Friday, March 29

Inflation hurts, but only one party will fix it


Former President Barack Obama acknowledged the pain of inflation in a Saturday speech in Detroit aimed at energizing Democrats ahead of the Nov. 8 general election, but said Republicans have no solutions that will improve the lives of working people.

“Who will fight for you? Who is on your side?” Obama asked an estimated 3,000 supporters in a gymnasium at Renaissance High School in northwest Detroit. “Democrats have actual plans.”

Obama said inflation is a global problem and “a legacy of the pandemic that wreaked havoc on supply chains,” while the war in Ukraine has helped drive up gas prices.

“Who’s going to do something about it?” I have asked.

Republican politicians, he said, are obsessed with “owning the libs” and “getting Donald Trump’s approval,” while Democrats have pushed through a major infrastructure bill, reduced the cost of prescription drugs and protected health care.


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