WASHINGTON – Today, Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel released the following statement on the August jobs report:
“Hardworking Americans are living paycheck to paycheck thanks to Joe Biden and Democrats' higher prices, higher taxes, and lower wages. As long as Democrats continue to rubberstamp Biden’s agenda and waste taxpayer dollars on their radical policies, families will continue to struggle to afford everything from gas to school supplies to groceries.”
Background:
- Today’s jobs report is little consolation to Americans struggling to afford basic goods and dealing with the prospect of their taxes being raised in a recession.
- Inflation ate up any wage gains in August, meaning workers’ paychecks are shrinking.
- Biden turned a recovery into a recession – the U.S. economy has now shrank for two consecutive quarters, meeting the definition of a recession that Democrats and Biden’s own economic advisors have previously touted.
- Despite this, Biden and Democrats passed their Bidenflation Scam designed to raise taxes on families during a recession and hire 87,000 new IRS agents that will go after the middle class
- Now, Biden is looking to bailout student debt – a handout to the rich that would cost taxpayers billions and worsen inflation.
- U.S. average gas prices sit above $3.75 per gallon, more than $1.40 higher than when Biden became president.
- Inflation remains at 40-year high levels, with Americans paying higher prices for just about everything.
- The American people see just how bad things are and overwhelmingly blame Biden for his poor handling of the economy.
- 55 percent of Americans believe we are in a recession.
