I'm sure you know better than the Federal Reserve Board, the USEIA, etc, but this is what they have to say about it.
The average price of electricity per kilowatt-hour has increased since the same time last year. Residential electricity costs were 6.2% higher in August 2025 than they were a year earlier, the latest federal data shows, while natural gas is up 13.8%.
Overall, energy prices are expected to rise, largely due to increased demand from the rise of artificial intelligence, oil and gas drilling, electrified transportation and overall increased economic activity after the end of the pandemic. The U.S. Energy Information Administration expects residential electricity rates to increase steadily by as much as 18% in the next few years, far outstripping the annual inflation rate of about 2.7%.
"Grocery prices are obviously not down," said Michael Strain, director of economic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute.
Grocery prices have continued to climb, despite the president's pledge on the campaign trail that grocery prices would come down. Prices for food at home increased by 0.6% in August, which was the fastest monthly rise in nearly three years, with increases across all major food groups. The cost of food at home increased 2.7% from August 2024 to August 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That's nowhere near the dramatic jump of nearly 11.4% during 2022, but it's also inaccurate to say grocery prices are down.
the overall consumer price index has increased by 1.3% since January and grocery prices have increased by 1.1%," Strain said. "So grocery prices are increasing at a slower rate than the overall CPI. But they're still increasing."
Tell me: How did all the experts get it wrong? Were they hiding in their basement while you were out doing all the grocery shopping?
A while back, I offered up an actual comparison of prices of goods I bought at one point during the Biden administration, and compared them with a later order for the same items. I did so regarding a claim by several that prices had not dropped over the course of 6 months or so.
Do me a favor: Do the same comparison of one of your grocery orders beetween Jan or Feb and today. Prove the experts wrong.
I'm interested in your claim that rising healthcare costs in 2025 are to be blamed on the Democrats.
Care to give some more info about that? Data? Statistics?
It seems the m ajority of complaints are from Medicaid and elderly Meidcare recipients, whose costs are spiking due to Trumps "Big Beautiful Bill".
How is that bill to be blamed on Democrats?
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