Prices are growing three times faster than Americans’ paychecks, and are hammering small businesses struggling to find workers, said Republican Leader of the Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) on The National Desk, warning that a wage-price spiral is pushing  the economy towards a recession.

 

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Rep. Brady warned that inflation is a crisis for families, with the economy teetering on the brink of a recession:

 

“Prices right now are growing three times faster than paychecks. For an average family in America, it means you’ve lost ground by about $5,700 over the last year, which is why most Americans feel like they’re financially worse off now than they were during the height of the COVID pandemic. Not a good sign.

 

“We also got bad news from small businesses yesterday. Their optimism is at the lowest ever recorded. And for maybe the same reason – inflation is just hammering them and they can’t find workers.

 

“We are in the middle of a wage-price spiral, which no country wants to be in, because the only way to end it is through a recession.”

 

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The White House’s policy of denial has not worked:

 

“My frustration has been that I don’t think President Biden or the Federal Reserve admitted how strong and how high inflation was last year. They were also in denial about the labor shortage, which has driven so much of our inflation. 

 

“Right now, they’re doing the same thing on this wage-price spiral. Denial hasn’t worked out well for the White House on the economy. The President needs to step up, admit really where we’re at, and take decisive action.”

 

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On what can be done to address inflation, Rep. Brady urged the Biden Administration announce a freeze of federal spending, among other measures:

 

“The solutions are: stop making it worse. Freeze federal spending beyond defense. End the COVID-era programs that have driven so much of the inflation. Step back from the Build Back Better efforts because those will not only drive up prices on families but also [include] tax increases that hammer our Main Street businesses. 

 

“Step away from the policies that are driving this inflation would be the best advice for the President and for Congress.”

 

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