class. there is either extreme rich or extreme poor and the rest of us just kinds of fall through the cracks. it is exactly those kinds of voters that democrats and the white house are trying to reach. we heard the president just yesterday insisting that americans should trust that he has a plan to help working families. but those families are feeling frustrated and overwhelmed. and, in fact, we saw a little of president biden s own frustration in a letter today where he lashed out at oil companies for making huge profits while gas prices hit record levels. for him, his administration, and the entire democratic party, this economic problem has become an escalating political problem. consider the stakes w more than two dozen states holding primaries over the next three months. voters are making decisions based on what they are feeling now, not what might happen down the line. if you like $8 a gallon gas and you like continued rising costs on every single type of goods that
costs on every single type of goods that we, everyday people depend on everyday, then vote democrat. the hard-working people of our country are sidelined. and i m very upset about this. so i think it is more important than ever before to have a voice. now, there is one more important note. the president has consistently argued. he s the only one with a real economic plan at all. but the wall street journal reports that republicans are starting to fill in details of their own economic proposals, offering americans something else to consider as the mid terms approach. we ve got a fantastic group to talk this over. nbc s tom costello joins me from d.c. ben white is politico s chief economic correspondent. tim miller, an msnbc political analyst and writer at large for the bull work. and tarabi, a financial expert with nerd wallet.com. good to have all of you. tom, the fed is expected to raise rates by three quarters of
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