EXCERPT:
COLBERT: The economy continues to roar, but not everyone believes it. This weekend, Joe Biden gave a speech in South Carolina where he floated a theory as to why.”
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BIDEN: "Inflation is coming down. (...) But for all we’ve done to bring prices down, there’s still too many corporations in America ripping people off. Price gouging, junk fees, greedflation, shrinkflation. You see that article about the Snickers bar?"
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COLBERT: "(Imitating Biden) 'Yeah! You see that? There was that article about Snickers bar. It was in a magazine. Full page. Banner headline: 'Hungry? Why wait?' Then I flipped on the TV and saw a little documentary ’bout how when you haven’t eaten, you don’t feel like yourself. All of a sudden, you’re Betty White or Steve Buscemi and your friends can tell somethin’s wrong. Scary stuff, folks. That’s why we gotta pack the economy with peanuts so it really satisfies. Come on, snack!'”