The primary root cause of this record breaking inflation was trillions of dollars of wasteful federal spending. This excessive spending has real life consequences that the people I represent are experiencing every single day. American families will pay a $8,581 inflation tax over the next year. They didn't vote for that, but unfortunately, too many elected officials did. Currently, 20 million Americans cannot pay their electric bill. (1:02:19–1:02:30)
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Asserts that American families will incur an $8,581 inflation tax over the next year.
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