News Analysis
The public loathing of these price increases cuts across all party and demographic lines. Many people express the same longing: “These prices have to go back to normal. It’s killing me. Surely things will settle down.”
This is a widespread hope born of disbelief of what has happened in such a short period of time. Surely, this cannot last!
Bad news: there will be no going back. Yes, some price increases will pull back and others will rise but think of this as a ship with a leak in the hull. Even if it gets plugged, the boat will still be full of water and it will forever slosh from one part to another….