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Rhonda DeSantis rails against 'elites' in Iowa, seems to ignore her 'elite' education

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If the Democrats are the ones to tank the debt ceiling negotiations it will be an epic self sabotage. The Republicans are so good at evading responsibility this is going to land right on Biden.

 

It's not pedestrian at a time like this. High inflation with some nice corporate greed mixed in is worrisome. This is the first time in many years that I hear the people around me switching brands or changing their food buying habits. Biden is right that the cost of energy and food is important to people. It's another area where Biden could take the blame unfairly.

I want to believe that people are too smart to hold these issues against democrats, but I don't. We are surrounded by selfish idiots as 2016 proved.

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I agree that it’s not pedestrian, I just wish it would get the serious and in depth analysis and discussion that it deserves. It’s so sad that two or three corporations have been allowed to set prices and inventory to grocery stores and supermarkets nationwide. Companies like Walmart and Amazon are allowed to determine distribution networks and prices even in areas where there is neither a Wal, Walmart nor an Amazon distribution center for fifty miles. Someone in the Biden administration could raise the issue and continue to raise the issue, as well as how it got to this state. This problem is going all the way back to the 1980s Reagan era. Raise the issue and enlist the help of the American people to change this, may be a way to put the focus where it rightly belongs. Getting ahead of the issue before some entity on the opposite side of the political spectrum has a chance to spin lies.

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Yeah, the big topics in 2022 were high prices of gas and food prices. Reproductive rights was another one, but the GOP (of course) focused on inflation instead of the latter. Yet, the GOP didn't have a plan nor do they have a strategy to fix inflation today.

Honestly, I feel that people need to reminded of this quite frequently as it flies right over our heads and the average American voter tends to forget about it as midterms are over. I dunno. I'm aware of what's going on though. I'm in Virginia to be with family this summer and it's such a culture shock it's not even funny. Anyway, I was at Kroger and I noticed a huge difference in food pricing as compared to Chicago. It's soooo crazy. Crazier than seeing men wearing John Deere camouflage cap hats and women wearing banana clips.

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Inflation leveling off is not going to fix the problems in the food market. My brother and late father worked in the food industry for a long time. I live in Chicago.  We have had independent retailers for years. Jewel owned by Albertsons now. Jewel was one of our independent retailers in the market as were places like Marianos(now owned by Kroger). See what happens when the Albertsons sale is fully felt and if Albertsons is purchased by Kroger, it will end the fairly reasonable food pricing in the Chicago marketplace.Pets Market at some point as they grow locally will also be snapped up by a mega retailer.

I remember months back that idiocy that Jason Fuhrman started about elites and their fancy Brooklyn stores as to why people look down on Walmart. Does he understand what Walmart did to flyover country all over the United States? How it gutted small towns and Main Street. Now Amazon has joined the fray. Harvard educated?

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Oh, I agree. I'm like the Aldi guy who doesn't care if I have to bag my own groceries, lol! You know?Seriously, it doesn't bother me. I also support local independent grocers as I find fruits and vegetables to be more affordable as compared to those you would find at a Kroger/Mariano's. But yeah, when I'm lazy and I don't feel like cooking from scratch, I'll usually get those healthy lean entrees in the frozen section at Jewel. Being in Virginia for the summer where it seems like the only grocery places to go to are either Food Lion or Kroger, these frozen entree prices are absolutely ridiculous. Several months ago, I went to a Food 4 Less (owned by Kroger) in the Evanston area after a physical therapy appointment, and even I was puzzled as to why it was called a Food 4 Less. I could've gotten the same items for a lesser price at Jewel. Of course, this is not a subject of me being cheap or a penny pincher. Rather, it's about being logical. It's so crazy and greedy how Kroger operates. Thanks for shedding some light on the subject. 

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Pick 'N Save, lol! Here I was talking about Food 4 Less, but Pick 'N Save sounds like Mayberry, lol!  No, you gotta do what you gotta do. 

As far as the article above, I guess having a straight poker face is easier at the casinos instead of talking to constituents with a straight poker face. 

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