How Democrats cause price gouging

Published August 22, 2024 5:26pm ET



Every demagogue needs a scapegoat to blame for the people’s hardship. For the Biden-Harris administration, that need is particularly acute because the massive inflation of the past few years, and still-too-high inflation of today, can fairly be pinned on their brazen overspending.

People are particularly upset about the high prices of food, where prices have risen by 22% in President Joe Biden’s 3 1/2 years — the same increase we saw in the previous 10 years combined.

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