{"id":1132727,"date":"2021-12-19T18:50:45","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T23:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1132727"},"modified":"2021-12-19T18:50:47","modified_gmt":"2021-12-19T23:50:47","slug":"psaki-blames-conglomerates-for-increase-in-meat-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-blames-conglomerates-for-increase-in-meat-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Psaki blames conglomerates for increase in meat prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpsaki-blames-conglomerates-for-increase-in-meat-prices%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1132727&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2617218\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2617218\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 DECEMBER 10: White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki speaks to reporters in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on December 10, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 3:34 PM PT \u2013 Sunday, December 19, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki blamed the meat industry for increasing prices, despite the country\u2019s worst inflation in almost four decades.<\/p>\n<p>During a recent press briefing, Psaki blamed meat conglomerates\u2019 greed, adding they\u2019re taking advantage of the pandemic to increase prices on goods to make a profit. She explained how Americans experience inflation by seeing price increases on everyday goods like meat and groceries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you look at industry to industry, it\u2019s a little different. For example, the President, the Secretary of Agriculture, have both spoken to what we\u2019ve seen is the greed of meat conglomerates. That is an area, one where people go to the grocery store and they\u2019re trying to buy a pound of meat, two pounds of meat, 10 pounds of meat\u2026the prices are higher,\u201d said Psaki.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">White House inflation timeline: <br \/>There is none<br \/>It&#8217;s transitory<br \/>It&#8217;s a high-class issue<br \/>It&#8217;s temporary<br \/>It isn&#8217;t transitory\u2026<br \/>It&#8217;s meat producers&#8217; fault<br \/>She knows vegetable, gas, and energy prices are up too? It&#8217;s NOT big or small business greed\u2014it&#8217;s big government and bad policy. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fYWR16EGb3\">https:\/\/t.co\/fYWR16EGb3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Steve Womack (@rep_stevewomack) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rep_stevewomack\/status\/1471510544632860672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She noted global supply chain issues have also contributed to rising prices, but claimed the Democrats\u2019 Build Back Better plan would have an immediate impact on inflation in the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, 56 economists say that Build Back Better will help quote alleviate some of the strain caused by inflation,\u201d Psaki claimed.<\/p>\n<p>According to recent data released by the Labor Department, Americans making less than $50,000 have the highest inflation expectations with the median one-year outlook at 6.3 percent. In the meantime, the cost of consumer goods reportedly rose at an average of 6.8 percent in November, marking a four-decade high.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/pakistan-organizes-international-meeting-to-discuss-aid-for-afghanistan\/\">Pakistan Organizes International Meeting To Discuss Aid For Afghanistan<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 DECEMBER 10: White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki speaks to reporters in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on December 10, 2021 in Washington, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1132727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1132727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1132727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1132727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1132727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1132727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1132727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}