Um, graphs don’t “blame”. Also, graphs are useless when the author selectively chooses data that reinforces a pre-conceived notion. Inflation rarely happens instantaneously, but is rather the cumulative result of previous decisions. In this case, the author ignores the implications of what the prior administration did to CREATE the inflation (such as unfunded tax cuts or record deficits and debt). WHat the graph DOES show is that the current administration has, within one year, started to correct the problem.
Texas defense hawks urge Congress away from military funding cuts to raise the debt ceiling
WASHINGTON — As U.S. House Republicans debate what to cut out of federal spending in their debt ceiling fight with Democrats, a handful of Texans have a clear message: Do not mess with the military.
Republicans in the majority are using the debt ceiling as a negotiating tool with the Biden administration to reduce federal spending, but they are divided over where to trim the fat. Some, including Texans who have long defended military spending, are asserting Congress shouldn’t touch defense funding, while others say all funding other than entitlements should be on the table. It’s an uncertainty that Republicans can hardly afford with only a six-vote margin of control in the House.[U.S. Rep. Chip Roy says he’ll use debt ceiling threat to push through his border security plan]
We have the biggest military budget in the world, greedy lying paranoid republicans would rather cut your Social Security than touch the bloated military budget.
Republicans keep saying the quiet part out loud’: Pence calls for privatizing Social Security
Former Vice President Mike Pence, a possible 2024 presidential candidate, has voiced support for a Social Security privatization scheme that the George W. Bush administration unsuccessfully pushed nearly two decades ago. In a closed-door event Thursday hosted by the National Association of Wholesale-Distributors, a corporate trade group, Pence said he believes that “the day could come when we can replace the New Deal with a better deal, literally give younger Americans the ability to take a portion of their Social Security withholdings and put that into a private savings account that the government would oversee.”
Please enlighten us on a) how “DC” is responsible for worldwide inflation and b) what the Republicans would do differently. Funny how right wingers always forget those two things.
But…but, Brandon says that he inherited runaway inflation from Trump. History, on the other hand, says that inflation during the last quarter of the Trump administration was 1.4%. How can that be?
GOGOPOWERANGERS about 1 year ago
Maybe elect better people represent you
Wait forgot who i was talking to there for a minute
Kurtass Premium Member about 1 year ago
Record corporate profits.
baroden Premium Member about 1 year ago
Um, graphs don’t “blame”. Also, graphs are useless when the author selectively chooses data that reinforces a pre-conceived notion. Inflation rarely happens instantaneously, but is rather the cumulative result of previous decisions. In this case, the author ignores the implications of what the prior administration did to CREATE the inflation (such as unfunded tax cuts or record deficits and debt). WHat the graph DOES show is that the current administration has, within one year, started to correct the problem.
The Nodding Head about 1 year ago
Approved conservative indoctrination curriculum
piper_gilbert about 1 year ago
What some people call inflation, I call corporate price gouging. Exxon/Mobile just recorded record profits.
VKent about 1 year ago
I don’t see the graph as pointing to a particular party. But rather all of the Federal government. Both sides of the aisle.
Radish the wordsmith about 1 year ago
Texas defense hawks urge Congress away from military funding cuts to raise the debt ceiling
WASHINGTON — As U.S. House Republicans debate what to cut out of federal spending in their debt ceiling fight with Democrats, a handful of Texans have a clear message: Do not mess with the military.
Republicans in the majority are using the debt ceiling as a negotiating tool with the Biden administration to reduce federal spending, but they are divided over where to trim the fat. Some, including Texans who have long defended military spending, are asserting Congress shouldn’t touch defense funding, while others say all funding other than entitlements should be on the table. It’s an uncertainty that Republicans can hardly afford with only a six-vote margin of control in the House.[U.S. Rep. Chip Roy says he’ll use debt ceiling threat to push through his border security plan]
We have the biggest military budget in the world, greedy lying paranoid republicans would rather cut your Social Security than touch the bloated military budget.
Radish the wordsmith about 1 year ago
Republicans keep saying the quiet part out loud’: Pence calls for privatizing Social Security
Former Vice President Mike Pence, a possible 2024 presidential candidate, has voiced support for a Social Security privatization scheme that the George W. Bush administration unsuccessfully pushed nearly two decades ago. In a closed-door event Thursday hosted by the National Association of Wholesale-Distributors, a corporate trade group, Pence said he believes that “the day could come when we can replace the New Deal with a better deal, literally give younger Americans the ability to take a portion of their Social Security withholdings and put that into a private savings account that the government would oversee.”
Free Radical about 1 year ago
This is the strangest analogy yet! Even with the attempted explanation it still is inane.
Rich Douglas about 1 year ago
Please enlighten us on a) how “DC” is responsible for worldwide inflation and b) what the Republicans would do differently. Funny how right wingers always forget those two things.
s49nav about 1 year ago
But…but, Brandon says that he inherited runaway inflation from Trump. History, on the other hand, says that inflation during the last quarter of the Trump administration was 1.4%. How can that be?