Jeong reportedly left the Times’ editorial board in September 2019 and assumed the role of a “contracted contributor” for NYT Opinion. “Rich people are far less impacted by inflation than poor people because rich people spend a comparatively smaller amount of their income on products. Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro called it “idiotic gobbledygook.”“Those most worried about inflation are those whose wages have been eaten up by inflation. New York Times contributor Sarah Jeong raised eyebrows with her comments on the growing inflation issue. “[W]aaaaah the working class’s income is keeping pace with or outstripping inflation but my capital gains aren’t boo f—- hooooo,” she wrote.

Source: New York Times November 18, 2021 18:45 UTC