You might not have noticed but might just have that feeling that prices are too damn high: We are living in an age of gouging and @owenslindsay1 shows you all the ways corporations are taking advantage.
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As explained by @Groundwork Gen Z Correspondent @NiaMLaw and Senior Fellow Janelle Jones in March:
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Trump is coming home to a "dumpster fire," our @owenslindsay1 told @AP.
Trump does "not have the faith and confidence of the American people — the economy is their top issue and the president is saying, ‘You’re on your own.’”
A gallon of gas now costs $5 in Connecticut. Diesel is $6. This is ruining people who live paycheck to paycheck, small businesses, farmers and the trucking industry.
And there is only person who has caused prices to be this high: DONALD TRUMP.
From GM to Tesla, the auto industry is entering a new era: gouging you to use basic functions of your car.
Trump's war in Iran has accomplished a few things: sky high gas prices, worsening unemployment, & raising prices.
“These are the exact kind of spikes that are going to hit low-income people the hardest, at the exact same time that their incomes are slowing the most,"
Thrilled to be in conversation tomorrow with @arindube, @benzipperer, and @LaurenKGurley on Arin’s new book, The Wage Standard: What’s Wrong in the Labor Market and How to Fix It.
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Trump promised to bring inflation down. Well, he did the exact opposite.
77% of Americans said his policies had increased the cost of living. His response?
Affordability was "a line of bullshit," & that he doesn't "think about Americans’ financial situation."
For DAME Magazine's Repairing America series, I spoke to experts about addressing affordability through policies like universal childcare, expanded child tax credit, unionization, wage increases, & more.
Apropos of nothing, read my piece in @DemJournal from March calling for an American Health Service and universal primary care
Americans aren't spending more because they're thriving. They're spending more because things costs more.
Saving accounts are getting drained. Credit card usage is up.
The American consumer is getting stretched to a breaking point.
@AlexSJacquez explains on @MSNOWNews.
