These lifestyle changes entail replacing meat with lentils, buying products in meager amounts, reconsidering pet ownership, along with taking the bus instead of driving.
Inflation stings most if you earn less than $300K. Here's how to deal:
➡️ Take the bus
➡️ Don’t buy in bulk
➡️ Try lentils instead of meat
➡️ Nobody said this would be fun https://t.co/HGJEoXL5ZZ— Bloomberg Opinion (@bopinion) March 19, 2022
To top it all off, Bloomberg wryly told the American public that “nobody” claimed inflation would be “fun.”
This went viral over the weekend with Americans flabbergasted and taken aback by advice widely condemned as tone-deaf.
A deep dive into the backlash
Bloomberg News clearly didn’t see anything wrong with telling people to make the aforementioned modifications; yet, many Americans took offense to it.
Some people compared these recommendations to satire pieces from the Babylon Bee. Then, other Americans claimed that Bloomberg was not only out of touch, but also making a mockery of people being hit hard by inflation.