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On the recordMarch 12, 2024
President Biden came to Congress on Thursday night to deliver the State of the Union Address. And, unfortunately, it was exactly what you might expect from the President: the same old tired tax-and- spend proposals, a far-left agenda, and a couple--or I should say--a complete failure to address some of the biggest challenges facing the country. Let's step back in time for a minute to the beginning of the President's administration. Mr. President, 3 years ago this month, the President signed into law a massive and partisan $1.9 trillion spending bill under the guise of COVID relief, despite the fact that Congress had just passed a fifth--fifth--bipartisan COVID bill that met, essentially, all current pressing COVID needs. Economists, including some left-leaning economists--warned at the time that the bill ran the risk of setting off inflation. But Democrats and the President proceeded anyway. And every American knows what resulted--an inflation crisis that saw inflation reach its highest level in more than 40 years. An inflation crisis that, 3 years later, still--still--isn't over. But if you thought 3 years of inflation had taught President Biden to be wary of excessive government spending, you would be wrong. The President's State of the Union address was bursting with ideas for new spending--and new taxes to go along with them.…
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

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