This one is on us
Inflation is being treated as a problem of the current Biden administration by much of the mainstream press as well as right-wing media. While it is certainly a problem that the administration must inevitably address, much of the overall message is questioning how much of this will be a problem for Democrats, rather than asking either party what solutions they would enact for inflation.
The real trouble is that there are Republican politicians who are actively worsening both the situation on the border and with inflation and the media has yet to call them out on it – something that Jen Psaki wasted no time on doing on Wednesday during her press conference.
To score political points, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has been making use of the Texas Dept of Public Safety to go to the border rather than allow U.S. Customs and Border Protection to do their job – something that will cost the residents of his state significantly in taxes, which Republicans have already promised to increase – and in terms of cost as Texas DPS inspections on the southern border are only increasing the delay in the supply chain – in many cases, doing more damage than delays at shipping ports which received considerable media attention last year.
It is clear that corporate media is more willing to placate Republicans and their ridiculous claims about fairness – so it is up to us as voters and Democratic candidates themselves to amplify this message and ask why Republicans are so willing to punish American citizens just to score political points.
James Sullivan is the assistant editor of Brain World Magazine and an advocate of science-based policy making