Food. Gas. Housing. Renting. Bills. Everything. Inflation and crisis. What is the real reason?
1.9K opinions shared on Society & Politics topic. 1. Inflation, which is caused by horrible "print more money" monetary policy.
2. Energy costs. Biden's first day in office, he shut down entire oilfields, canceled the Keystone pipeline (which didn't reduce the drilling or transport of oil, it just meant that we needed to continue to use higher-risk, more expensive, less reliable methods to move it), and essentially did everything he could to disrupt the American energy sector (meaning oil and gas). Do I need to point out that the Bidens have huge oil investments in Ukraine? And that removing America from the energy export market means an increase in Ukrainian stock prices?
3. Illegal immigration. Note I specified ILLEGAL. Immigrants who come through the process legally aren't the problem. But allowing 15 million illegal immigrants into the country means a MASSIVE demand for housing, food, energy, etc. That raises costs for everyone.
4. Wars, and the resulting disruption to global trade. Right now, several of the world's biggest shipping choke-points can't be used because of either infrastructure problems (the Panama canal, for example) or because of wars. Since WWII, globalization was possible because the US was willing to spend massive amounts of money on the US Navy with a policy to enforce international laws, nearly ending piracy and attacks on global shipping. But the US is no longer willing to do that, and we are starting the process of de-globalization, largely from necessity, because international shipping can no longer be counted on.
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Inflation is bad for the banking class and good for the borrower. Student loans or morgage you are borrowing money frozen in time for 30 years. So that Inflation is on your side giving you more power in the long run.
Absolutely why usa has such a high deficit. it's power of money now 1000x more influential and we shrink the intrest power by 2% every year and we pay off penny to the dollar in terms of a national life span.
Lowest energy cost in history. The market is basically flooded with oil. Saudi Arabia could make a Noah flood of oil but dosen't because it isn't profitable.
Illegal immigration is the only thing keeping domestic food 25% to 30% higher prices. No one wants to work penny's picking for food or even butchering living farm animals. If you thought Inflation was bad this mass deportation is going to be 1000x worse.
In terms of human history it's the most peaceful time on earth. The Panama canel is more of a drought some argue global warming but the processing of ships is removes 1000s of gallons of fresh water from a reservoir of local drinking water. top generals say that global warming is the most extreme threat to national security then any military.
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Anonymous(36-45)11 moThe share of the global population that is productive is declining in favor of unproductive populations be it retired or lower productive cultures globally or imported.
This is the primary driver and will continue to be so for a few decades.
There is on top of that also more war and less trade around the world, so what little we have is less efficiently distributed, and we are diverting more resources towards defense. This is insignificance compared to demographic issues.
Basically there is a lot more people not working and spending money that was formerly invested to buy what they need. So cost for everything will go up and stay high while we work more for it.
In a healthy free market labor prices would go up to allow those working to afford more children and punish the generation that had too few. But most governments are importing replacement workers global y while they can to keep those prices down. Killing off their children to an even worse fate later on.
If they had half a brain they would at least ban abortion to force younger kids not to completely screw over themselfs in the future. In this countries children00 Reply
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11 moThe value of the dollar continues to go down as more and more are made. Wealth hoarding is the primary reason for why more and more are made and not used to help, say, the national debt owed by the US to countries like China. The more wealth is generated, the more it goes to the top of the pyramid rather than the bottom. Gotta love capitalism.
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u 11 moThe greedy becoming more greedy.
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The cost of transport and the cost of distribution.
Transport from the other side of the world doesn't come cheap. You can have fruit from all over the world in any season, but that comes at a price. You can have literally everything delivered to your door in a matter of days. You will always pay extra for this service, even if it says 'free delivery'. It's already calculated in the price of the product.
Distribution chains can be long. A farmer delivers his goods at a minimum price. That price will go up several times as it is handed over from retailer to retailer, until you find it in a shop.
10 Reply929 opinions shared on Society & Politics topic. The complete and utter overreaction to bullshit CV 19 was always going to cause hyper inflation , this then drove interest rates ( which are now coming down ) , but this was always going to happen , if you think you can just " shut down " and give out money , there is always cause and effect.
It didn't need to happen , and you don't lock up healthy people to save the weak , it's called personal responsibility.
Only one country got it right from the beginning , more advice and massive overreaction.00 Reply5.3K opinions shared on Society & Politics topic. Besides housing which is by far the largest factor, everything percentage wise of medium wages is globally very low in the United States of America. So realistically things can't get cheaper.
What can increase is wages which billionairs are very quickly becoming having trillions with no end in sight.
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11 moDitto MrOracle.
And let's add using "economics" as a political weapon. Case in point - parts for the border wall were "bought and paid for" in previous administration. Now being sold off for pennies on the buck - OUR buck!!! Will have to be rebought- or newly made- just to do what should have been done the last four years. (or just file under bad govt?)
But there are ways around it. We scratch cook many more dishes now, have trimmed down the number of staple items we keep on hand, eliminated much of the pre-prepped stuff, and "borderline" foods. We are near a state border so we get gas when visiting out of state, etc. It all adds up.
Jello- $1.79 for 4 servings? seriously? that's out (except when I had oral surgery) and then I bought generic for 67¢ a box.
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Anonymous(45 Plus)11 moIt is Satan's system based on the curse of the law which includes the curse of poverty. Most don't know Jesus paid for all curses so they continue living under it's power. I've seen what happens when you understand this and speak God's Word over your finances and it is supernatural. It is also very simple. When you understand and claim redemption of the curse, your financial situation, bills, cost of food, petrol and everything in your life, even your health transforms. It usually takes about 7 months but it can vary. It should become a life style.
This comment is for those who have ears to hear and eyes to see. If you are one of those people then I recommend that in addition to studying the Bible, you confess out loud daily 3x a day, the paraphrased scriptures in Charles Capps God's Creative Power Gift Collection Leather Bound or hard back.
00 Reply1.2K opinions shared on Society & Politics topic. Capitalism.
Simple as that. Capitalism is about squeezing as much money out of you as possible and as you might have noticed, they have gotten very good at that part. Every time you have any sort of savings it is just another chance for someone to squeeze just that much more out of you by offering a new subscription service or whatever. The wet dream of capitalists is to have the population live from paycheck to paycheck while spending every penny they have.21 Reply- 3.5K opinions shared on Society & Politics topic.
11 moAlmost all of the above, we had several crisis, pandemic, wars,... which pushed prices up, we also have a shortage of resources, and we got companies adding an extra bit on top to make their ceos even richer. On top of that salaries are not increasing fast enough to keep up with the general price increase.
00 Reply 11.7K opinions shared on Society & Politics topic. Inflation is entirely down to businesses, Government can't do shit about it.
To be fair, government can't do shit about much, as it's businesses and corporations that run most things, not government. All government can do is ensure that everything is done legally, not morally.
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@jshm2 That's not really true. Government policies and regulations often drive costs which can be inflationary. For example, minimum wage laws force a minimum cost on employers who recover that cost by increasing prices... inflation. Also, regulations in certain businesses force compliance costs and materials shortages which, again, the business recovers through raising prices... inflation. It's not that minimum wage laws or government regulations are bad or unnecessary, but to say government has no control on inflation is just plain wrong.
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11 morampant inflation. i think covid just sped up what would have naturally happened eventually. that's why people are speaking of the great reset and the "new world order". and i'm not speaking of idiotic tin foil hats creating wild conspiracy theories in their moms basement. i'm speaking of the world economic forum who litterally said that out loud and in public, yet the vast majority of people doesn't take note.
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11 moI could check a few boxes like mass immigration into white countries resulting in overpopulation and thinning out of resources all done by evil greedy elites. a cow eats the grass that nature grows for free but if there isn't enough land to free graze the amount of cattle needed to feed a population then cattle feed needs to be farmed and that costs money hence it becomes more expensive to produce. I hope I see the day when our treacherous leaders are held to account.
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11 moIn the USA, government overspending, or more precisely, deficit spending. They are in effect adding over $1 Trillion per year to the money supply, which devalues the money already in circulation. More money chasing the same goods = higher prices.
Add in over regulation, etc, but the primary is the borrowing.00 Reply - 553 opinions shared on Society & Politics topic.
11 moIt’s a combination of several factors above. But ridiculous spending during the COVID lockdowns didn’t help at all. But also pushing bullshit and highly infective ESG on corporations is really harming economies too.
00 Reply 2K opinions shared on Society & Politics topic. I doubt there is a single reason but covid gov't spending is probably one of the main. The second being bad gov't which overlaps with the first.
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11 moIn the US, the Democrsts blame COVID-19 and the Republicans, while the Republucans blame the Democrats and the lack of tariffs.
Both sides, to some extent, blame China.
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Wait. Wait. Wait.
Lack of Tarriffs makes things more expensive? 😳
Anonymous(30-35)11 moI thought it was all Biden’s fault.
20 Reply2.7K opinions shared on Society & Politics topic. Lots of factors. But by far the most idiotic was the huge amount of money printing and national debt incurred during the non-pandemic.
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11 moLemme put it like this...
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@DrPepper12
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Unless President Joe Biden's government is wrong. Remember he is the duly and lawfully elected President of the United States for the past four years.
11 mogreedy corporations and highway robbery by immoral people. everyone became greedy for some reason. TV shows billionaires and everyone is after them.
00 Reply3.4K opinions shared on Society & Politics topic. As governments create money with no value, they print paper that has no link to any tangable assets. So everyone raises prices to gather in more wealth. It is like a dog chasing its tail.
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11 moExtremely expensive in my country 🥲 I want to tick all the options.
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11 moSimple inflation. Governments have failed us too.(raising interest rates w/o reducing currency in circulation)
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11 moMarket manipulation. The thought that people can balance a natural process.
00 Reply 4.8K opinions shared on Society & Politics topic. United States leads abd Biden regime was running the country down.
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11 moBad governments and evil organizations
00 Reply Where is the all of the above?
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11 moOther? Is a stock market crash overdue , shrug 😕
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Lol I'll be wishing for a recession worldwide under the second term of the orange man lol 😆😆😆
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Oranges 🍊🍊🍊🍊
Its political for sure
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11 moTrump and covid.
20 ReplyHow about all of the above.
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11 moPoor government management
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Anonymous(25-29)11 moAll of the above plus a whack of greed
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11 mo1. Putin's Price hikes - the only reason
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11 moEconomics 101
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11 moGreed
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