{"id":1436914,"date":"2022-04-14T08:01:25","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T12:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1436914"},"modified":"2022-04-14T08:02:36","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T12:02:36","slug":"americans-know-whos-responsible-for-their-astronomical-grocery-bills-and-it-aint-putin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americans-know-whos-responsible-for-their-astronomical-grocery-bills-and-it-aint-putin\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans Know Who\u2019s Responsible For Their Astronomical Grocery Bills, And It Ain\u2019t Putin"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Famericans-know-whos-responsible-for-their-astronomical-grocery-bills-and-it-aint-putin%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=1436914&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--><p>Every Sunday night, I do my grocery shopping for the week, and every time I do, I watch my bill get higher and higher. My grand total this week came to over $100: $62.62 at Aldi, which is known for its almost exclusively off-brand goods and low prices, and $41.23 at Woodman\u2019s for all the things I couldn\u2019t get at Aldi \u2014 like chicken because the poultry shelves were almost bare.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_3976-1024x768-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-270634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_3976-1024x768-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_3976-300x225-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_3976-768x576-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_3976-1536x1152-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_3976-2048x1536-1.jpg 2048w\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>There were no extras in my cart \u2014 no bottles of wine or impulse desserts \u2014 just what I needed for standard meals, plus a pack of Aldi-brand paper towels and a case of the cheapest sparkling water. I carried all of the bags into my apartment in one trip. <\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s total would have been even higher, but I\u2019m still using up some items from last week. The grand total then was more than $180, with $100.71 at Aldi and $80.76 at Woodman\u2019s. And I\u2019m feeding only two people. Think about how those same numbers might affect a single mom, or how much higher those numbers are for a family of four, six, or eight.<\/p>\n<p>Americans across the country are suffering under astronomical prices for bare essentials such as groceries to feed their families and gasoline to get to work. And when they get to those jobs, wages aren\u2019t keeping up with President Joe Biden\u2019s skyrocketing inflation. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a vicious and demoralizing cycle for people so recently rocked by the government\u2019s heavy-handed response to a virus. More than anything, they want to get their lives back to normal and reclaim their financial security. They\u2019ve been feeling knocked down for more than two years, and now thanks to Biden\u2019s record inflation, they just can\u2019t get back up. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think the administration grasps how bad it is when you go to the grocery store or gas station, get shocked by how much you\u2019re paying, get frustrated\u2026 and then two weeks or a month later, you\u2019re shocked again because it is even higher,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jimgeraghty\/status\/1514225426624823296\">tweeted<\/a> National Review\u2019s Jim Geraghty, perfectly capturing the disposition of weary Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Biden White House is in full-blown spin mode, desperately trying to shift the blame for America\u2019s economic disaster off the incoherent buffoon who\u2019s responsible and onto anyone within striking distance. They\u2019ve pretended there was no inflation. Then they insisted it was \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cameron\/status\/1513905459488428034?s=20&#038;t=NotOqOaqWPrZQFj_lacjBw\">transitory<\/a>.\u201d Next came the straight-faced declarations that, actually, inflation is a <em>good<\/em> thing because it means we\u2019re moving on from Covid.<\/p>\n<p>Now the administration has employed a new tactic: Blame everything on Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin. It\u2019s under this strategy that we\u2019ve been graced with the political messaging campaign where inflation goes by the name of \u201cPutin\u2019s Price Hike.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Biden has <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\/status\/1513989086947721221?s=20&#038;t=tS-kNgQjcmEmBzOEX6M1vQ\">called<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1513977488908726283\">it<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\/status\/1513989084598972419\">this<\/a> repeatedly, and his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDemocrats\/status\/1514316241984442370\">Democrat<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerPelosi\/status\/1513981528598003720\">mouthpieces<\/a> have <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WHCOS\/status\/1513298298819563520\">followed<\/a> suit. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki used the Putin catchphrase and then had the audacity to claim we\u2019re \u201cin a better place than we were last month.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"TwdRHX7oy\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;We need to do more to reduce costs for the American people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki says the White House expects the Consumer Price Index report on inflation for March \u201cto be extraordinarily elevated due to Putin\u2019s price hike.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MsImm8189U\">pic.twitter.com\/MsImm8189U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CBS News (@CBSNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSNews\/status\/1513584050816094217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>OK, I\u2019ll bite. Do <em>you <\/em>feel like you\u2019re in a better place than last month? Has your salary kept up with inflation? Has your commuting cost or your grocery bill become an easier pill to swallow? What about other necessary costs like personal hygiene products, baby formula, school and office supplies, or home and vehicle maintenance needs?<\/p>\n<p>March\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/cpi.nr0.htm\">consumer price index<\/a> dropped this week, and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/04\/12\/bidenflation-reaches-four-decade-high-after-climbing-8-5-percent-since-last-march\/\">inflation numbers are horrific<\/a>. We\u2019re up 8.5 percent since March of last year, a jaw-dropping four-decade increase. Yet hearing single-digit figures in the 8 percent range don\u2019t really capture the acute weight shouldered by American consumers. After all, if you\u2019ve pumped gas recently, you know 8.5 percent doesn\u2019t capture the sinking feeling in your chest when you swipe your card.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s because <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charliebilello\/status\/1513858070702657536\">you\u2019re paying<\/a> closer to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/cpi.nr0.htm\">50 percent more<\/a> for gas. On top of that, Americans are spending over 35 percent more on used vehicles and 12.5 percent more on new ones; 21.6 percent more on natural gas utilities; nearly 14 percent more for grocery staples like eggs, meat, and fish; and over 11 percent more on their electric bills.<\/p>\n<p>Just as your prices go up, Biden approval numbers keep going down. According to a new CBS News\/YouGov <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/news\/administration\/3263800-biden-approval-rating-at-lowest-point-in-cbs-news-poll\/\">poll<\/a>, only 31 percent of respondents voiced approval for how Biden is handling inflation. A whopping 69 percent disapprove. Meanwhile, a new CNBC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/04\/13\/bidens-approval-falls-to-new-low-amid-economic-pessimism-cnbc-survey-finds.html\">poll<\/a> shows his overall approval at an abysmal 38 percent. If the corrupt corporate media pollsters are getting numbers this bad, just imagine how bad his approval rating actually is.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s because despite all the Democrats\u2019 deflection to Putin and Covid and those <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/10\/25\/media-demand-you-stop-shopping-to-shield-biden-from-blame-for-supply-chain-nightmare\/\">pesky consumers<\/a>, Americans know their wallets are lighter and their minds are heavier due to the policies and incompetence of Biden and his foolish administration. Their solutions consist of spending more money, relinquishing energy independence, and pandering to their party\u2019s radicals.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden White House can keep trying to sell \u201cPutin\u2019s Price Hike,\u201d but Americans aren\u2019t buying it. Heck, they can\u2019t afford to.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">\n  Kylee Zempel is an assistant editor at The Federalist. She previously worked as the copy editor for the Washington Examiner magazine and as an editor and producer at National Geographic. She holds a B.S. in Communication Arts\/Speech and an A.S. in Criminal Justice and writes on topics including feminism and gender issues, religious liberty, and criminal justice. Follow her on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kyleezempel\">@kyleezempel<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every Sunday night, I do my grocery shopping for the week, and every time I do, I watch my bill get higher and higher. 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