Economists Recommend You Start Making An Extra $5200 Due To Inflation And The Internet Reacts Accordingly

From groceries to gas prices, inflation has hit us hard over the last year and with no end in sight. To make matters worse, corporations are seeing record profits the whole time. People are getting more and more fed up. If you need proof, just look at the reactions to these articles posted on Twitter.

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Bloomberg economists Andrew Husby and Anna Wong were quoted by INSIDER saying that Americans should budget an extra $5,200 this year to cover rising prices, and as you can imagine, many people had some thoughts about this.

The same day, another story broke that explained 2021 was the best year on record for US corporations’ profits since 1950

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What Americans should ACTUALLY be budgeting for this year: https://t.co/vIxJJGc6mJ pic.twitter.com/fOJUfptfC4

— Candy Corn Is Fine (@stillcham) April 4, 2022

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