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Neil Fitzgerald | California Cost Crisis, Courtesy of Democrats

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12.04.2025

In their never-ending crusade to paint President Donald Trump and Republicans as “evil,” Democrats have now taken to complaining about the cost of living — an issue they themselves helped create.

Remember the egg hysteria? Prices went up because the Biden administration let over 100 million chickens be culled.

The result? A chicken and egg shortage. Yet somehow, Democrats turned that into another anti-Republican talking point.

Remember, Joe Biden killed all the chickens. The age-old question of what came first, the chicken or the egg, has been answered.

Dead chickens means less eggs.

Then came the outrage over tariffs. Despite stable inflation during Trump’s first term — when tariffs on China were in place — Democrats claimed they’d trigger economic collapse.

Spoiler: It didn’t happen.

But California Democrats outdid themselves last year with a new $20 minimum wage for fast food workers. Guess what happened? Prices are up, and jobs are down. A report from the St. Louis Federal Reserve shows California losing fast food jobs while other states — New York, Colorado, Nevada, Michigan, even New Jersey — are seeing job growth.

The drop in California started the exact month the wage hike kicked in back in January 2024.

Fast food jobs aren’t........

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