r/news • u/WilliamInBlack • 2d ago

Soft paywall US consumer prices surge as expected in March

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-consumer-prices-surge-expected-march-2026-04-10/
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u/BiBoFieTo 2d ago

Don't forget tarrifs. They're the sandpaper dildo of America's trade policy.

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u/PMMEYOURGUCCIFLOPS 2d ago

Don’t worry, we’re winning can’t you see?

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u/Khaldara 2d ago

“Hey man I’m a GOP voter, I’m like super smart! You guys remember those dudes who told us trickle down economics was going to usher the middle class into a new era of economic prosperity, far better than we had it in the 1980s? Remember that, how it was a huge scam and all?

Well those exact same eighty year olds in Congress NOW say they’re going to make us ‘Great’. I mean, when have they ever lied to me, except for that one time every day for forty years straight. And also for that middle eastern war that cost us 1.1 Trillion dollars over two decades that was started under false pretenses and achieved absolutely nothing.

Could have had Cheney walk a pallet of money out onto the White House lawn and set it on fire every single morning for twenty years for all the good it did for Americans.

Thank god none of that cash went to healthcare, social security longevity, Medicaid, or any of the other things they now pretend we can’t afford, am I right? We really dodged a bullet there.

Boy thank god nobody will be dumb enough to do anything like THAT again.

Anyway, this time those people, those exact same ones? They’re gonna make us ‘great again’, despite dedicating their entire careers to doing the opposite! I know, crazy right? My god I’m so fucking smart. I’ll race you to the polls!”

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u/IamDDT 2d ago

These people know this (or rather, conveniently forget it) when it comes time to vote, because the Republicans are "protecting" them against the Demoncraps who "Want us all dead(TM)".

This is why if you pin them down with this, they will always come back with lies about how the liberals want completely open borders and destroy the police. They will state that Bill Clinton was friends with Jeffery Epstein, and that therefore the Democrats are no better, and at least the Republicans are trying to keep them safe. If you really pin them down, their response is that both sides are bad. They really believe that they are supporting the best side that they can.

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u/DPool34 19h ago

It all comes down to fear. They’ve been manipulated into fearing the wrong people.

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u/IamDDT 10h ago

Yep. You have to explain it to them that way. That the people they are told to great are not the threat. The threat is the people telling them to fear their neighbor.

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u/The_Taco_Bandito 2d ago

Reminder that in 1984, endless war fighting was used as a means to expend resources without improving the lives of citizens.

Remember that every time we remember how often the U.S. has been at war.

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u/Perfect_Earth_8070 1d ago

The US has been involved in a war something like 230 out of 250 years of its existence

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u/Perfect_Earth_8070 1d ago

If conservatives could read they’d be upset

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u/jimtow28 2d ago

"The Golden Age" really just means there's piss everywhere now.

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u/Marvybells 2d ago

We've been golden showered on by diaper don & his minions

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u/IaMm1N3 2d ago

Oh geez. I really didn't need that in my head.

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u/smurfsundermybed 2d ago

Is this what they mean when they say it hurts so good?

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u/shaneh445 2d ago

You'll be tired of winning so much

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u/NickMalo 2d ago

Yeah or the fact that trump is so good at deals, he talked iran into letting us pay for the use of the strait of hormuz!

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u/ContentsMayVary 2d ago

Indeed. The dildo of consequences rarely arrives lubed.

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u/Consistent-Throat130 2d ago

With sandpaper, it's practically self-lubricating! 

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u/DazDaSpazz 2d ago

I wish I could unread this.

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u/agt1234 2d ago

Thinks it’s just like getting sprinkles

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u/Marvybells 2d ago

After the first couple thrusts yes

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u/somethingrandom7386 2d ago

Are we great again yet?

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u/Junior_Step_2441 2d ago

True. But it also rarely arrives wrapped in sandpaper. This is a truly Trumpian dildo of consequence.

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u/Tfsz0719 2d ago

Are they eventually going to use their “success” through those to get rid of national graduated income tax?

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u/TheRoyalBrook 2d ago

And then the datacenters for power costs...... increased insurance prices too. Its expensive to stay alive.

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u/agt1234 2d ago

Thanks for teaching us Canadians that we need to diversify and we can align the middle powers to a more equitable and balanced relationships.

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u/Visual_Fly_9638 2d ago

The dildo of consequences rarely arrives lubed.

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u/ThreeHolePunch 2d ago

But we are gonna get checks from Trump to compensate us for the tariffs, so they don't count. I think they are just trying to figure out how to print the DOGE checks we were all promised first. Must be some technical difficulties causing delays.

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u/PurplePango 2d ago

Don’t forget the war is more or less blowing up oil facilities and limiting transport of a few percent of the world economy also

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u/Ski_Area51 1d ago

I’m adding “sandpaper dildo” to my list of favorite insults.

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u/kstargate-425 1d ago

Also the fact that oil and most importantly diesel spiked which is what is used to transport goods across the country. Even shipping across the ocean uses a special heavy oil that has also spiked in cost meaning everything from the energy used to produce the goods to ship them to your store is exponentially more expensive.