What I would tell them is producers and retailers lost a lot of money during Covid when the nation was largely on lockdown. That being the truth when the pandemic abated companies and local businesses raised prices to recoup that lost revenue. But then it got good to them, and they weren't satisfied with just regaining what they'd lost they started to price gouge the public simply because they could. The educated will understand that's what happening and vote reflective of their stance on other interests and issues. Only the undereducated will blame a political party for something it really has little control over like wages, food, gas and housing prices.