'My top economic priority': Biden op-ed lays out plan to fight inflation
Source: Politico
President Joe Biden on Monday described inflation as his top economic priority and outlined a three-part plan to lower costs for Americans in a Wall Street Journal op-ed.
I ran for president because I was tired of the so-called trickle-down economy. We now have a chance to build on a historic recovery with an economy that works for working families, Biden wrote. The most important thing we can do now to transition from rapid recovery to stable, steady growth is to bring inflation down.
The White Houses messaging push comes as Bidens job approval rating among registered voters rests at roughly 42 percent, according to a recent POLITICO/Morning Consult poll, with large numbers of Americans frustrated by a record spike in inflation over the past year.
In response, Bidens Journal op-ed marked the beginning of a monthlong economic campaign to try to communicate on our accomplishments to date on the economy, according to a White House official.
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