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slightlv

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35. Evergy victim here, too!

Wed Dec 3, 2025, 12:57 PM

Dec 3

My opinion, after living nearly 70 years, is that NO utility should be privately owned. They should all be publicly owned, operated, and rates set via the government. Of course, lately, in KS that wouldn't have helped us a whole lot...

This month I've had to pay property taxes, insurance on two (barely running) cars, and several medical bills of my husband's previous trip to the ER and then to EMS to ship him to an actual hospital... since they've closed down the two hospitals we used to have here. My car has no heat, sounds like a teenager took out the baffles, and will just have to make due 'cause no one is going to sell us anything better. SS doesn't go that far... but the private utilities and companies just keep upping their prices. I thought I'd have maybe two months to dig us out of this last hole, but I just brought hubby home from the hospital yesterday, so I'm expecting more medical bills within the next 2 months. It never ends.

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Trump Calls Affordability a 'Con Job' as His Edge on the Economy Slips [View all] speak easy Dec 3 OP

I'm looking forward to a trip to the grocery store this BOSSHOG Dec 3 #1

MAGATs will be making scenes at grocery store check-outs hadEnuf Dec 3 #2

Who are you going to believe? Your lying eyes or me? Jacson6 Dec 3 #3

He had an "edge" on the economy??? joshdawg Dec 3 #4

Gotta love that corporate media! robbob Dec 3 #37

It was so legitimate that he was going to lower prices on day one. Norrrm Dec 3 #5

Inherited The Worst Inflation In History?!?! GB_RN Dec 3 #6

He inherited an inflation rate of 3.0% in January 2025. subterranean Dec 3 #10

Heating oil was 17 cents a gallon in the fall of 73. By March of 74 it was more than a dollar. twodogsbarking Dec 3 #11

Annual Inflation by Year since 1929 Wiz Imp Dec 3 #15

Source belpejic Dec 3 #53

It's from the CPI From BLS but I found it preformatted like this Wiz Imp Dec 3 #54

Thank you! belpejic Dec 7 #56

Many of us on DU remember the 1970s stagflation. yardwork Dec 3 #28

I Was A Kid At The Time... GB_RN Dec 3 #44

Yes. Our first car had an 18% interest rate. yardwork Dec 3 #47

Here's what has gone up for me this year, and at higher rates than inflation: NCDem47 Dec 3 #7

Insurance and local taxes are through the roof. yardwork Dec 3 #29

If Trump says good morning it is probably midnight. twodogsbarking Dec 3 #8

Contradicts himself in the same breath... sop Dec 3 #9

That POS spews daily how "energy prices have gone down" Really Trump? We have Evergy in Kansas Bengus81 Dec 3 #12

That's why I moved back to Tucson this Spring. ChazInAz Dec 3 #30

Good move. All Evergy cares about is larger dividend payments (.69 per share now) and keeping Bengus81 Dec 3 #32

Evergy victim here, too! slightlv Dec 3 #35

yup, that's the thing these days Skittles Dec 3 #49

Trump says, "Everyone who gives me millions of dollars says the economy is great". twodogsbarking Dec 3 #13

MAGA Mango Mussolini is a walking pile of fake narrative words gohuskies Dec 3 #14

The Make-Believe World of Trump 2na fisherman Dec 3 #17

gah AllaN01Bear Dec 3 #16

He has never a day in his life had to go without a meal, worry about keeping a roof or paying for essentials, kimbutgar Dec 3 #18

yes Skittles Dec 3 #50

That's because he knows if he says it's a con his rubes will believe him ChicagoTeamster Dec 3 #19

Trump is irritated that people are asking for his help Prairie Gates Dec 3 #20

Suck it up you losers. Stop whining IronLionZion Dec 3 #21

Hey shit for brains who is paying for your breakfast in the white house.........well the taxpayers are....while we have turbinetree Dec 3 #22

Tell that to the $2 grapefruit in the produce department. Not a bag of grapefruit. One grapefruit. Vinca Dec 3 #23

Dude doesn't set foot in a grocery store or eat much produce IronLionZion Dec 3 #25

"but maybe McDonalds prices" speak easy Dec 3 #31

Yup, he even spoke at the McDonalds conference on Nov 18 IronLionZion Dec 3 #41

I have other ideas speak easy Dec 3 #42

WE All Know (Even Some Maggots!) That "It Doesn't Mean Anything to Anybody" is Trump's Desperate The Roux Comes First Dec 3 #24

Orange outside although full of shit inside. Conundrums abound. oasis Dec 3 #26

His affluent followers won't care about what he says, but... yardwork Dec 3 #27

Con-man from hell says what? Nt BootinUp Dec 3 #33

I guess a Con Man would know a Con Job when he sees one. maxsolomon Dec 3 #34

Of course, its all Biden's fault Bayard Dec 3 #36

What "political edge"? When did this guy have a "political edge" on the economy? Escurumbele Dec 3 #38

He had a slight edge last year just because he wasn't the incumbent. subterranean Dec 3 #40

Spoken by a person who was given and is now stealing all the money he has ever "had". efhmc Dec 3 #39

No, no, no. It is a "Don Job". It is true but not favorable. twodogsbarking Dec 3 #43

This message was self-deleted by its author bmichaelh Dec 3 #45

Hey, Pedonald, MarineCombatEngineer Dec 3 #46

Didn't just a day or two ago . . . Scubamatt Dec 3 #48

Inflation Was 2.9% In 2024 ProfessorGAC Dec 3 #51

That's nice maybe now trumpers will hear him Figarosmom Dec 3 #52

In 2024, Trump campaigned on affordability. Said he was going to lower prices on day one. Norrrm Dec 3 #55