#shorts On 2/27/2023, after White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, said, ” we believe that the President’s economic policy is working. And all you have to do is look at the data .”, a reporter asked here, “So when does the President then tell those people whose wages are rising but rising less than inflation is rising — when can those people expect their wages to outpace inflation?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So, look, we have — we have talked about this many times, that we are headed into a more stable and steady growth. And — and we think that, you know — and I think I mentioned this last time — there might be some setbacks … you know, we have the President and Democrats who are doing the work to try and grow the economy. And then we have Republicans who want to do the complete opposite. They want to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act — which is actually going to hurt the economy, which is actually going to increase heal- — if you think about the health — health — health prices, and it’s going to actually increase energy costs. Because that’s what the Inflation Reduction Act is supposed to do. And it’s going to have — raise havoc on the deficit. So we’re trying to do the right thing. Meanwhile, Republicans are trying to reverse the work that we have been trying to do over the last two years.
other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/ZvPQ8sTt7EI
Q: inflation outpace wage gain? A: policy is working, Republicans trying to reverse our work