> but obviously if you increase budgets its due to higher costs
That isn't remotely obvious and in this case is very obviously not true. This is a chronically underfunded program that Democrats have been lobbying to increase for years. AOC, for instance, has been pushing for this since she first entered Congress, well before any inflation showed up.
It's entirely disingenuous to point to a budget increase in a single extremely-small Congressional staff program and paint it as evidence of broad-based inflation.
>It's entirely disingenuous to point to a budget increase in a single extremely-small Congressional staff program and paint it as evidence of broad-based inflation.
Maybe, but it's a perfectly valid data point. Congressional staffers are struggling because, in the D.C. area, costs are rising very quickly, and the low-paid staffers are having trouble paying bills because of it.
It's not disingenuous to suggest this is a signal. Also, Democrats are always lobbying for an increase in all budgets. They got this one through because they were going to lose staff who can't make the job work because of rising living costs. I.e., inflation.
>It's not disingenuous to suggest this is a signal.
So would it disingenuous to point out Xbox prices dropped significantly recently then claim it as evidence there is no inflation?
Using such simple, single data points is disingenuous when there is ample broad based data to point to instead. Ask why he picked something with a 21% increase instead of something with a 4% increase, then you understand why it's disingenuous.
That is the problem with anecdotes versus broad and properly computed inflation.
That isn't remotely obvious and in this case is very obviously not true. This is a chronically underfunded program that Democrats have been lobbying to increase for years. AOC, for instance, has been pushing for this since she first entered Congress, well before any inflation showed up.
It's entirely disingenuous to point to a budget increase in a single extremely-small Congressional staff program and paint it as evidence of broad-based inflation.