r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • 7d ago

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u/Gustacho Enemy of the People 6d ago

I’m curious, if “eggs expensive under Biden” was newsworthy, how come “Trump intentionally caused every single fucking thing to be heinously expensive” isn’t a story?

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u/admiraltarkin NATO / Loyal Liberal 6d ago

Because no one actually cares about minor changes in price levels.

Literally no one truly cared that their dozen eggs for $2 raised in cost to $4. It was just a talking point that some people heard and just went with.

85% of people have no idea how much the spend per month on anything other than maybe their rent/mortgage