anr ten years. so what have you done to rein in the increasing size of government? well, thank you for the question . over the last several years, i ve had an opportunity to vote againsd an oppt a spending packp after spending package. after spending package, what we also need to understand is that joe biden d to us biden-nomics s led to the loss of $10,000 of spending power for the average family. when you see 16% inflation, your gas is up 40%.p 40 %, yyour food is up 20%. your electricity is up 20%. we can stop that by turningff i the spigot off in washington, sending the money back to thes states and allowing det decisions to be made aal their own houses. i helped write the tax cuti hels and jobs act in 2017. we cuf 2017t taxes for a sine mom like the one that raised me by 70% for dual households by 60%. returning to the average family
within the rules. okay. nextwithinhe topic. more than a thousand people are the l unaccounted fomore tr in i after the deadliest u.s. wildfire in more wildf a centur. hawaii s governor and white house officials said that climate change amplified the cost o amplif human error. and a tropical storm hit california for the first time in 84 years. the ocean hit 101 degrees offco the coast of florida. and in the lasof floridat montht wave in the southwest broke records. nearly 50 years old.ars so alexandra diaz froolm youg americas foundation has a question for you. polls consistentl.y show that young people s number one issue is climate change. clw will you as both president of the united states and leader of the republican party, calm their fearstates a leaof thes tn party doesn t care about climate change? so we want to startt care abs with a show of hands. do you believeshow o in human behavior is causing climate change? raise your hand if you do. look, we re not schoolchildren
i mean, i m happy to take it to start, alexander. so do i raise. way i don t think that s the way to do so. let me just say to alexanderdert this. first of all, one ofhi the reasons our country s decline is because of the way the corporate media treats republican s versus democrats. the biden was on the beach while those people were sufferin g. he was asked about it. he said, no comment. are you kidding meare yo? as somebody that s handled disasters in florida, you got to be activate flod. are you ve got to be there. you ve got to be present. you ve got to be helping people. can we? so we re doing is thithe s answer. to bush and he has to deal with it. so the question here is, is that a ye?s or is that a yes? is that a hand raise?t you do not. i think it was a and raisewahanr him. and it s i m my hands in my pockets. i don t know. i haven t changed hands. let us be honest. as republicans, i m the only person on the stage who ins bought and paid for. so i can say this. the clim
so i don t know if i gethe a chance to respond. he didn t mentionyo you specifically, but we ll be with you in a second, mr. vice president. mr. ramaswam secony, listening f of this, why should voters. choose you over more experienced politicians on this stage? experienyou re basically, you k, a blank slate for people. you re 38 years old. you ve said that you only votedt in two presidential elections before this moment, this political raceio. s th so first, let me justtion tha address the question that is on everybody s mind at home tonight. who the heck is this skinny guy with a funnywho the last n? and what the heck is he doing in the middle of this debate stage? i ll telddletel you, i m not a politician, brad. you re right about that. i m an entrepreneur. wi parents came to this country with no money 40 years ago. i have gone on to found multi-billion dollar companies. i di dollad it while marrying my wife, apoorva, raising our two sons, followin g our faith in god. that is the
that increase. incre president,stration your administration spent more than an more thy prior $7.8 trillion added to the national debthe natio, 3.5 trillion of t before covid. so does that mearen thatng probl you re part of the spending problem? well, first of all, thanks for the question. thanks for letting me respondr to a reference to ours reco administration s record. i m incredibly proud of the record ord f the trump-pencead administration. i mean, in fourminiration she we rebuild our military. we revived our economy, weenergy unleash american energy, and we appointed three conservatives to the supreme court that gaveue the american people ca new beginning for the right to life. now, martha, you asked earlier who s the most best preparedyouh for this job? and i must say, with all due respect to all o all of my fried on the stage and even the one that s probably lookin eveg on, i think unquestionably i am the best prepared, the most tested, the most qualified and proven conserv