Wonât have to because it looks like the election is going to be all about the economy, crime and immigration. All of which have gone in the crapper since biden took over.
Well, crime rates continue to drop and the economy continues to grow with low unemployment, rising wages and falling inflation with a hot stock market. SoâŚ
60% of voters say the most important thing this election is the economy. Inflation and prices. Gas prices are on the rise. Biden already emptied the oil reserves. Grocery prices are not going down.
Again, these claims. The oil reserves werenât emptied. But it makes a good talking point. Yeah we used SPR to help stabilize prices. I donât know what you think the term âemptiedâ means. But itâs not empty. And slowly theyâve been adding more. The last monthly purchase got put on hold due to prices where we donât actually make money buying it back. Thatâs one of those rules they have. That theyâre very clear about. But in terms of grocery pricesâŚnot sure you know this but prices are supposed to go up. Itâs why the Fed thinks prices should go up 2 percent per year. Thatâs healthy inflation. When prices start dropping thatâs actually a problem. Deflation is a very very very bad sign.
So I think this is really important so I want to explain this one really thoroughly. Because this is how misinformation spreads and becomes âfactâ to people here and throughout the world. And Fox does this a lot but so do the other 24 hour news channels and your clickbait ânewsâ sites. Iâm going to post the article that you posted and clearly didnât read:
And this is the correct percentage that Fox has in the actual article:
âGrocery prices have surged more than 21% since the start of 2021, outstripping the overall 18% pace of inflation during that same time period.â
So grocery prices have gone up 21% since Biden took office. But then Fox throws in this other percentage that is completely meaningless but that you and Iâm sure many others took as saying grocery prices have gone up 50%:
"More than two-thirds of voters say that inflation has hit them the hardest through higher food prices, according to a survey published by Yahoo Finance/Ipsos in November 2023. That is more than 50 percentage points higher than any other category, including gasoline, transportation costs and housing expenses. "
Do you see how that quote is not actually saying that food prices have gone up 50%? But it makes you think they did. Itâs saying that 50% more people in the survey say that food price increases have hit them hardest than other expenses. So do you understand why when you say that grocery prices are up 50% under Biden that this is absolutely not what Fox is saying? But youâre meant to think it is. And then people read this and then post it as âfactâ. Do you understand?
Also, I donât know what youâre âliterallyâ seeing on Fox right now, but if theyâre saying food prices are 50% higher on TV, youâve also added in since 2019. Two years before Biden even became president. So thatâs odd too.
Uh, huhâŚdonât report crimes and the numbers then appear to be going down for the sheople butâŚstillâŚsend in the national guard just for the hell of it.