{"id":2110052,"date":"2023-11-28T15:20:09","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T20:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admits-prices-are-too-high-for-too-many-things-but-points-the-blame-away-from-himself\/"},"modified":"2023-11-28T15:23:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T20:23:28","slug":"biden-admits-prices-are-too-high-for-too-many-things-but-points-the-blame-away-from-himself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admits-prices-are-too-high-for-too-many-things-but-points-the-blame-away-from-himself\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden acknowledges high prices, shifts blame elsewhere"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-admits-prices-are-too-high-for-too-many-things-but-points-the-blame-away-from-himself%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2110052&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Biden Admits Prices Are &#8216;Too High for Too\u2063 Many Things,&#8217; But\u2063 Points the Blame Away \u2062from\u2064 Himself<\/h2>\n<p>When a man who has spent his adult\u2064 life getting a government check starts telling Americans how they should run their businesses,\u200d the country should take it for what it\u2019s worth.<\/p>\n<p>But\u200c that\u2019s exactly what President Joe Biden was doing on\u2064 Monday \u2063when he used a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2023\/11\/27\/remarks-by-president-biden-on-new-actions-to-strengthen-supply-chains-lower-costs-for-families-and-help-americans-get-the-goods-they-need\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White House address<\/a> to grudgingly admit the inflation that\u2019s ravaging American consumers.<\/p>\n<p>And then quickly placed\u2063 the blame exactly where \u2064it doesn\u2019t belong.<\/p>\n<p>In the speech, which introduced\u2062 yet another government measure to control the economy \u2014 this one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commerce.gov\/news\/press-releases\/2023\/11\/biden-harris-administration-highlights-commerce-actions-launch-white\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">laughably titled<\/a> the \u201cWhite House Council on Supply Chain Resilience,\u201d Biden as \u2062much as \u200bsaid the prices Americans are paying for goods and services are too high, but he had only one culprit in mind \u2014 the one that Democrats turn to whenever they need \u200ca whipping boy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cLet \u200dme be clear: To any corporation that has not brought their prices back down \u2014 even as inflation has come down, even as supply chains have been \u2064rebuilt\u200d \u2014 it\u2019s time\u2064 to \u200dstop the price \u200dgouging, giving the \u2064American consumer a break,\u201d<\/strong> the president\u2063 said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?\">@POTUS<\/a>: \u201cTo any corporation that has not brought their prices back down, even as inflation has come \u2062down, even as supply chains have been rebuilt \u2013 it\u2019s time to stop the \u2062price gouging.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Biden on Monday afternoon announced new efforts to strengthen America\u2019s supply\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0MPY8SBkTa\">pic.twitter.com\/0MPY8SBkTa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Hill (@thehill) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thehill\/status\/1729237550487761054?\">November 27, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In this case, it would be nice if Biden took his own advice and gave the American people a break from the Democratic boilerplate\u200c blame game that puts all the evils of the world on \u2062the shoulders of shadowy, unnamed \u201ccorporations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Considering that Biden\u2019s 36 years in the Senate, eight as vice president and almost three as president amount to almost a decade longer than the almost 40 years the average American <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2023\/population-estimates-characteristics.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has been alive<\/a>, the\u2063 statement is a joke.<\/p>\n<p>His career hasn\u2019t been defined by taking risks with his own money, making his own payroll \u2064and\u2063 producing\u200c either a good or a service that consumers would want to spend their\u200b own\u2063 money on.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s been concerned with spending other people\u2019s money, collected by the government for the Beltway elite to dispose of.<\/p>\n<p>(Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is cut from the same cloth. After entering\u200b the New York State Assembly just \u2063out of law school, he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schumer.senate.gov\/about\/biography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">elected to Congress<\/a> in 1980 at the age of 29. These are not men who deal with the world \u2062outside\u200d of government.)<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s more, as energy analyst <a href=\"https:\/\/patrickdehaan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patrick de \u2064Haan<\/a> pointed out in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media post<\/a> on Tuesday, Biden made the claim after rattling off a series of statistics he said showed the economy\u200d is improving for Americans, including wage growth.<\/p>\n<p>Biden loves to pretend he\u2019s a friend of the working American \u2014 supporting union wage demands with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-pickets-trump-deals-brutal-truth-time-joe-biden-ever-gotten-hands-dirty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">knee-jerk, photo-op reflexes<\/a>, for instance \u2014 but\u200b he can\u2019t acknowledge\u200d that there\u2019s a connection between higher wages paid to employees and higher\u200c prices paid \u2062by customers. Effectively, he was claiming credit for the development and dodging responsibility for what followed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Cheerlead \u200cmassive union\u200c (and other) wage increases, but target companies when they have to pay the bill for them?<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Stop the price-gouging\u2019: Biden hits corporations over high consumer costs <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNBC?\">@CNBC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KFfamR  <\/p>\n<h2> What role has the Biden administration&#8217;s approach to immigration played in exacerbating\u200c labor\u200d shortages and increasing costs\u2063 for businesses and consumers?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Tion\/pe22.html&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noopener&#8221;>lives<\/a>,\u2062 it\u2019s safe to say he\u2019s been around long \u200denough to understand the role \u200dof government in shaping the economy.<\/p>\n<p>And as much as he wants to distance himself from \u200dthe blame, the\u2064 truth is that \u2063Biden and his administration have played a significant role in driving up \u200dthe\u200c prices of goods and \u200cservices that Americans\u2062 depend on.<\/p>\n<p>For starters, Biden\u2019s\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-propose-massive-new-legislative-package-cost-to-be-borne-by-taxpayers\/\" title=\"Biden to propose massive new legislative package, cost to be borne by taxpayers\">massive spending proposals<\/a>,\u2063 such as the \u2062American Jobs Plan and the\u200c American Families \u200dPlan, have put \u200bpressure on an already strained economy. The trillions of \u200ddollars in \u200badditional government\u200c spending combined \u2063with the Federal Reserve&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-still-blaming-meat-companies-for-skyrocketing-grocery-bills\/\" title=\"Psaki Still Blaming Meat Companies For Skyrocketing Grocery Bills\">loose monetary policy<\/a> \u200bhave fueled inflationary pressures.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore,\u2063 his\u200c administration&#8217;s lax approach to immigration has exacerbated labor\u2064 shortages, impacting various\u200c industries. With fewer workers\u200d available, businesses have had to increase wages to attract employees, \u2064leading\u200c to higher costs that are ultimately passed on to consumers.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Biden\u2019s energy \u200bpolicies \u2063have contributed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-now-urging-oil-and-gas-companies-to-bring-down-rising-fuel-costs-report\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Now Urging Oil And Gas Companies To Bring Down Rising Fuel Costs: Report\">rising fuel costs<\/a>, which have a ripple effect on transportation and manufacturing expenses. The revocation of permits for the Keystone XL pipeline and the ban on new\u2064 leases for oil and gas drilling on federal \u2064lands have disrupted\u2063 the energy industry, reducing \u200bsupply and driving up\u200d prices.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the burdensome regulatory environment imposed by the Biden administration has increased compliance costs for businesses.\u2064 From stricter environmental regulations to labor mandates, these regulations \u200dplace a financial burden on\u200b companies, which eventually trickles down to\u200c higher prices for \u200cconsumers.<\/p>\n<p>It is \u2062disingenuous for Biden to point fingers at corporations without acknowledging the \u200brole his policies have played in exacerbating \u2063economic challenges. While it is true that supply chain disruptions\u200c and global factors have contributed to inflation, it is irresponsible \u200cto ignore the impact of government decisions \u2064and \u2063policies.<\/p>\n<p>If Biden \u2062truly wants to address the issue of high prices, he should \u2063start by reassessing his administration&#8217;s agenda. Rather\u2063 than blaming others, he\u200b should\u2062 work towards implementing policies that \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-multi-trillion-dollar-spending-bills-will-reduce-inflation\/\" title=\"Biden: Multi-Trillion Dollar Spending Bills \u2018Will Reduce Inflation\u2019\">promote economic growth<\/a>, encourage investment,\u200b and\u200c reduce \u2062the burden\u2063 on\u200b businesses. By creating a favorable environment for businesses to thrive,\u200b prices can naturally stabilize and benefit the American consumer.<\/p>\n<p>It is\u200d time for \u200dBiden \u200cto take responsibility for the \u2062consequences\u2063 of\u200b his actions and stop\u2064 deflecting blame \u2063onto\u2063 others. Americans deserve a leader who is willing to \u200cown up\u200b to\u2063 his mistakes and work towards real solutions, rather than engaging in empty rhetoric and shifting blame away from himself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a lifelong government check recipient advises Americans on business management, their credibility should be questioned. President Joe Biden did just that in a White House address, reluctantly acknowledging the prevalent inflation. 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