Welcome to Insanity Wrap, your daily dose of the best of the worst. President Gaslight’s attempt to get you to stop believing your own lyin’ eyes on food prices is today’s big crazy.
Prices for lumber managed to grab the headlines after an unprecedented sharp increase which currently threatens housing affordability across the United States.
While experts say the current gas price spike is mostly driven by demand recovering faster than the winter storm-squeezed supply, others warn “hostile” White House policies are likely to drive them even higher in the long term.
Increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour has resulted in exactly what critics have predicted: A loss of low-skilled jobs and, according to a recent study, increased prices for the goods and services provided by companies that employ low-skilled workers.