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Instagram posts stated on December 6, 2023 in an Instagram post Macaulay Culkin’s “Home Alone” shopping trip that cost $19.83 in 1990 would cost $72.28 today, up from $44.40 in 2022. Joe Biden stated on December 5, 2023 in a post on X “We’ve created close to 800,000 manufacturing jobs since I’ve taken office.” Instagram posts stated on November 25, 2023 in an Instagram post Video shows Black Friday shoppers “in Biden’s thriving economy.” Karine Jean-Pierre stated on November 20, 2023 in a White House press briefing “Because wages are rising, this Thanksgiving dinner is the fourth-cheapest ever as a percentage of average earnings.” TikTok posts stated on November 18, 2023 in a post on TikTok The federal government and the Federal Reserve were “raising inflation,” something that “had nothing to do with … getting our economy back in line” but rather to fund a “war against a bunch of civilians.” Facebook posts stated on November 15, 2023 in a Facebook post “Any American who needs $2,000 a month can get it now” thanks to a new government program. Rachael Cabral-Guevara, stated on October 18, 2023 in Public hearing Some individuals or businesses in Wisconsin are charging $2 or $2.25 an hour for child care. Kamala Harris stated on October 28, 2023 in an interview with CBS News “Because of our economic policies we now are reducing inflation.” Mike Johnson stated on October 25, 2023 in his acceptance speech as speaker “Prices have increased over 17% in the last two years.” Donald Trump stated on October 23, 2023 in remarks at a rally in Derry, N.H. “When I came into office, Iran had $70 billion in foreign exchange reserves. … By the time I left, they had nothing. They were broke.” One Nation stated on September 4, 2023 in a petition Sen. Joe Manchin’s “support for the (Inflation Reduction Act) could cost West Virginia 100,000 fossil fuel jobs.” Jim Justice stated on August 14, 2023 in a post on X "Credit card debt is above $1 trillion for the FIRST TIME EVER." West Virginia Republican Party stated on August 17, 2023 in a post on X “Since Biden took office ... real wages have fallen monthly.” Donald Trump stated on September 27, 2023 in a speech in Michigan When I took office, “the auto industry was on its knees gasping its last breath.” Trump administration “tariffs and taxes saved the American auto industry from extinction." Shelley Moore Capito stated on August 23, 2023 in a post on X “#Bidenomics has led to mortgage rates hitting a 21-year high → over 7%.” Jim Justice stated on August 24, 2023 in a post on X “Under Jim Justice,” West Virginia had “the lowest unemployment rate in state history.” Joe Biden stated on August 24, 2023 in a campaign ad Since Joe Biden “has taken office, unemployment in our (Latino) community has been cut in half." Bernie Sanders stated on September 17, 2023 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union" “CEOs are now making 400 times more than their average worker.” Donald Trump stated on September 17, 2023 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" The price of "bacon is up five times" under President Joe Biden. Chris Christie stated on September 5, 2023 in a interview Under Gov. Ron DeSantis, “in the last five years, spending has gone up 30%" in Florida. Load more
Instagram posts stated on December 6, 2023 in an Instagram post Macaulay Culkin’s “Home Alone” shopping trip that cost $19.83 in 1990 would cost $72.28 today, up from $44.40 in 2022.
Joe Biden stated on December 5, 2023 in a post on X “We’ve created close to 800,000 manufacturing jobs since I’ve taken office.”
Instagram posts stated on November 25, 2023 in an Instagram post Video shows Black Friday shoppers “in Biden’s thriving economy.”
Karine Jean-Pierre stated on November 20, 2023 in a White House press briefing “Because wages are rising, this Thanksgiving dinner is the fourth-cheapest ever as a percentage of average earnings.”
TikTok posts stated on November 18, 2023 in a post on TikTok The federal government and the Federal Reserve were “raising inflation,” something that “had nothing to do with … getting our economy back in line” but rather to fund a “war against a bunch of civilians.”
Facebook posts stated on November 15, 2023 in a Facebook post “Any American who needs $2,000 a month can get it now” thanks to a new government program.
Rachael Cabral-Guevara, stated on October 18, 2023 in Public hearing Some individuals or businesses in Wisconsin are charging $2 or $2.25 an hour for child care.
Kamala Harris stated on October 28, 2023 in an interview with CBS News “Because of our economic policies we now are reducing inflation.”
Mike Johnson stated on October 25, 2023 in his acceptance speech as speaker “Prices have increased over 17% in the last two years.”
Donald Trump stated on October 23, 2023 in remarks at a rally in Derry, N.H. “When I came into office, Iran had $70 billion in foreign exchange reserves. … By the time I left, they had nothing. They were broke.”
One Nation stated on September 4, 2023 in a petition Sen. Joe Manchin’s “support for the (Inflation Reduction Act) could cost West Virginia 100,000 fossil fuel jobs.”
Jim Justice stated on August 14, 2023 in a post on X "Credit card debt is above $1 trillion for the FIRST TIME EVER."
West Virginia Republican Party stated on August 17, 2023 in a post on X “Since Biden took office ... real wages have fallen monthly.”
Donald Trump stated on September 27, 2023 in a speech in Michigan When I took office, “the auto industry was on its knees gasping its last breath.” Trump administration “tariffs and taxes saved the American auto industry from extinction."
Shelley Moore Capito stated on August 23, 2023 in a post on X “#Bidenomics has led to mortgage rates hitting a 21-year high → over 7%.”
Jim Justice stated on August 24, 2023 in a post on X “Under Jim Justice,” West Virginia had “the lowest unemployment rate in state history.”
Joe Biden stated on August 24, 2023 in a campaign ad Since Joe Biden “has taken office, unemployment in our (Latino) community has been cut in half."
Bernie Sanders stated on September 17, 2023 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union" “CEOs are now making 400 times more than their average worker.”
Donald Trump stated on September 17, 2023 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" The price of "bacon is up five times" under President Joe Biden.
Chris Christie stated on September 5, 2023 in a interview Under Gov. Ron DeSantis, “in the last five years, spending has gone up 30%" in Florida.
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