Political Quotes

“yesterday morning, June inflation numbers were released. And, as usual with this administration, the news was not good. Inflation rose once again in June to 9.1 percent--the highest inflation since November of 1981. November of 1981. I was in college the last time inflation was this bad. Americans are suffering. Everywhere Americans turn, they are being asked to pay more--more for cleaning supplies, more for gas, more for health insurance, more for groceries. A new analysis yesterday from the Joint Economic Committee found that inflation will cost the average American household a staggering $718 a month over the next year--$718 per month. That will happen even if prices stop going up tomorrow--$718 per month, more than $8,600 for the year. No working family can afford that. A major reason that we are in this crisis is because of Democrats' decision to flood the economy with unnecessary government money with their so-called American Rescue Plan Act. And, unfortunately, there is no easy solution to the crisis they helped create. But the first thing--the first thing--should be to do no more harm. Incredibly, however, Democrats are currently attempting to double down on the strategy that helped create this crisis in the first place by passing a version of the Build Back Better tax-and-spending spree they tried to force through last year.…”