Janet Yellen blames Americans’ ‘splurging’ for record-high inflation
Fox News | 12/1/2022Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen blamed consumers’ excessive spending habits as a primary cause for the near 40-year-high in inflation on Wednesday. The Biden official appeared on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” where she was asked about the price increases that have plagued the U.S. for more than a year.
Straight Line of the Day: So what are all you splurging on?
I know for me, it’s generic Raisin Bran.
Hey, I was hungry, so I supersized my fries – what are you gonna do about it, huh, Janet?
Speaking as a loyal Democrat, we splurged on progressive government, just to see what would happen – our bad…
My 15th Rockem Sockem Robots set since 1967.
I don’t know who posted this but I love you man…like a brother ya know?
Gluten free gruel.
I had to buy something I didn’t even need just so I could qualify for free shipping on Amazon…
Scented candles for when the power goes out.
Copies of the New York Times and Washington Post to shove down my clothes to keep warm in my house.
They serve a useful purpose? Who knew??
A papier thin wayfahr.
I’m splurging on all the things I thought were necessary before but now realize are modern day conveniences, like bread, milk, eggs. You know, the finer things in life.
Luxury!
Of course, we had it tough . . .
On Halloween this year we had to use rocks…
Only on the houses with the appropriate signage out front though.
Groceries and gas for my car. Electricity, and other utilities.
The usual stuff.
lumber for building large wooden badgers… obviously
So What Are All You Splurging On?
Janet will judge me double un-good. I just asked Santa for a lump of coal to heat my hovel.
Prolly too much gourmet food. Spices, for one. Bad habit. Been buying Basil AND basil.
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Personally, I’m splurging with extra gluten in my gruel.
… also splurging with massive volumes of kanelbullar and nanaimo bars, of course.
Switched my Folger’s for nothing at all.
Went from free-range crickets to factory crickets.
Maybe you could splurge and buy some ranch to dip them in.
Gasoline! My truck drinks that stuff like water.
Plane tickets to California. From there, I can steal whatever. Since I am not actually spending anything in the stores, Yellen would therefore be inferring that this behavior is not inflationary. (She is an idiot post turtle.)
I converted all my money into dimes which I promptly spent at the Rock Ridge toll booth.
You have to ask?
So what are all you splurging on?
Ammo.
Yeah, my safe became haunted this year and gained a bunch of reading material with extra pages before the book ban went into effect in my state.
I slurged on a new(er) gas guzzling truck before my state bans those too.
So what are you splurging on…
Homeschool curriculums
Wait…you’re driving but still homeschooling? Did mom hold you back a year or two?
Nah, I was public schooled. The teachers wouldn’t have let them hold me back a year or two, they wanted my punk ass out of there as much I wanted out. It’s all for the kiddos.
It’s me; I confess. I treated my truck to one gallon of 93 octane because the fuel light was on.
Yellen may be right, not long ago I purchased a footlong sandwich verses my usual 6 inch. My bad……
Pepto Bismol…they constantly make me sick when I see what they are doing to my country..
This guy two roads over has an emu..I’ve been sneaking it corn and two days before Christmas that emu and I are going for a ride. I see lots of white meat and drumsticks in my future..a pluckin good time..
Human, the other white meat.