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McDermott for The Hill: Surrendering to COVID-19 is the wrong cure for inflation

  • January 3, 2022
  • Brendan McDermott

By Brendan McDermott

Republicans hoping to capitalize on high inflation have proposed a surprising solution: ending COVID-19 restrictions. But surrendering to COVID is the wrong cure for inflation. It would endanger public health without addressing the supply-chain snarls that are pushing prices higher. Ending pandemic inflation requires making the global economy a safe place to spend, work and live by continuing the fight against the virus.

The United States is enjoying an exceptionally strong economic recovery thanks in part to the bold stimulus actions lawmakers took last March. But businesses are raising prices, some because they and their competitors are bidding up the cost of workers and materials, and others simply because strong demand means that they can. Consumer prices were 6.8 percent higher in November than they were a year before, and almost half of households say inflation is hurting their finances.

Read the full piece in The Hill. 

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