Commentary
Sometimes the transcriptions get garbled.
A few news outlets I saw yesterday carried stories about something they called the “Inflation Reduction Act.”
Some people laughed and pointed out that the name was a cruel joke.
Everyone who has attained the age of reason is worried about inflation. It’s the highest it’s been in 40-plus years.
So if you’re going to try to push through a $750 billion tax-and-spend bill along wholly partisan lines—the vote, after all, was 50–50, so Kamala Harris, as vice president, had to break the tie—you are well advised to conceal the true nature of the beast….