Saru Jayaraman tried. As far back as January, the president of low-pay campaign group One Fair Wage recalls telling Democratic leaders in Washington DC that voters were worried about the cost of living.
Price of gas is high now? I hadn’t heard that complaint and the price has been going down.
Sure enough, I see a spike two years ago when the sanctions hit after Russia invaded Ukraine but it quickly got back to near normal and stayed that way or trended down. I guess the new plateaus is higher than four years ago but not by much, not recently, nor is there an upward trend.
Price of gas is high now? I hadn’t heard that complaint and the price has been going down.
Sure enough, I see a spike two years ago when the sanctions hit after Russia invaded Ukraine but it quickly got back to near normal and stayed that way or trended down. I guess the new plateaus is higher than four years ago but not by much, not recently, nor is there an upward trend.