
Originally Posted by
Jayjami
We have inflation because we wrote checks to everyone during COVID. That was on Trump, Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell. If you want to blame him for not doing anything about it, you’ll get no qualm from me.
Nope. This one is on Joe. I'm surprised you don't see this, as you are one of the few Dems on this forum who is willing to be critical of your own party.
The forced business shutdowns of 2020 were retarded, but once they occurred, the government had to do SOMETHING for the people out of work. Otherwise it's not fair to forcibly prevent people from earning an income, yet expect them to support themselves. The checks sent out to people were a necessity, and yes, likely to cause inflation down the road.
Once everything reopened, this should have been over. Jobs weren't just plentiful -- it was impossible to get enough employees to fill them, as many decided not to go back to work for various reasons (a different problem, and one which still persists somewhat today.)
There was NO reason to be shooting out checks after Biden took office in January 2021. But Biden continued to do so, because Democrats love handing out free money for votes. When Republicans insisted this would cause a horrible inflation issue, they were dismissed as cold-hearted, paranoid naysayers. When inflation did start rocketing up that year, Biden called it "transitory" and said it would be back to normal "within a few months". Republicans who said this would be a long term problem were again dismissed as histrionic and attacking with misinformation.
High inflation lasted long enough to cause a significant and abrupt increase in prices everywhere. Even though the pace has slowed a lot, the damage is already done. Now Kamala has the nerve to blame this on Trump.
Terrible.