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GB_RN

(3,489 posts)
6. Inherited The Worst Inflation In History?!?!
Wed Dec 3, 2025, 09:46 AM
Yesterday

Umm. No.

The worst single year for U.S. inflation was 1917, with a year-over-year peak of 17.8%, driven by World War I spending. However, the most painful and prolonged period of high inflation was the "Great Inflation" from 1973–1982, marked by high inflation rates and a series of oil shocks. Another significant period of high inflation occurred in the years immediately following World War I, culminating in a peak of 23.7% in June 1920. *


As usual, Cantaloupe Caligula the Corpulent shows how ignorant he is, or, is flat out lying his corpulent ass off. And I won’t discount the possibility of it being both.

*Quoted from a summary of information from Barrow Insurance Group and Yahoo Finance.

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I'm looking forward to a trip to the grocery store this BOSSHOG Yesterday #1
MAGATs will be making scenes at grocery store check-outs hadEnuf Yesterday #2
Who are you going to believe? Your lying eyes or me? Jacson6 Yesterday #3
He had an "edge" on the economy??? joshdawg Yesterday #4
Gotta love that corporate media! robbob 22 hrs ago #37
It was so legitimate that he was going to lower prices on day one. Norrrm Yesterday #5
Inherited The Worst Inflation In History?!?! GB_RN Yesterday #6
He inherited an inflation rate of 3.0% in January 2025. subterranean Yesterday #10
Heating oil was 17 cents a gallon in the fall of 73. By March of 74 it was more than a dollar. twodogsbarking Yesterday #11
Annual Inflation by Year since 1929 Wiz Imp Yesterday #15
Source belpejic 16 hrs ago #53
It's from the CPI From BLS but I found it preformatted like this Wiz Imp 16 hrs ago #54
Many of us on DU remember the 1970s stagflation. yardwork 23 hrs ago #28
I Was A Kid At The Time... GB_RN 19 hrs ago #44
Yes. Our first car had an 18% interest rate. yardwork 19 hrs ago #47
Here's what has gone up for me this year, and at higher rates than inflation: NCDem47 Yesterday #7
Insurance and local taxes are through the roof. yardwork 23 hrs ago #29
If Trump says good morning it is probably midnight. twodogsbarking Yesterday #8
Contradicts himself in the same breath... sop Yesterday #9
That POS spews daily how "energy prices have gone down" Really Trump? We have Evergy in Kansas Bengus81 Yesterday #12
That's why I moved back to Tucson this Spring. ChazInAz 23 hrs ago #30
Good move. All Evergy cares about is larger dividend payments (.69 per share now) and keeping Bengus81 23 hrs ago #32
Evergy victim here, too! slightlv 22 hrs ago #35
yup, that's the thing these days Skittles 17 hrs ago #49
Trump says, "Everyone who gives me millions of dollars says the economy is great". twodogsbarking Yesterday #13
MAGA Mango Mussolini is a walking pile of fake narrative words gohuskies Yesterday #14
The Make-Believe World of Trump 2na fisherman Yesterday #17
gah AllaN01Bear Yesterday #16
He has never a day in his life had to go without a meal, worry about keeping a roof or paying for essentials, kimbutgar Yesterday #18
yes Skittles 16 hrs ago #50
That's because he knows if he says it's a con his rubes will believe him ChicagoTeamster Yesterday #19
Trump is irritated that people are asking for his help Prairie Gates Yesterday #20
Suck it up you losers. Stop whining IronLionZion Yesterday #21
Hey shit for brains who is paying for your breakfast in the white house.........well the taxpayers are....while we have turbinetree Yesterday #22
Tell that to the $2 grapefruit in the produce department. Not a bag of grapefruit. One grapefruit. Vinca Yesterday #23
Dude doesn't set foot in a grocery store or eat much produce IronLionZion Yesterday #25
"but maybe McDonalds prices" speak easy 23 hrs ago #31
Yup, he even spoke at the McDonalds conference on Nov 18 IronLionZion 20 hrs ago #41
I have other ideas speak easy 20 hrs ago #42
WE All Know (Even Some Maggots!) That "It Doesn't Mean Anything to Anybody" is Trump's Desperate The Roux Comes First Yesterday #24
Orange outside although full of shit inside. Conundrums abound. oasis Yesterday #26
His affluent followers won't care about what he says, but... yardwork Yesterday #27
Con-man from hell says what? Nt BootinUp 22 hrs ago #33
I guess a Con Man would know a Con Job when he sees one. maxsolomon 22 hrs ago #34
Of course, its all Biden's fault Bayard 22 hrs ago #36
What "political edge"? When did this guy have a "political edge" on the economy? Escurumbele 21 hrs ago #38
He had a slight edge last year just because he wasn't the incumbent. subterranean 21 hrs ago #40
Spoken by a person who was given and is now stealing all the money he has ever "had". efhmc 21 hrs ago #39
No, no, no. It is a "Don Job". It is true but not favorable. twodogsbarking 19 hrs ago #43
Projecting bmichaelh 19 hrs ago #45
Hey, Pedonald, MarineCombatEngineer 19 hrs ago #46
Didn't just a day or two ago . . . Scubamatt 17 hrs ago #48
Inflation Was 2.9% In 2024 ProfessorGAC 16 hrs ago #51
That's nice maybe now trumpers will hear him Figarosmom 16 hrs ago #52
In 2024, Trump campaigned on affordability. Said he was going to lower prices on day one. Norrrm 14 hrs ago #55
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