are sitting still? it was once said by hoover that a nation that can t feed itself can t defend itself. is that the direction we re heading i have to ask myself. what is president biden going to do to help us? i don t see anything in the near future. i see fuel is the biggest issue right now. julie: let s talk about some of his ideas and intention. he announced three policy shifts to help u.s. farmers amid the global inflation and supply chain issues. here is what they include. doubling funding for domestic fertilizer production. greater access to farming tools and efforts to increase the number of counties eligible for double cropping insurance. is this enough to help farmers? i don t see where much of any of that is any good. minus the fact of the second one you mentioned. you talked about availability of things for us for our parts
push congress to pass a bill with clean energy tax credits. he will also push congress to pass subsidize some childcare going forward. we also know he will highlight the releases from the strategic petroleum reserve to bring gas prices down. gas prices reached record highs. nationally $4.37 a gallon for regular unleaded. diesel a record also. no policy shifts for more restrictions and more regulations. i think what he will probably do is offer a bunch of subsidies which don t lower costs. they simply socialize it. in february 2021 inflation in the united states was the same over a 12-month period in the euro area. over the subsequent 12 months the increase in the rate of inflation in the united states was more than five times that in the euro area. that former economic advisor under president trump says the difference is in march of 2021
policy shifts. this is a narrow space, but it is a place president biden felt like progress could be made. tell me if we have that right, what you understand happens and why you were there for it. listen, today wasn t a little progress, today was a lot. what he announced on ghost guns today around background checks and having, you know, the way federal licenses are doing things with these weapons or making ghost gun crimes a federal crime, all of that is a big deal. they need to serialize these weapons. think of any single product that you have in your home today that all have serial numbers on them. you know, at this event in the rose garden today, the president spoke about gracie muhlenberger. i was with gracie s day, brian. and brian actually showed how
the debate over when to declare the covid-19 pandemic over and done with so we can move on with our lives intensified this week. a number of democratic governors facing growing public pressure began announcing the rolling back of their state s mask mandates. the policy shifts, however, don t support one basic fact. the pandemic isn t over yet. hate to tell ya. these decisions to begin lifting mask mandates are ones president biden believes are, quote, probably premature. are you afraid, though, that some states and cities are moving too quickly to loosen indoor mask mandates? well, you know, it s i committed that i would follow the science. the science is put forward by the cdc and the federal people.