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   >  MP> I did think it was a good idea.  If the prices are going to go up   
   nyway,   
   >  MP> I as a consumer would sure like to know why, whether it is a tariff that   
   >  MP> causes it, or some silly tax that my state comes up with.  It is good to   
   >  MP> see things itemized.   
      
   > My electric bill reached historic highs during the Biden administration. Same   
   > thing with car insurance, home insurance, and egg prices. And good thing I   
   > don't need to buy a car because look at the insane prices on those since   
   > Bidenflation began.   
      
   (1) Cars have been going up for a while now, even/especially used ones,   
   since long before Biden took office;   
   (2) Same thing with insurance;   
   (3) you have mentioned the electric bill before -- IIRC it was high but   
   actually got higher real recently, like after Trump took office and after   
   the tariff war with Canada re: electricity supplied to northern tier   
   states, right?   
   (4) Biden didn't cause bird flu but, yes, you have me on eggs.   
      
   > It got so bad that I couldn't afford to buy anything on Amazon. (I noticed   
   hi   
   > when I logged on to Amazon a couple days ago and saw "No purchases in the   
   ast   
   > 12 months.")   
      
   Amazon is handy for things you cannot find locally but, a lot of times (and   
   especially if you have a Wal-Mart or other such retailer around) the local   
   prices are going to be better on the things that are available locally.   
      
   > So it annoys me when people start complaining about Trump causing prices to   
   > rise, because I haven't seen that happen. (Did Trump cause battery operated   
   > drones to go up in price? How about taxidermied animals?) and I'm still   
   aitin   
   > for someone to do something about the prices that rose while Biden was in   
   > charge.   
      
   I have seen some rise and some stay the same.  I have yet to see any fall   
   despite Trump's promises that they would.  I was just at the grocery this   
   morning.  One food item that I used to be able to buy for $2.50 to $3.00   
   100 days ago is now closing on $4.50.  I didn't buy it this time.  Another   
   had spiked somewhere between 25-30% over the same time frame and I didn't   
   buy.  That was at Wal-Mart.  I would hate to price the items at Kroger.   
      
   The price of cereal was going up under Biden and has continued going up   
   since Trump took office.  The price of a box has nearly doubled over the   
   past ~2 years.   
      
   Fuel prices were going down late last year, while Biden was still in   
   office.  They continued going down until at least inauguration day,   
   possibly a little longer.  They have gone back up some since, but are not   
   spiking.  Instead of being around $3+ like they were last year, they are   
   around $2.50-$2.70 now.   
      
   So it annoys me when people start claiming that Trump is causing prices to   
   go down on anything besides eggs, and it also annoys me when Trump gets in   
   front of a camera and claims that fuel prices are down below $2 when   
   Gasbuddy can't find any in the continental US that is that price (I have   
   not checked today).   
      
      
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