The Tony Michaels Podcast
The Tony Michaels Podcast is no longer publishing new episodes. Regular publication ended in July 2026, and this feed remains online as an archive of more than 1,100 episodes about American politics, constitutional accountability, concentrated power, democracy and working people.
Tony Michaels now creates Five Minutes in America, a weekday radio and podcast storytelling series, and Along the Way, a weekly program about personal growth, citizenship and building a meaningful life. Both are published by The Coffman Chronicle.
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The Tony Michaels Podcast
Who's Really Raising Your Grocery Bill? | TMP #1076
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A retired electrician and a 24-year-old grocery clerk have something in common.
Neither one of them started a war.
Yet both of them are paying for one.
In today's Opening Argument, Tony Michaels tells the story of two Americans standing on opposite sides of a checkout lane who discover they're living inside the same economic squeeze. One can't afford the groceries. The other can't afford the groceries she sells.
Meanwhile, grocery prices keep rising, wages struggle to keep up, and the people making the biggest decisions rarely stand in the checkout line with the rest of us.
Who really benefits when working people blame each other instead of asking who holds the power?
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