The Hot Present of 2021 Is Totally Pathetic Thanks to Biden
Dec 2, 2021 0:05:35 GMT -5
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Blue Christmas: The 'Hot' Present of 2021 Is Totally Pathetic Thanks to Biden's Wrecked Economy
By Christine Favocci
December 1, 2021 at 8:19am
Forget George Orwell — Dr. Seuss has the better handle on the Biden administration this Christmas.
Like the titular character in the children’s book “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!,” Joe Biden’s disastrous policies have brought empty shelves and rising inflation just in time to rob Americans of the best things about the season of giving.
While there’s no word on the cost of “roast beast” these days, American families already paid nearly a quarter more for their Thanksgiving turkeys than they did last year.
Now as Christmas shopping begins in earnest, experts are predicting that gift cards will make up 40% of giving as supply chain woes continue to limit access to electronics and other consumer goods, Bloomberg News reported.
Once thought to be painfully impersonal — second only to cash in the category of low-rent gifting — it seems holiday shoppers will have little choice when faced with low supply and soaring prices.
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No longer can loved ones take pleasure in purchasing that certain something for that certain someone.
Instead, they’ll be handing over cold plastic to be used after the holidays, full of the promise that may never materialize of better days ahead and more goods available.
Perennial purchases like Christmas trees, board games, toys and appliances will be out of the question for many consumers, Kyle James, the founder of Rather-Be-Shopping.com, told WNDU-TV.
“I think this would be a good year to shop local, help out those retailers that are feeling the pinch a little bit,” James advised as an alternative to gift cards.
Still, it seems there will be little choice for shoppers who are left twisting in the wind by people like Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and others in the administration who are incapable of offering a viable solution to the bottlenecks that are keeping container ships full of potential presents stranded at sea.
“Amid Biden’s rising prices and supply chain crisis, customers face shallower discounts and many are ‘opting for gift cards’ due to the supply chain crisis,” RNC Research tweeted, summing up a clip of a local news segment that outlined a problem burgeoning everywhere — from tiny hamlets to big cities across the nation.
“They’re opting for gift cards to provide some options for future purchasing when the supply chain issues are resolved,” said Patrick Brown, vice president of Adobe Growth Marketing and Insights.
This workaround sounds all well and good to Biden apologists, but it neglects the crushing real-world sadness created by a lack of actual presents under the Christmas tree.
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By Christine Favocci
December 1, 2021 at 8:19am
Forget George Orwell — Dr. Seuss has the better handle on the Biden administration this Christmas.
Like the titular character in the children’s book “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!,” Joe Biden’s disastrous policies have brought empty shelves and rising inflation just in time to rob Americans of the best things about the season of giving.
While there’s no word on the cost of “roast beast” these days, American families already paid nearly a quarter more for their Thanksgiving turkeys than they did last year.
Now as Christmas shopping begins in earnest, experts are predicting that gift cards will make up 40% of giving as supply chain woes continue to limit access to electronics and other consumer goods, Bloomberg News reported.
Once thought to be painfully impersonal — second only to cash in the category of low-rent gifting — it seems holiday shoppers will have little choice when faced with low supply and soaring prices.
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No longer can loved ones take pleasure in purchasing that certain something for that certain someone.
Instead, they’ll be handing over cold plastic to be used after the holidays, full of the promise that may never materialize of better days ahead and more goods available.
Perennial purchases like Christmas trees, board games, toys and appliances will be out of the question for many consumers, Kyle James, the founder of Rather-Be-Shopping.com, told WNDU-TV.
“I think this would be a good year to shop local, help out those retailers that are feeling the pinch a little bit,” James advised as an alternative to gift cards.
Still, it seems there will be little choice for shoppers who are left twisting in the wind by people like Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and others in the administration who are incapable of offering a viable solution to the bottlenecks that are keeping container ships full of potential presents stranded at sea.
“Amid Biden’s rising prices and supply chain crisis, customers face shallower discounts and many are ‘opting for gift cards’ due to the supply chain crisis,” RNC Research tweeted, summing up a clip of a local news segment that outlined a problem burgeoning everywhere — from tiny hamlets to big cities across the nation.
“They’re opting for gift cards to provide some options for future purchasing when the supply chain issues are resolved,” said Patrick Brown, vice president of Adobe Growth Marketing and Insights.
This workaround sounds all well and good to Biden apologists, but it neglects the crushing real-world sadness created by a lack of actual presents under the Christmas tree.
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