Independence Day Costs Skyrocket Under Biden

MARY CHASTAIN JUL 3, 2024 7:00 PM

Inflation still exists.

Also, it’s INDEPENDENCE DAY. Everyone has a July 4th. Today….is our Independence Day!! (Bill Pullman from the movie Independence Day)

Independence Day cookouts will cost $71.22 for a party of 10. The party only cost $59.50 in 2021. From Fox Business:

According to the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), a traditional Independence Day barbecue for 10 will cost $71.22, up from $59.50 in 2021. Higher prices for burger meat, buns, cheese and favorite sides like chips all add up to a painful bill to light up that grill.”Nationally, this means we are surpassing $7 per person for the first time, with the total meal coming to $7.12 a person,” said AFBF economists Bernt Nelson and Samantha Ayoub. “Only two dishes decreased in price while everything else on your table rose, on average. Your grocery bill may be a shock, but it is in line with the inflation that has roiled the economy — including the farm economy — over the last several years.”AFBF’s market basket survey enlisted volunteers from around the nation to catalog prices for a complete, homemade cookout featuring cheeseburgers, chicken breasts, pork chops, potato chips, homemade potato salad, fresh-squeezed lemonade, chocolate chip cookies and, of course, ice cream.

Remember when Biden bragged about saving us 16 cents in 2021? Good times.

This year?

• Lemonade went up 12%, averaging $4.19 due to the cost of the ingredients.
• 2lbs of ground beef averages $12.77. In 2021? $8.20
• 3lbs of pork chops averages $15.49 and “$19.91 in California, where the state banned in-state meat sales from animals whose production didn’t meet California animal welfare standards, regardless of where they were raised.”
• Hamburger buns average $2.41, “up 7% year-over-year.”
• Cheese is only up 1% from last year, averaging $3.57.
• Chips average $4.90, an increase of 8% from last year.

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