Mortgages have hit an all-time high, gas prices spiked again, and now comes word the cost of dining out in Colorado has increased more than any other state.
And what is President Biden doing about it?
He’s on a whirlwind campaign tour bragging to every voter still gullible enough to believe him that Bidenomics cured inflation last year with the passage of Democrats’ $400 billion Inflation Reduction Act.
And how exactly did $400 billion in pork government spending roll back inflation caused by (checks notes) excessive government spending?
Exactly. It didn’t.
Other than yelling “Stop the presses!” over at the U.S. Treasury, there actually are ways Democrats could help reduce inflation.
Jon Caldara over at Page Two on Complete Colorado lends a hand to the hapless tax-and-spend Democrats by explaining how the elimination of onerous laws and other government regulations they themselves impose would also cut the state’s excessive 24% inflation at restaurants.
Starting with Gov. Polis’s so-called “local control” that ends minimum wage and takes away local control.
Restaurants are particularly sensitive to changes in minimum wage and were hit hardest by that, plus the family leave government program that costs business owners, employees, and the customer.
It is so luxurious people can take every Friday off every week of the year to care for a nonfamily member and get paid for it — permanent three-day weekends!
The transition costs to train new employees and find part-time temporary employees to fill those vacant spots will be remarkably expensive. And we the dining customers haven’t even begun to pay for that yet. But we will.
There’s also Polis’s war on western ranchers and the state’s profitable agriculture industry that has caused prices to jump much higher than our neighbors.
With Democrats like Polis devoted to monkeywrenching with the planet’s fuel and food system, it’s no wonder we’re being priced out of our basic needs to exist.