The latest inflation report is in — and for the first time in nearly five years, the Consumer Price Index has dropped.
According to data released April 10, gas prices led the decline, falling 6.3% from February to March and nearly 10% year over year. That’s real relief for working families.
It’s easy to claim every success as earned and every failure as someone else’s fault. But that’s not leadership — it’s childishness.
But don’t expect Joe Biden to credit Donald Trump. That would mean acknowledging the obvious: These results aren’t from Biden’s policies — they’re from Trump’s.
Psychologists call it the “locus of control.” People with an internal locus believe they shape their own destiny. People with an external one think they’re at the mercy of circumstance.
Most people pick one or the other. But Democrats? They flip depending on who happens to sit in the Oval Office.
When inflation stayed low under Trump, they called it luck. When inflation hit a 40-year high under Biden, they blamed Vladimir Putin. And landlords. And grocery stores. And payment processors. Anyone but Biden.
That spin didn’t pay the bills — especially in minority communities hit…
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