that's part of her messaging problem. She couldn't get through to people looking at high prices and assuming they're still rising.

[-] AlDente@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 hours ago

People are not goldfish with minds that reset every year. Per your own link, accumulative inflation is up 21.8% since 2020.

[-] rigatti@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Are they goldfish with minds that reset every four years?

[-] AlDente@sh.itjust.works 1 points 38 minutes ago

No. If you would look at the graph in the link you posted, you would see that 2020 is right before the huge spike in inflation. This sustained spike explains the current outrage over increased prices.

[-] rigatti@lemmy.world 1 points 26 minutes ago

There was a two year spike. If you look at the graph in the link I posted, you would see that prices have been mostly going up as normal for almost two years now. When are people going to adjust to their mindset to the current prices?

[-] Wes4Humanity@lemm.ee 3 points 5 hours ago

Maybe it's back down to "normal" inflation rates... But Kamala should have come out swinging to raise minimum wage to $25/hr, tie it to inflation, and mandating everyone get a 40% raise to counter the 40% inflation we've had since the last time minimum wage was raised. Something along those lines... As one thing in a long list of things she should have done... Sure it might have cost her the (checks notes) zero votes she was able to scrape off Trump's boots, but that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make.

[-] rigatti@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

I agree! Her messaging was terrible, and she didn't know how to counter the "TRUMP LOW PRICES // KAMALA HIGH PRICES" ads.

[-] doublehelix@lemmy.cafe 3 points 9 hours ago

Oh, it's not out of control? Great! I could buy a pound of ground beef in 2019 for 4.99 and the price is now 8.99. Fuck, lucky me. It's so in control!

[-] tempest@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 hours ago

Right but those are grocery prices not inflation.

Reducing inflation doesn't mean prices go down.

You can be upset about the cost of living but the current rate of inflation is trending down so you're going to have miscommunication if you demand it's reduction when that is already happening.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/273418/unadjusted-monthly-inflation-rate-in-the-us/

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 17 points 15 hours ago

That's because low inflation does not mean prices come back down, which is what people expect. So technically inflation is not out of control. But prices are still high. That's what people mean.

[-] rigatti@lemmy.world -4 points 14 hours ago
[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 12 points 14 hours ago

Not really. Sorry but you're playing pedantic with the terms. People say inflation to mean high prices.

[-] rigatti@lemmy.world -3 points 14 hours ago

It's not pedantic. People just literally don't understand what inflation means. Wage growth, apparently, has caught up to inflation, so it's really just that people haven't adjusted their mindset to the higher prices now. And they're angry about it.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago

It's not pedantic. People just literally don't understand what inflation means

In almost everything there is the scientific or technical definition of the term, and then there is common parlance. People will never know the technical terms, just accept that because all you're accomplishing is being pedantic.

[-] rigatti@lemmy.world -2 points 13 hours ago

How basic of terms should we give up on? Inflation is not a difficult concept. I would barely call it a technical term.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago

Let me know if you stop people from using the word theory incorrectly. That's only been going on for centuries, surely we'll educate everyone any day!

[-] rigatti@lemmy.world -3 points 13 hours ago

You jest, but seriously, inflation is not that hard to understand. You apparently have a very low threshold for calling something pedantic.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago

You are going to be sorely disappointed by the world.

[-] rigatti@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Fear not, I already am.

[-] SquatDingloid@lemmy.world 20 points 17 hours ago

Food inflation is outpacing wage growth

People don't give a shit what the CPI is

Their grocery runs cost more for less food, so there is a problem with wage growth or food prices that the Dems are not willing to acknowledge

[-] ValorieAF@lemmy.world 7 points 17 hours ago

Grocery inflation is also a result of price gouging, not the economy.

[-] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

But it’s not just grocery stores as everyone thinks. Prices are up all the way along the supply chain. Supplies, feed, and seed for farmers are way up too.

[-] ReCursing 5 points 16 hours ago

What do you think the economy is? It is made up of price gouging and parapsychology <yes I know that's ghosts>

[-] TreeGhost@lemm.ee 4 points 17 hours ago

Its not out of control now, but that doesn't cancel out previous high inflation rates on things. If people wages haven't kept up then they may not be able.to still afford the standard of living they had a few years ago.

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