Biden in Ohio visit touts his economic plans
CLEVELAND —President Biden on Thursday toured a community college here and made an optimistic case for pumping trillions of dollars into the economy, arguing that it was beginning to stabilize, while imploring Republicans to drop their opposition to raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans.
Bringing his economic arguments on the road, to a longtime swing state that he lost by eight points in 2020, Biden pointed four months into his presidency to a range of metrics to make the case that “the Biden economic plan is working.” He also urged Congress to make “generational investments” in education, research and infrastructure.
“Covid cases are down. Covid deaths are down. Unemployment filings are down. Hunger is down,” the president said. “Vaccinations are up. Jobs are up. Growth is up. People getting health coverage is up. Small business confidence is up. Put it simply, America is coming back.”
The remarks come at a pivotal moment, amid negotiations with Republicans over an infrastructure spending plan that both sides have agreed to carry into next week. Republicans and some Democrats have raised concerns that Biden’s plan to pump trillions of federal dollars into the economy, along with other factors like pent-up demand, could increase the risk of inflation.
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