RAM is so expensive, Samsung won't even sell it to Samsung
#HackerNews #RAM #Prices #Samsung #News #Technology #Economics
Overall, Americans are paying 11% more for #electricity than they were in January, though that number varies widely: Costs have risen 37% in Missouri but have fallen in 3 states by as much as 13%, #NEADA found.
“With prices going up so rapidly, electricity is becoming #unaffordable in many parts of the country,” said Mark Wolfe, an #energy economist & exec dir of NEADA. “And it isn’t just lower-income households anymore; it’s spilling into the middle class.”
#Utility #prices have risen roughly 3X faster than overall #inflation this year, at a precarious time for the #economy. Businesses are announcing #MassLayoffs, & it’s taking #unemployed Americans much longer to find new #work. There are also signs that lower- & middle-class families are pulling back on spending.
#affordability #CostOfLiving #Trump #recession #trumpcession
Alex Akselrod
boosted
Does Trump Know The Price Of Milk?
“From the day I take the oath of office, we’ll rapidly drive prices down & make America affordable again,” #Trump promised last summer as he ran for president. “Prices will come down. You just watch. They’ll come down fast.”
#Prices have not come down. 10 months after Trump took office, prices are still climbing. #Groceries are MORE expensive. #Electricity bills have spiked. It costs more to buy a new #car.
#economy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/opinion/trump-prices-affordability-promises-inflation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.208.t9KN.ecs_dFZ9Xw-d&smid=nytcore-ios-share
“But the policies they’ve chosen have created extra costs for businesses, & businesses tend to pass on costs,” Sahm added.
The cost of #Trump’s policies is likely to increase in the coming months.
His most inflationary policy is his campaign to build a wall of #tariffs around the US #economy. Tariffs are #taxes on imports, & they are *initially* paid by the businesses that bring goods into the #US.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #recession #trumpcession
In the early months of #Trump’s term, importers mostly absorbed those #costs rather than raising #prices to recoup the money from #consumers. Some companies said they were waiting to see if the #tariffs would last. As time has passed, companies increasingly have shifted the costs of the tariffs to their customers. Goldman Sachs estimates that the share of tariff costs borne by consumers has increased from 22% in April to 55% in Oct, & that it will continue to rise, reaching 67% by mid next year.
Does Trump Know The Price Of Milk?
“From the day I take the oath of office, we’ll rapidly drive prices down & make America affordable again,” #Trump promised last summer as he ran for president. “Prices will come down. You just watch. They’ll come down fast.”
#Prices have not come down. 10 months after Trump took office, prices are still climbing. #Groceries are MORE expensive. #Electricity bills have spiked. It costs more to buy a new #car.
#economy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/opinion/trump-prices-affordability-promises-inflation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.208.t9KN.ecs_dFZ9Xw-d&smid=nytcore-ios-share
The annual rate of #inflation was 3% in Sept—almost exactly the same as it was on Inauguration Day.
Trump’s failure was predictable. #Prices almost never fall across the entire #economy. When they do, it tends to be because of a crisis, such as the #GreatDepression. Trump is responsible for misleading people. But he has not merely failed to keep an impossible promise. Trump has pursued policies, starting with #tariffs, that are making the problem worse by making life in the #US less #affordable.
Does Trump Know The Price Of Milk?
“From the day I take the oath of office, we’ll rapidly drive prices down & make America affordable again,” #Trump promised last summer as he ran for president. “Prices will come down. You just watch. They’ll come down fast.”
#Prices have not come down. 10 months after Trump took office, prices are still climbing. #Groceries are MORE expensive. #Electricity bills have spiked. It costs more to buy a new #car.
#economy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/opinion/trump-prices-affordability-promises-inflation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.208.t9KN.ecs_dFZ9Xw-d&smid=nytcore-ios-share
"When this perfect storm strikes, an electoral bloodbath in the 2026 midterms is the best outcome Trump can hope for, on a list of dire possibilities."
#Trump #EconomicElites #wealth #EconomicDisparity #WealthDistribution #SuperRich #GildedAge #Epstein #food #prices #beef #coffee #tariffs #HealthInsurance #food
/10
"Contrast [what Bunch says] to a prominently displayed New York Times feature story that puts a nostalgic gloss on Epstein’s world. Looking back on that world and the people who inhabited it, it carried the headline, Epstein Emails Reveal a Lost New York."
~ Margaret Sullivan
#Trump #EconomicElites #wealth #EconomicDisparity #WealthDistribution #SuperRich #GildedAge #Epstein #food #prices #beef #coffee #tariffs #HealthInsurance #food #NewYorkTimes
/11
https://margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/two-opposing-media-takes-on-epsteins
"The timing couldn’t be better, or worse, for this midnight of the elites. The overblown stock market fueled by an AI hallucination is set to burst any moment, and new hiring is already grinding to a halt — just as the price of everything from steak to coffee goes through the roof and health insurance is doubling or tripling for millions of Americans."
#Trump #EconomicElites #wealth #EconomicDisparity #WealthDistribution #SuperRich #GildedAge #Epstein #food #prices #beef #coffee #tariffs
/9
"When this perfect storm strikes, an electoral bloodbath in the 2026 midterms is the best outcome Trump can hope for, on a list of dire possibilities."
#Trump #EconomicElites #wealth #EconomicDisparity #WealthDistribution #SuperRich #GildedAge #Epstein #food #prices #beef #coffee #tariffs #HealthInsurance #food
/10
(continued from /7)
"about the much deeper rot that’s already been laid bare about the entire decrepit class of men (because they’re almost all men) who rule the world with atrocious grammar amid a non-stop booty call.
I’m not a financial expert, but if I had disposable cash I’d avoid the hyperinflated AI bubble and invest in a company that manufactures pitchforks."
#Trump #EconomicElites #wealth #EconomicDisparity #WealthDistribution #SuperRich #GildedAge #Epstein
/8
"The timing couldn’t be better, or worse, for this midnight of the elites. The overblown stock market fueled by an AI hallucination is set to burst any moment, and new hiring is already grinding to a halt — just as the price of everything from steak to coffee goes through the roof and health insurance is doubling or tripling for millions of Americans."
#Trump #EconomicElites #wealth #EconomicDisparity #WealthDistribution #SuperRich #GildedAge #Epstein #food #prices #beef #coffee #tariffs
/9
Nicolas Fressengeas
boosted
"Republicans across the country are now being forced to confront what a liability Trump has become for their own political fortunes. In the coming months every Republican elected official in the country, including those in Congress," (continued in /15)
~ Simon Rosenberg
#Trump #Epstein #coverup #stonewall #pedophiles #DirtyDonald #corruption #SupremeCourt #tariffs #elections #polls #ApprovalRating #ballroom #economy #prices #jobs
/14
https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/is-it-time-for-trump-to-go
"Republicans across the country are now being forced to confront what a liability Trump has become for their own political fortunes. In the coming months every Republican elected official in the country, including those in Congress," (continued in /15)
~ Simon Rosenberg
#Trump #Epstein #coverup #stonewall #pedophiles #DirtyDonald #corruption #SupremeCourt #tariffs #elections #polls #ApprovalRating #ballroom #economy #prices #jobs
/14
https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/is-it-time-for-trump-to-go
(continued from /14)
"are going to be forced to govern and legislate against the incredible damage Trump has done to our economy, our health care system, the fiscal conditions of all governments across the US, the social safety net, farmers and small businesses, our energy systems, our rights and freedoms."
#Trump #Epstein #coverup #stonewall #pedophiles #DirtyDonald #corruption #SupremeCourt #tariffs #elections #polls #ApprovalRating #ballroom #economy #prices #jobs
/15
"Republicans across the country are now being forced to confront what a liability Trump has become for their own political fortunes. In the coming months every Republican elected official in the country, including those in Congress," (continued in /15)
~ Simon Rosenberg
#Trump #Epstein #coverup #stonewall #pedophiles #DirtyDonald #corruption #SupremeCourt #tariffs #elections #polls #ApprovalRating #ballroom #economy #prices #jobs
/14
https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/is-it-time-for-trump-to-go
"His poll numbers have dipped as Americans conclude that he cares too much about gilded ballrooms and is not focused nearly enough on bringing down high prices. And dread has crept into the West Wing now that Trump faces a rare rebuke from fellow Republicans, including some who have been among his most loyal MAGA foot soldiers."
#Trump #Epstein #coverup #stonewall #pedophiles #DirtyDonald #corruption #SupremeCourt #tariffs #elections #polls #ApprovalRating #ballroom #economy #prices #jobs
/13
"Epstein returns at the worst time for Trump. ...
Trump’s party got wiped out in last week’s elections as voters assigned it the greater portion of blame for the shutdown. The Supreme Court seems set to unravel his signature tariffs."
~ Jonathan Lemire
#Trump #Epstein #coverup #stonewall #pedophiles #DirtyDonald #corruption #SupremeCourt #tariffs #elections #polls #ApprovalRating #ballroom #economy #prices #jobs
/12
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2025/11/jeffrey-epstein-trump-emails/684926/
bhaugen
boosted
"Donald Trump’s lawyers literally argued in court yesterday that feeding starving families undermines his ability to use hunger as political leverage for the shutdown.
SICK!"
~ Governor Newsom Press Office
#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #SNAP #food #hunger #children #prices #groceries #party #MaraLago #ballroom #EpsteinBallroom #EconomicElites #champagne #BeefFilet #truffles #TrumpChocolateCake
/16
"Donald Trump’s lawyers literally argued in court yesterday that feeding starving families undermines his ability to use hunger as political leverage for the shutdown.
SICK!"
~ Governor Newsom Press Office
#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #SNAP #food #hunger #children #prices #groceries #party #MaraLago #ballroom #EpsteinBallroom #EconomicElites #champagne #BeefFilet #truffles #TrumpChocolateCake
/16
"The Department of Agriculture has now sent states an order: immediately undo any actions taken to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families. Not next week. Not soon. Immediately."
~ Aaron Parnas
#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #SNAP #food #hunger #children #prices #groceries #party #MaraLago #ballroom #EpsteinBallroom #EconomicElites #champagne #BeefFilet #truffles #TrumpChocolateCake
/15
https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/major-mid-day-breaking-news
"The Trump administration told states on Saturday to 'immediately undo' any actions to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families, threatening financial penalties if they do not comply."
~ New York Times
#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #SNAP #food #hunger #children #prices #groceries #party #MaraLago #ballroom #EpsteinBallroom #EconomicElites #champagne #BeefFilet #truffles #TrumpChocolateCake
/14
(continued from /11)
"add the 600,000 who died this year as a direct result of Elon Musk DOGE-ing USAID, and tack on the deaths from ICE Gestapo raids, the pregnancy-related deaths that are a direct consequence of Trump’s embrace of Dobbs,"
#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #SNAP #food #hunger #children #prices #groceries #party #MaraLago #ballroom #EconomicElites #champagne #BeefFilet #truffles #TrumpChocolateCake #USAID #DOGE #ElonMusk #abortion #healthcare #ICE
/12
"A little party never killed anyone, sure, but a big party, the Republican Party, has indubitably killed hundreds of thousands of people—and it’s just getting warmed up. If we count the 300,000 who died of covid as a direct result of Trump’s botching of the pandemic response,"
~ Greg Olear
#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #SNAP #food #hunger #children #prices #groceries #party #MaraLago #ballroom #EconomicElites #champagne #BeefFilet #truffles #TrumpChocolateCake
/11