STATES THAT PEOPLE ARE FEELING
INFLATION OR PEOPLE ARE SEEING
ELEVATED GAS PRICES.
>> Harris: I WAS DISAPPOINTED
NOBODY SHOUT YOU HAD OUT BY THE
BABY FORMULA THING.
THAT’S US.
WE’RE BUYING IT GLOBALLY.
>> INFLATION IN THIS COUNTRY IS
AT A HIGHER RATE THAN ALMOST
EVERY OTHER DEVELOPED COUNTRY.
YOU CAN’T SAY IT’S A GLOBAL
THING AND EVERYBODY IS GOING
THROUGH THIS RIGHT NOW.
AGAIN I WAS TALKING TO MY KID A
COUPLE OF DAYS AGO ABOUT GEORGE
WASHINGTON
SHE IS LEARNING ABOUT THAT IN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
AT ONE POINT THERE IS A GREAT
QUOTE SHE SAYS TO ME.
IT IS BETTER TO OFFER NO EXCUSE
THAN A BAD ONE.
WHAT WE’RE HEARING FROM JANET
YELLEN AND THE PRESS SECRETARY
AND PRESIDENT IT’S BECAUSE OF
COVID AND WE DIDN’T SEE THE
VARIANTS COMING.
WHICH WE’VE HEARD FOR MONTHS.
IN A VIRUS THERE ARE VARIANTS
AND YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT.
WE HEAR ABOUT VLADIMIR PUTIN AS
YOU SAID THAT INCURSION
HAPPENED OR INVASION HAPPENED
IN FEBRUARY, LATE FEBRUARY.
INFLATION HAS BEEN GOING UP FOR
A YEAR AND A HALF.
THAT’S NOT A GOOD EXCUSE,
EITHER.
>> Harris: THE MOMENT HE TOOK
OFFICE.
>> GAS PRICES AS WELL, RIGHT?
WE ARE SEEING THOSE AT AN
ALL-TIME HIGH.
YOU CAN’T SPIN THESE THINGS.
THERE IS NO IF WE JUST HAD
BETTER MESSAGING IT WOULD
RESONATE WITH THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
THEY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE FEELING
AND SEEING AND THEY DON’T LIKE
IT.
>> Harris: I WOULD LIKE BETTER
MESSAGING IF IT HAD THE TRUTH
IN IT.
>> YEAH.
>> Harris: THAT WOULD BE A
MAJOR IMPROVEMENT.
HERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE’RE
ALL FEELING THAT I DON’T HEAR PEOPLE COMING CLEAN ABOUT.
PEOPLE COMING CLEAN ABOUT.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.
CALLED SHRINK-LATION.
MANUFACTURERS HAVE CUT PORTION
SIZES TO KEEP UP WITH INFLATION.
THEY ARE TRYING NOT TO CHARGE
YOU MORE BUT THEY ARE PAYING
MORE BECAUSE EVERYTHING COMES
IN ON A TRUCK AND EVERYBODY
GETS HIT BY THE DIESEL FUEL AND
ALL THAT COST.
HONEY BUNCHS OF OATS AND MANY
ARE DOWNSIZING BY BIG MARGINS.
STUFF GETS SMALLER PRICE TAGS
STAY THE SAME OR GET BIGGER.
>> I NOTICED THAT WITH TOILET
PAPER YESTERDAY.
MY KID GOT POTATO CHIPS.
YOU ARE PAYING A LITTLE BIT
MORE BUT GETTING FAR LESS.
IT MAKES ME WONDER, HARRIS, IS
THIS NOW PERMANENT INFLATION?
WHY IF I AM A FOOD MAKER OR
TOILET PAPER MAKER WOULD I GO
BACK TO THE ORIGINAL SIZE AND
SAY WE’RE PASSED IT NOW AND
GIVE YOU WHAT WE USED TO.
>> Harris: WOULD YOU GO BACK TO
THE ORIGINAL SIZE AT THE
ORIGINAL PRICE.
NO ONE IS GOING TO VOLUNTEER
FOR, YOU KNOW, THE DOLLAR LESS
THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO GET IT
FOR.
THEY DON’T MAKE MONEY DOING
THAT.
YOU CAN’T BEGRUDGE THEM.
WE DON’T KNOW HOW LONG WE’LL BE
IN THIS SPOT AND WHERE WE WERE
WITH THE SUPPLY CHAIN CRISIS
CUE PETE BUTTIGIEG WHEREVER HE
IS.
WE ARE STILL STUCK WITH BABY
FORMULA.
>> YOU CAN’T PACKAGE GAS AND
MAKE IT SMALLER AND BRING IT IN
A SMALLER PACKAGE.
WHEN THIS PRESIDENT TOOK OFFICE
GAS WAS AT A LITTLE OVER $2 A
GALLON.
WE’LL PASS IN THE NEXT WEEK OR
TWO $5 A GALLON AS SUMMER
INCREASES.
>> Harris: WE SELL GALLONS.
EUROPE IS ON LITERS.
YOU CAN ALWAYS REPACKAGE STUFF.
LET’S HOPE THEY DON’T MAKE IT
SMALLER AND MAKE US PAY THE
SAME.
MILK YOU CAN BUY IN A HALF
GALLON.
BIDEN HAS REALLY LOST THE
MESSAGE HERE AND WE DON’T SEE
THE ACTION THAT HE SHOULD BE
TAKING, EITHER.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU ARE HEARING IT EVERY DAY
NOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR A
GALLON OF REGULAR GASOLINE.
4.95 A GALLON.
AS JOE WAS SAYING HOW DO YOU
TURN THAT AROUND?
UP MORE THAN 40 CENTS FROM JUST
LAST MONTH.
BY WAY, WE’RE ONLY EIGHT DAYS
INTO THE NEW MONTH.
LET’S NOT PRETEND IT WAS 90
DAYS AGO.
THERE WILL BE POLITICAL
CONSEQUENCES FOR SURE.
>> DO YOU FEEL THERE IS A SENSE
THERE IS SOMEONE TO BLAME?
IF YOU HAD TO BLAME ANYONE,
WOULD YOU?
>> I WOULD SAY IT STARTS FROM
THE TOP.
THE PRESIDENT.
>> THE FACT THAT WE’RE SEEING
GAS PRICES IMPACT PEOPLE’S
POCKETBOOK SO MUCH.
WOULD IT CHANGE HOW YOU
CONSIDER VOTING FOR THE NEXT
ELECTION?
>> DEFINITELY.
I JUST KNOW THAT ONE
ADMINISTRATION HAD CHEAPER GAS
AND THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS
MORE EXPENSIVE GAS.
>> Harris: MORGAN SAID IT BEST
YESTERDAY.
I BET PEOPLE ARE MISSING THE
MEAN TWEETS AND $1.99 GALLON OF
GAS.
WEALTHY ENOUGH TO AFFORD AN
ELECTRIC CARD THAT HAS A CHIP.
THEY REALLY DON’T MIND ALL THE
HIGH PRICES BECAUSE THEY DON’T
SEE THEM APPARENTLY.
>> I HAVE TO SAY ON THE ISSUE
OF GAS PRICES.
AFTER WAITING FOR A LONG TIME
TO HAVE ENOUGH CHIPS IN THE
COUNTRY TO FINALLY GET MY
ELECTRIC VEHICLE, I GOT IT AND
DROVE IT FROM MICHIGAN TO HERE
THIS LAST WEEKEND AND WENT BY
EVERY SINGLE GAS STATION AND
DIDN’T MATTER HOW HIGH IT WAS.
>> Harris: WHEN PRIVILEGE
CHOKES THE HEART RIGHT OUT OF
YOU.
ALL RIGHT, TWITTER, HERE WE GO.
THEY SAID THE AVERAGE COST OF
AN EV IS ALMOST A SAME AS THE
AVERAGE INCOME OF A MICHIGAN
HOUSEHOLD.
LET THEM BY TESLAS.
LOOK AT THAT.
>> TALK ABOUT TONE DEAF.
THAT’S A CAMPAIGN AD RIGHT
THERE.
SHE SAID I BOUGHT THIS $60,000
COST.
>> Harris: AVERAGE COST.
>> DO YOU THINK HER
CONSTITUENTS CAN AFFORD THAT?
AMERICANS, DEMOCRATS,
REPUBLICANS, INDEPENDENTS
OVERWHELMINGLY WANT AMERICA TO
BE ENERGY INDEPENDENT.
WHEN THIS PRESIDENT CANCELED
THE KEYSTONE PIPELINE AND
CANCELED LEASES IT IS LEDING
DIRECTLY TO WHAT WE’RE SEEING.
THEY LOVE THE PLAY THE VICTIM
WHEN THESE ARE SELF-INFLICTED
WOUNDS.
>> Bill: THANK YOU FOR BEING IN