Note: This “Moore to the Point” commentary aired on NewsTalkSTL on Friday, August 12th. Below is the audio.

This week was called “Inflation Week”. It is when we obtain the CPI and PPI numbers for the month before. These numbers tell us how much the prices have increased year-over-year. There is great reason to celebrate, in case you didn’t know. The consumer price indexes only grew by 8.6 percentage year-over-year in July, while producer prices rose by 9.8 percent. This means that both indexes were half the level they were in June.

But that’s just one part. People, this is not the best part of it. According to our president and his administration, inflation was not just slower last month.

On Wednesday Joe Biden stood before a podium, declaring: “Today our economy experienced 0% inflation for the month of July.” This was not a typical Biden gaffe. His press secretary, and his chief staff echoed the zero percent claim. The Americans are being told that 8.6 per cent equals zero, as it is less than 9.1 per cent.

And why not?

They have already redefined the term recession. They’ve already redefined recession. Why not reinvent math while they do it?

This is the next level of gaslighting. This is gaslighting at its best. I haven’t seen the film from which it derives. But, out of curiosity, the plot was available online. It’s not a happy ending for gaslighters.

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