The price of a meal is not directly related to the state of our economy.

This is the kind of thing someone says when they don't know what it's like to be hungry

Blaming pricing on consumers is such baby economics

Evil companies will always exploit the people who blindly buy their products.

Sure. But that doesn't establish the relative price/income ratio of retail.

It's just engagement for them

The horse-race politics angle is pure political engagement. However, the cost of basic necessities relative to the prevailing availability of incomes is a lot more than just engagement. They're describing real material conditions.

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