Been taking a little hiatus from d2jsp, just wanted to chime in real quick:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-30/us-will-face-high-gas-prices-as-long-as-it-takes-biden-saysQuote
US President Joe Biden said Americans will have to stomach high gas prices “as long as it takes” to beat back Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
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Biden’s latest comments about inflation -- which amount to telling voters that they need to brace themselves for the long haul -- are unlikely to play well.
And also:
https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1542684948519419908So it seems like this is the pitch Biden and his admin have settled on when it comes to inflation: "we have a moral obligation to endure higher prices in the name of a war on the other side of the planet". What a thoroughly foolish and stupid argument. It is misguided on the substance and tone-deaf politically. If anything, continuing support for "the liberal world order" hinges on bringing down inflation and preserving the living standard of the masses, not the other way round. If this is how Biden wants to head into the midterms, it's gonna be a bloodbath and no amount of outrage over Roe or concealed carry or WV v. EPA will save them.
To quote what I already wrote back in May:
Quote (Black XistenZ @ 17 May 2022 05:30)
The last time a president argued that there's "nothing I can do about inflation and the struggling economy" and that the people might just have to "do with less", it led to a landslide loss and handed the other party the sovereignty on economic policy for 28 straight years. (On economic issues, president Clinton seamlessly continued the policies of Reagan/Bush Sr.)