Political Quotes

“They are getting hit on so many levels, as you said, Mr. Hice. Housing costs are through the roof, home prices, rental costs through the roof. At the same time, interest rates are surging-- we have got 75 basis points increase again today--interest rates going through the roof, so they are getting squeezed terribly on housing. At the same time, inflation is eating away at everything, their purchasing power generally. So what do you have here? Wages have gone up some 4 to 5 percent, but it has been doubled by inflation. So real wages have gone down by 4 to 5 percent, so you are making less than you were a year ago, your housing costs are through the roof compared to a year ago, and you can't afford to heat your home, fill your car. To your point earlier, Mr. Perry, the Democrats' response is to double down on the policies that caused it to begin with. The President has even said: We are going through a transition; we are part way through the transition. When we get through to the other side, everything is going to be better. I guess when you don't have a job, when you don't have a home, when you don't have a car, and you are dependent on the government for some meager subsistence to try to just barely get by. But yet you can say, well, I guess I have no energy, which is the same thing as how they define clean energy, then I guess they will declare that as victory with the policies they have enacted and inflicted the American people with.”