It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday […] it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it.

• George Orwell, 1984

I work in a grocery store, I can tell you straight up that the orange bitch is lying.

Republicans really just live in their own insane reality

I love that this easily quantifiable metric is so split along partisan lines.

Bold faced, obvious lie.

19% of respondents think groceries are now easier to afford.

These are the people who love the emperor's new clothes.

He’s never stepped foot in a grocery store in his life. Facist old pig.

Americans can't afford to buy shit, not even the literal kind. That's rather the point.

So they polled people on subjective opinions instead of looking at the data? Wtf kind of reporting is this?

Bully pulpit power is real. This guy can fart and make his followers thank they did it. There are some serious flaws in human psychology and if you are enough of a dick to want to hack them, you can go far at the exeof others.

war is peace, austerity is properity, up is down.

Before Trump and COVID, soda was maybe $5.99 for a 12-pack. It's $9.99 now. That's a simple gauge

It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grammes a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grammes a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it. - George Orwell, 1984

I operate on a beans and rice budget; shit like an 6 ounce can of tomato past went from $0.60 to $1.00. Same sorts of price increases go for rice, beans, garbonzos and other canned/dry non perishables. Flour has gone up. Sugar has gone up. Don't even get me started on the price of meat. Produce has gone up, A bulb of garlic cost $1.00 now, and where it used to be 30-50 cents. Green onions $1.50 when they used to be $1.00. Seeing similar price rises in cilantro, fresh corn, cucumbers, potatos, onions. I started making stuff from scratch to save money . . . aaaannnnd it's gone.

Republicans remained more split in their responses — with 28% arguing that [groceries] are easier to afford

In what currency, Trump coin?

Thank goodness we have a 25 gram increase in our chocolate ration!

How the hell can it be this split on fucking party lines?

Americans probably can't even afford his lies.

This dipshit believes anything anyone tells him. And the only people telling him things, are the sycophants he surrounds himself with. Of course he thinks everything he's doing is making everything better. They're all afraid to tell him anything else.

He’s a moron who has likely never set foot in a grocery store in his life. He didn’t even think people actually use that word.

https://youtu.be/2NKByZe7kZg

But it’s irrelevant. The president has very little control for making prices go down. Too many market forces to contend with. He has quite a bit of control on making them go up with his stupid ideas of tariffs however.

When was the last time the Orange Fucknut went grocery shopping? He's a clueless racist bastard.

We've always been at was with Eastasia.

1 in 3 respondents maintain that tariffs have been beneficial for the economy

So pretty much the entire Republican base that always believe the bullshit Faux "News" spreads.

19% of respondents think groceries are now easier to afford.

I guess it's nice that reality has finally penetrated their base? At least until they come up with some spin that makes them even more deranged, like during the pandemic :/

Why would anyone ever believe the man who has never been grocery shopping in his life? Does anyone really think that Donny 2 Inches actually knows the price of a bottle of milk or a loaf of bread?

Do we buy it? We can't afford to buy a god damn thing!

"Don't believe your lying eyes"

Quick check of the community forums and you've got at least 50% of people either denying prices are too damn high or they're justifying it with "Buh my Trump!".

A year ago I wondered what all the fuss about raising grocery prices was all about this year I know.

Bread is so expensive, grocery stores are selling half loaves.

If you buy it, you are obviously an idiot.

If Trump says the sun's shining, there's probably an eclipse.

According to some dipshit on reddit the other day they absolutely buy it, but claim if it's not true it's only not true in bLuE CiTiEs

The people claiming prices are the same or lower either are lying or their butlers are picking up the groceries.

Bought three days of food on Sunday for $80. Four boxes of ready rice, two chicken breasts, two Italian sausages, one steak, french beans, brussel sprouts, and some asparagus. They can eat my ass with this cheap grocery narrative.