that the public tips information was extremely useful. we ve seen videos, photos coming in of people who thought they saw gabby, brian or their van here in the campsite area. fbi says that was really helpful resource, and they are asking anyone else with any further information that might have come across gabby or brian while they were camping here to reach out to the fbi tip line because the public has been very helpful in connecting the dots in the case here. goodness, just feel for her family. kelly v kelly vaughen. we re joined by commissioner charles ramsay. always good to have you on. one question at the top of a lot of folks minds is, and by the way, you want to be fair to authorities because they re working as best they can through all this, but did authorities and police keep enough of a watch on laundrie? he was not a formal, still not a formal suspect, not even then i believe a person of interest, but he was home for a long time
steve: the idea that you will stop inflation by passing a 4 trillion-dollar spending bill is like saying you re going to top forest fire by dumping gasoline. most americans understand that s economy illogic to the greatest degree. this has been a robust expansion. i think the economy would have brought in 10% if trump were still president. two or three wining worries, one is the inflation that you talked about, charles, a second real concern is getting workers back on the job. we have to get rid of extra unemployment benefits. i think there s a lot of fear and anxiety in the financial markets and among major business leaders that we may see democrats do a new round of lockdowns of the economy. charles: kelly. well, according to recent ap poll, a majority of americans support the way biden has handled our economy.
polls since quoting polls about more than concern, by far is inflation even more concerning than wages, steve. steve: that s right, charles. i make a couple of minutes. number 1 if you look at $3.5 trillion spending bill and kelly was talking about investment and i m all for it, i think it s vital for the country. why would you want to raise the capital gains tax, the dividend tax, the corporate tax, the tax and going back to economics 100, if you tax you get more of it and not lots of it. we should get rid of tax increases, they would be extremely negative for the economy and would only help china and competitors. charles, don t call this an infrastructure bill. i mean, i ve looked at this bill, it s a green new deal bill. why should the taxpayer, kelly v to pay for people to recharge their teslas on the dime of the
the federal reserve head has come out and said the inflation is only short-term. inflation is only temporary. we need to build back better. we need to invest in infrastructure that s not going to affect our demand, it s going to only help our supply and we need to build back better and invest in our future because if we don t invest in the future, invest in. charles: i will say two things quick, kelly, he s not so confident that inflation is short-term that he won t keep printing money, so, you know, once we see perhaps the fed change course, then we will probably know. when we talk about inflation and you talk about what creates inflation, government spending, more money in the system. right now americans are expecting 4.7 and 4.8 in inflation over the next year.
taxpayer? i mean, the federal government didn t buy, you know, purchased and build gasoline stations when we had the invention of the car. i just don t understand a lot of the subsidies for wind and solar and electric vehicles. i m all for it but i think the taxpayer should pay for it. charles: kelly, you can address but also one other thing. i want to stick with inflation really since that s the big topic. 296 s&p companies reported earnings so far this earnings period, 1,000%, 1,000%, we started the show by noting how many companies said we are going to raise the prices. kelly, they will not bring the prices down. you have to have some concerned that americans are going to have a tough time dealing with that particularly when real wages after inflation has been down every single month this year. well, first off, i believe that we should increase the wages, we should increase minimum wages.