Inflation, Not Greedflation, Is Still on Voters’ Minds – HotAir

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have tried to claim inflation was down and technically that’s true, but what the figures show is that the rate of increase is down. That’s good and better than the alternative but it doesn’t actually fix the underlying problem of rising costs which are felt by nearly everyone when they go to the grocery store. Unfortunately for Kamala Harris the inflation problem persists in the minds of many voters.

The pandemic-related run-up in prices has made American life costlier and loomed large over the presidential election. Over the past four years, grocery prices have risen by 22 percent, while utilities and new homes have gone up 28 percent. Although wages have also risen and inflation has come down dramatically, many families are still struggling to catch up.

“This is the first presidential election in 50 years or so where the…