Yes, grocery prices are up a lot, but not nearly as much as some people claim, and the big surge is behind us.
After all, I remember the inflation truthers of the early 2010s, who refused to believe that their predictions that easy money would cause runaway inflation had been wrong, and insisted instead that the government must be cooking the books.
For whatever reason, however, the vehemence — and sheer silliness — of the grocery truthers took me by surprise.
And maybe I can use this moment to show why that’s a bad idea.
I know that it was less, but off the top of my head I can’t tell you by what percentage.
Persons:
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