FOX Enterprise host Larry Kudlow calls out President Biden over his lack of lowering spending and for slamming tax cuts on ‘Kudlow.’
It is at all times an intellectually scorching second when Joe Biden goes on the market and begins talking in regards to the economic system and his financial insurance policies. Right now he spoke at a Martin Luther King occasion sponsored by that well-known even-handed centrist, the Reverend Al Sharpton.
In fact, just about everybody cherishes Martin Luther King’s phrase “I’ve a dream that my 4 little youngsters will at some point reside in a nation the place they won’t be judged by the colour of their pores and skin however by the content material of their character.” It’s simply one of many nice phrases within the English language.
However Joe Biden did not actually hassle with that unifying theme at this speech. As a substitute, he simply known as Republicans “fiscally demented.” How’s that for a unifying theme to welcome a brand new GOP Congress? Not excellent.
In fact, Mr. Biden at all times brags that the deficit got here down $350 billion in 2021 and one other trillion in 2022, however he neglects to say that just about each nickel of that got here from ending numerous COVID emergency spending applications. Not ending all of them, as a result of he is nonetheless making a gift of scholar mortgage cancellations, left and proper, which goes to price about $600 billion over the subsequent 10 years in line with a number of estimates, however he forgot to say any of that.
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He additionally forgot to say that his spending agenda previously two years has come to roughly $6 trillion. A lot for fiscal dementia.
Now, sadly some Senate Republicans helped Biden by truly voting for $3 trillion of that unbelievable spending spree. Together with the latest omnibus invoice, however then Biden received roughly $3 trillion in spending on his very personal, with out anyone’s assist. The purpose is, Biden hasn’t achieved something to cut back spending or cap spending or restrain spending, not one droplet of fiscal restraint on his half. Hopefully the period of Republican Senate compliance with Biden’s huge authorities socialism has come to an finish with the brand new GOP home, hopefully.
As standard, Mr. Biden tries to take credit score for creating new jobs — besides the issue right here is he hasn’t actually created any new jobs. Jobs misplaced in the course of the COVID pandemic have returned. Now, that is an excellent factor, but it surely’s approach under the development line, which might’ve most likely added 5 to 7 million precise new jobs from the pre-COVID Trump baseline development.
Biden is proudly bragging about his 15% minimal company tax, which is able to harm development and is a phony idea to start with, since corporations are utilizing authorized tax credit, or expensing provisions that have been legislated into regulation by Congress.
Now, Biden additionally mocks the Republican Home IRS vote to cease one other $80 billion for 87,000 IRS brokers. Now, that’s a invoice that Biden says would assist the wealthiest, however truly, scoring by the Congressional Price range Workplace and the Joint Tax Committee strongly counsel that its center and lower-income folks that can pay the majority of those new IRS audits, starting, by the way in which, with a $600 audit, which is unquestionably a middle-class challenge. Is it not?
Then Biden rails on about trickle-down economics as he at all times does and he blames what he calls the $2 trillion Trump tax minimize for serving to wealthy folks. Alright, truly, examine after examine, left of middle and proper of middle, have proven the largest winners from the Trump tax cuts have been middle- and lower-income folks, minority teams, a falling poverty charge and the newest CBO numbers on taxes, properly they present that what was alleged to be a $1.5 trillion income loss from the Trump tax cuts truly seems to be an virtually $1.5 trillion income enhance — get this — roughly 40% in solely 5 years.
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As a substitute of dropping, revenues went up. The Laffer Curve labored once more. So, maybe Joe Biden has a little bit of fiscal dementia himself.
In the meantime, Kevin McCarthy made it completely clear over the weekend that the GOP desires new spending caps and funds cuts of their debt negotiations. Our pal Kevin Hassett has an excellent thought — McCarthy ought to supply Democrats a deal: $3 in spending cuts for each $1 added to the debt ceiling. Three for one. Now that’s what I name fiscal intelligence.
This text is customized from Larry Kudlow’s opening commentary on the January 16, 2023, version of “Kudlow.”
