(Slay News) – President Joe Biden and his team have gotten a lot wrong in two short years. They ignored the obvious and ushered in chaos on a global scale. There is no end in sight either after today’s stunning inflation numbers.
The Labor Department’s report hit Biden hard showing the consumer price index jumped 1 percent in May from the prior month, for a 12-month increase of 8.6 percent. This is the highest since December 1981.
Today Biden finally admitted inflation ‘is not coming down as sharply and as quickly’ as we need but when he tried to blame it on Putin he exposed his lack of plan ensuring the problem will only get worse. Blaming means you gave up and have no plan. “It isn’t that they can’t see the solution, it is that they can’t see the problem.“
Biden said: “Today’s report underscores why I have made fighting inflation my top economic priority.
“While it is good to see critical “core” inflation moderating, it is not coming down as sharply and as quickly as we must see.
“Putin’s Price Hike hit hard in May here and around the world: high gas prices at the pump, energy, and food prices accounted for around half of the monthly price increases, and gas pump prices are up by $2 a gallon in many places since Russian troops began to threaten Ukraine.
“Even as we continue our work to defend freedom in Ukraine, we must do more—and quickly—to get prices down here in the United States.
“My Administration will continue to do everything we can to lower prices for the American people. Congress must act urgently as well.
“I call on Congress to pass a bill to cut shipping costs this month, and get it to my desk, so we can lower the price of goods.
“And, I call on Congress to pass legislation to cut costs for families like energy bills and prescription drugs.
“The deficit has come down more under my watch as President than at any time in history, but if Congress would pass tax reform to make the wealthiest Americans and big corporations pay their fair share, we could reduce this inflationary pressure even more.
“These are the most significant things Congress can do to help families now and complement the Federal Reserve’s efforts to bring inflation down.
“Prices at the pump are a major part of inflation, and the war in Ukraine is a major cause of that. The United States is on track to produce a record amount of oil next year, and I am working with the industry to accelerate this output.
“But it is also important that the oil and gas and refining industries in this country not use the challenge created by the war in Ukraine as a reason to make things worse for families with excessive profit taking or price hikes.
“We all have work to do to get inflation down. What will not help is the plan by some Republicans in Congress to raise taxes on the middle class and working families. That would be a step in the wrong direction, and I strongly oppose it,” he said.
Here is two minutes of Democrats LYING about inflation pic.twitter.com/xd8uDqv5yK
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