#Congress should raise taxes to fight inflation ‘right now’

#Congress should raise taxes to fight inflation ‘right now’

“Congress should raise taxes to fight inflation ‘right now’” Congress is missing an opportunity to combat decades-high inflation by failing to implement tax hikes, former Clinton administration Treasury Secretary Larry Summers asserted on Friday. Summers, a frequent critic of the federal response to inflation, argued that lawmakers should consider raising taxes as another means of…

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#Inflation ‘eating his presidency alive’

#Inflation ‘eating his presidency alive’

“Inflation ‘eating his presidency alive’” Polling data shows that American voters are increasingly fed up with President Biden during the recent surge of inflation, a CNN analyst said Wednesday. The dire forecast from CNN data analyst Harry Enten came hours after federal data showed inflation had surged to 9.1% in June — the sharpest rate of…

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