Biden to give remarks on inflation Tuesday, contrast plan with Republicans

US PRESIDENT Joe Biden will draw a contrast between his economic plans and those of Republicans in remarks on Tuesday focused on inflation, a White House official said. Biden, a Democrat who is suffering from low approval poll numbers ahead of the November midterm elections, has sharpened his rhetoric against Republicans in recent weeks, dismissing, for example, former President Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” MAGA movement as extreme. On Tuesday, Biden will lay out his plan to fight inflation and “contrast his approach with Congressional Republicans’ ultra-MAGA plan to raise taxes on 75 million American families and threaten to sunset programmes like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid,” the official said. Last week, Biden took aim at Republican US Senator Rick Scott’s economic plan, saying it would raise taxes on 75 million Americans, most of whom make less than US$100,000 a year.

Scott, who said he planned to cut taxes, is leading Republican efforts to get Republicans elected to the Senate. REUTERS