In the 18th century, our country had a revolt because government policies made tea too expensive. In the 19th century, we had the Flour Riots in the north and the Bread Riots in the short-lived Confederacy. In the early 1970s, a bunch of moms across the country led a week-long "meat boycott" to protest rising food prices.
The U.S. has always had a history with food-related demonstrations. It's part of our nature.
So I can only assume that in the next few months we're gonna see some serious action over the unconscionable price of hot dogs:
The cost of groceries increased nearly 10% year-over-year and 1% since February, driven largely by a rise in prices of meat, poultry, fish, and eggs, according to Consumer Price Index data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Tuesday, April 12. The report was released amid the highest documented inflation in more than four decades.
Economists consider two versions of the CPI data, which measures the change in prices paid by urban consumers for goods and services. The "headline" CPI, which rose 8.5%, includes all prices consumers face from housing and gas to bananas; while "core" CPI, which rose 6.5%, excludes typically volatile food and energy prices. The headline CPI increase came in slightly above the 8.4% increase many economists predicted. Meanwhile, the cost of energy increased by 32%. The BLS measures consumer costs by tracking CPI, which measures price changes, and average prices, which offer estimates of real-world prices for goods and services paid by consumers.
Looootta big words there.
If you need a simpler breakdown of what's going on, here it is:
You'll notice we highlighted the hotdog price in red. That's the most important one. Most scientists consider hotdogs to be probably the most important source of nutrients ever made by man. And Americans were designed by God to thrive especially on hotdogs. It's in our DNA.
So much of our economy, our business, our way of life—all of it depends on hotdogs. It's the lifeblood of American democracy. It's as American as baseball.
Folks, vote in November and send the White House a big ol' hotdog message!
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