WaPo columnist Michelle Singletary told viewers on MSNBC to suck it up and “stop complaining” about Biden’s rising fuel cost crisis. She called and then said that people were “uncomfortable” but not actually financially hurting.
“You got to stop complaining when there’s so many people who literally the inflation rate means they may only have two meals instead of three,” Singletary, a personal finance columnist for the Post, said during “Chris Jansing Reports.” “There are Americans who did extremely well in the last two years in the market.”
“You still have your job,” Singletary said. “And yeah, it’s costing you more for gas, but guess what, you’re still going to take that holiday, that Fourth of July vacation, you could eat out.”
The Consumer Price Index posted the biggest increase since 1981, increasing by 8.6% year-over-year in May, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Increased energy prices, including for gasoline and diesel, are reportedly driving up food, health care and landscaping costs.
Experts have argued that the Biden administration’s imposition of burdensome regulations on fossil fuel companies has caused high gas prices. Biden revoked a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline in January 2021 and canceled offshore oil and gas lease sales in May.
“Stop looking at your portfolio,” Singletary said. “And you know what you can do with all that energy? Help other people, help put some food on the table of somebody else’s house because you have extra.”
“I’m trying to calm myself down and I’m trying to help other people realize what can you do, and what you can do is continue to save,” Singletary told Jansing. “What you can do, if you don’t need to drive, don’t drive. If you can put off a project, put it off. But if you are in the position to go eat at that restaurant, even if the meal is a little bit more, go eat at that restaurant and help save a business that is still trying to limp through the pandemic.”
Watch
I don’t think I am alone here when I say, the audacity of this woman is disgusting. Biden’s unchecked spending and unrealistic policies have most of the middle-class trending water and everyone below that is under water. Nevermind the poor souls on disability or retired on social security. Biden bragged about his SSI/DSSI increase but most people saw a whopping $60 more a month. That’s less than a tank of gas—Nevermind medications.