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   crisis, arguing that the $1,400 stimulus checks sent to   
   Americans overheated the economy. Just before the legislation   
   passed in March 2021, former Obama economic adviser Larry   
   Summers warned the plan could "set off inflationary pressures of   
   a kind we have not seen in a generation."   
      
   Former Obama economic adviser Steven Rattner slammed the White   
   House’s inflation messaging in a tweet last month, saying Biden   
   needs to "own" his part in the crisis.   
      
   Biden fired back at his critics one day after Rattner’s tweet,   
   denying that his policies have anything to do with inflation.   
      
   "So, I’m sick of this stuff. We have to talk about it because   
   the American people think the reason for inflation is the   
   government is spending more money. Simply not true," Biden said   
   on March 11, The Associated Press reported.   
      
   "Make no mistake, the current spike in gas prices is largely the   
   fault of Vladimir Putin – it has nothing to do with the American   
   Rescue Plan," the president declared on March 14.   
      
   Months earlier, however, Biden appeared to acknowledge that his   
   own legislation contributed to the crisis, saying the stimulus   
   checks were partly to blame for consumer demand exceeding the   
   supply of goods.   
      
   "The irony is people have more money now because of the first   
   major piece of legislation I passed," Biden said in November.   
   "It changes people’s lives. But what happens if there’s nothing   
   to buy and you got more money to compete for getting [goods]? It   
   creates a real problem."   
      
   Meanwhile, Democrats are still trying to advance portions of   
   Biden's Build Back Better agenda and trillions of dollars in new   
   government spending that they argue would actually reduce   
   inflationary pressures.   
      
   https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/biden-wh-blame-govt-   
   spending-inflation   
      
   Lee is an idiot.   
      
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