This wouldn’t be a problem if the rise in prices is matched by economic growth and wage growth — but it isn’t being matched. Inflation, today, has gone past what the Federal Reserve had deemed the target. In December 2021, we were sitting at a 7% year-over-year rate, the fastest pace of inflation since 1982.
Instead of fighting with Democrats who want to help his constituents, Manchin should thank the party and the broader left for allowing him to call himself a Democrat and a great bipartisan figure.
Conservatism has thrived since the 1980s, when it became a “big-tent” party, welcoming of every sect of the right, from evangelicals to Ayn Rand libertarians. Now, I’m all for ideological inclusivity....
