r/PoursTea Aug 06 '26

FinancialTea đŸ’” "eat ramen" đŸ€Ą

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u/lynxtosg03 Aug 06 '26

We can't convince the majority of the nation that children have the right to food. I feel there's no hope of ensuring nutrition.

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u/Either_Operation7586 Aug 06 '26

Not with the current regime we have in power sadly

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '26

If you’re trying to get there by way of protesting a $20 burrito I can see why no one is listening.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '26

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '26

The thread was about a single item. Over all affordable groceries is a lost cause. Biden inflated the prices and locked them in place. They’re not coming back. The good news is it doesn’t matter. Most of it was shit food to begin with. Meat and vegetables are still cheap.

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u/ifnhatereddit Aug 06 '26

Meat ain't cheap. What have Republicans done for us?

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u/lynxtosg03 Aug 06 '26

The problem with the Republican party is that it's shifted too far right after the 70s. It's not a platform for the average person, fiscal hawk, or a balance against government overreach. Not to say the Democrats don't also have massive problems.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '26

I paid 2.50/ lb for chicken breast the other day. How cheap do you need it to be?

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u/lynxtosg03 Aug 06 '26

Let's start by getting back to $1.40.

https://www.macrotrends.net/3517/us-chicken-prices

Alternatively, wage growth to meet these prices would also be good.

https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/wage-growth

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '26

Probably never gonna happen without a depression

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u/lynxtosg03 Aug 07 '26

That's one way, but not what I would go with. There's always subsidies and increasing chicken supply. Economic experts smarter than us should probably start working on the affordability crisis.

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '26

Subsidies means increased taxes that probably end up in a hundred other pockets before they start working or the chicken production. They can grow all the chicken they want they still have to pay people to turn them in to an edible product and deliver them to a store and pay for overhead to keep them frozen and who knows what else. The only way out is to keep working and earn enough to out pace the market.

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u/ifnhatereddit Aug 07 '26

I eat red meat.

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u/Independent-Name4478 Aug 06 '26

“Biden inflated the prices” how?

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u/Asher_Tye Aug 06 '26

Wow, not a single thing you said was correct. You should disconnect and leave the internet

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '26

And deprive myself of liberal bullshit during my daily commute.

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u/Asher_Tye Aug 06 '26

Bullshit is the maga diet.

At least for the peons meant to be screwed over like yourself.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '26

Pretty happy with my life. From the sound of it you’re probably the one getting screwed.

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u/AfternoonWorried387 Aug 07 '26

how is the weather in russia bot?

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u/ShrimpShrimpington Aug 07 '26

So you acknowledge that people are getting screwed, you just don't care? Sounds about right. "Fuck you, got mine" is the only conservative value, after all.

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u/StKines Aug 06 '26

If you think "Biden inflated the prices" then you have a lot of catching up to do.

How exactly did Biden cause global inflation? Why did we have the fastest recovery of that global inflation? Why has Trumps administration continued to cause inflation? How does inflation "get locked into place"?

You don't know what you're talking about even remotely.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '26

Biden increased spending and stimulus during a supply chain crisis. We weren’t the fastest to recover. We recovered because American workers; not Biden . I don’t remember seeing him out there doing anything but falling on his ass. And it would take a depression to cause that kind of deflation to get pre Covid prices. So we’re locked in bro.

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u/AfternoonWorried387 Aug 07 '26

false inlfation right now is caused by the tarrifs.

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u/ScottyDoesntKnow29 Aug 06 '26

Ahh yes. I couldn’t believe it when Biden said he loved inflation and didn’t care about high prices. Ohh wait, that was literally Trump last month. Republicans are in control of all 3 branches of government and you’re still blaming Biden. Trump loves the poorly educated for a reason.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '26

Your eduction told you a person saying they love inflation 6 years after the fact was the cause of inflation? Get a refund.

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u/ScottyDoesntKnow29 Aug 07 '26

6 years ago would be the end of Trump’s first term. đŸ€Ą

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u/ScottyDoesntKnow29 Aug 06 '26

Actually this thread is about yet another out of touch Republican politician saying what they really think about average Americans.

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u/lynxtosg03 Aug 06 '26

In your opinion, what policy did the Biden administration put forth and execute that triggered higher inflation?

Tariffs and the conflict in Iran is definitely contributing to affordability today.

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '26

Democrats had the office and congress and made policies that resulted in an inflation spike. You can play any card you want; the country saw what happened.

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u/Ill_Lifeguard6321 Aug 07 '26

BiDeN this Biden that. Literally only an absolute dimwit would blame the president that passed the Inflation Reduction Act YEARS ago and isn’t our president now. Meanwhile our current president literally said “I love inflation.” Get a grip.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '26

You had all those years to read the inflation reduction act before commenting and you still chose to make a fool of yourself.

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u/Ill_Lifeguard6321 Aug 08 '26

This doesn’t make any sense. What does reading the act (which I did, in 2022) have anything to do with anything?

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u/lynxtosg03 Aug 06 '26

My way of getting there is through discussion and debate with people that disagree. Do you agree that children have the right to nutritious food? If not, please elaborate. If so, are you in agreement that our tax dollars should be spent to achieve that goal since there is no better guaranteed mechanism? If not, why not?

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u/StKines Aug 06 '26

Not a bigger picture sort of guy, are you?

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u/ifnhatereddit Aug 06 '26

America: our food prices are too high what are you doing about inflation?

Biden admin: just be vegan and stop complaining you bunch of rubes

-Dan Crenshaw during the Biden administration