As anyone with a pulse can attest, times are tough, and every non-millionaire American is struggling with the weight of the economy.

Inflation is now sitting at a 40-year high, and economic conditions are worse than when Jimmy Carter was running the show. And yet, despite all the facts, Joe Biden and his team at the White House insist that everything is fine, like the meme dog in the burning house.

Rather than address all the symptoms of an economy in dire straits, the Biden administration has launched a propaganda campaign intended to convince you that everything is going as planned. Just don't trust your lying eyes. Or blame Russia by calling it the "Putin Price Hike" – yeah, that works.

It's no secret that there's a recession going on, and it really doesn't matter what you call it. Whether the Biden administration wants to define it as an economic recession or not, what matters is that people are struggling to pay the bills and no serious efforts are being made to address inflation, which is hitting everything from the price of gas to the grocery bill.  

Higher gas prices? Don't sweat it – just buy an electric vehicle, as if you can afford it. That's what Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg suggests, anyway. And to think he's even more popular among some Democrats than Biden.