Did you know that anytime you’re hungry, you can eat a healthy meal for the low low price of $3?
That’s what Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins proudly proclaimed recently during an appearance on the News Nation, a pro-Trump right-wing network.
Despite the continued rise of food prices and skyrocketing grocery bills for the nation, Rollins smiled like a Cheshire Cat and announced, “We’ve run over a thousand simulations. It can cost around $3 a meal for a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, a corn tortilla and one other thing. And so, there is a way to do this that actually will save the average American consumer money.”
Chicken, broccoli, and a tortilla is a healthy meal? Maybe if you’re on a diet so you can drop 20 pounds in a month’s time.
Rollins’ ridiculous assertion comes in the face of evidence to the contrary.
The latest Consumer Price Index shows that groceries increased in price by 0.7% in December. And some items, such as beef, are up as much as 16.4% over the past year, USA Today reports, adding, “In December, the cost of dairy and related products rose 0.9%. The price of cereals and bakery products increased 0.6%. Fruits and vegetable prices jumped 0.5%, and nonalcoholic beverages also increased 0.4%.”
The rent may be too damn high, but vittles are also setting us all back more and more each and every month. If you doubt that, just compare a receipt from your recent trip to the grocery store to one from November or December.
Rollins got plenty of online correction and mockery for her ridiculous assertion.
