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Republicans Have the Best Solutions for Inflation and Falling Wages
Blame immigrants, attack transgender people, and cut taxes on the super-rich
It seems like we are in the endless loop of lather, rinse and repeat. As we steamroll toward the mid-term elections, Republicans have been out in earnest explaining their truly unique agenda for helping working families.
In all sincerity, I am impressed by the hard work they have put into their platform. Chock full of emotion and heartfelt sentiments, they just might be on to something.
With their ears to the tracks of our times, Republicans have decided that the best way to tackle inflation and stagnating wages is to blame immigrants; attack transgender people; and, cut taxes for the rich.
Most remarkably, many Americans seem to think that these “rarely-used” secret weapons just might be the keys to improving their economic prospects. If they can arrest some immigrants, and make some transgender teens feel more like outcasts than they already feel then voila things get moving again.
In case you think I am being facetious and just making this stuff up, the social and political policies on offer, are the sharpest tools in the economic tool chest Republicans own. By the way, there cutting taxes on the…
