politically short term fraught. he could get rid of the tariffs on china and other countries. he could bring in more immigrants to this country to deal with some of the labor shortage, but there is a political risk. sure, i think that s part of what he was trying to op-ed, to say i have a plan, here s what i want to do, and something he said in the state of the union, what s your plan, to republicans, trying to draw the contrast with what we have seen from republicans, rick scott, let s raise taxes on people making under $100,000. he said everybody should be paying taxes. everybody. but the point being, look, i think as we know, there s not a lot the president can do. so he s doing what he can do. that is to say, i have a plan. here s what i want to do. and here s who is standing in the way, which is at this point the republicans in congress who are not interested in lowering costs, who have not shown any interest in, he did talk about addressing supply chain issues. he has talke
President Biden attempted to read remarks on the subject of inflation yesterday. The White House has posted the transcript here. I have posted the video below. The video begins with the fourth sentence, but you didn t miss anything in the first three sentences. You could say that about the rest of his remarks as well. Michael Goodwin devotes his New York Post column to Biden s remarks. Everything about Biden s remarks
what is the president s message to americans that are hurting from these price increases? well, number one, he understands. he understands how this impacts people s pocket books and it creates uncertainty in their livesful number two, he will take every act that he can responsibly as president, including his, to releases of oil to the market including the actions today around the e-15 to provide some practical relief. and we are seeing some of that including gas prices coming down. we want to it come down more. but it is important to know we have seen some reduction. number three, he is going on keep calling on congress to take actions to provide some relief to lower cost for families. lower family s utility bills, prescription drug costs. that would make a big impact. lowering costs would have a big impact so we ll keep making the case and try to get that done. thank you so much. appreciate your time today. we are standing by for a news
pressures. look, the bottom line is this, the united states is once again in a position to not only compete with the rest of the world but outcompete the rest of the world once again. we can keep coming together, invest in the backbone of america, working class and the middle class folks. there s no limit what we can achieve. so let s keep the wages rising and let s start lowering costs. our businesses are the best in the world. our workers are the best in the world. give them half a chance. they ll outcompete anyone, anywhere in the world. we can have a quality of life for working people that they deserve at the same time. and by the way, the middle class, when it does well, when the working class does well, everybody does well. everything is better for the wealthy, the super wealthy and the slightly wealthy. nobody gets hurt. so let s face these challenges head on. let s keep building a better america. i want to thank you, and god
look, the bottom line is this. the united states is once again in a position to not only compete the rest of the world but out compete the rest of the world again. we can invest in the backbone of america, the working class and middle class folks. there s no limit to what we can achieve. so, let s keep the wages rising and start lowering costs. our businesses are the best in the world. give them half a chance, they ll out compete anyone in the world. we can have a quality of life for working people that they deserve at the same time. and by the way, the middle class, when it does well, when the working class does well, everybody does well. everything is better for the wealthy, super wealthy and slightly wealthy. nobody gets hurt. so, let s face the challenges head on. let s keep building a better america. i want to thank you and god