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Larry Summers Blames ‘Banana Republicans,’ January 6 for Inflation
Breitbart ^ | 06/12/2022 | Pam Key

Posted on 06/12/2022 8:53:55 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

During Sunday’s broadcast of CNN’s “State of the Union,” former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said that “banana Republicans” and the events of January 6, 2021 had contributed to the inflation underway in the U.S. economy.

Summers said, “We should focus on what’s important, not raising input prices for American producers, so they’re less competitive, which is what much of those tariffs do. Instead, we should be focusing on things that allow the leakage of key technologies to China and the like. We should pass at long last some kind of legislation, ideally, on a bipartisan basis that would raise the vastly excessive Trump tax cuts, join the world in taxing corporations, take down prescription drug prices. All of that would operate to re

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banana; inflation; republicans; summers
That some industrial size stupid
1 posted on 06/12/2022 8:53:55 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27
January 6th?! JANUARY 6TH?!
2 posted on 06/12/2022 8:56:52 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The stupidest people on the planet are attracted to politics.


3 posted on 06/12/2022 8:56:58 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (Wanting to make America great isn’t an insult unless you’re trying to make it worse! ULTRAMAGA!!)
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To: Rummyfan

He may as well blame the full moon.


4 posted on 06/12/2022 8:57:14 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

This guy was a Treasury Secretary???? WTF???


5 posted on 06/12/2022 8:58:45 AM PDT by Ken522
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Keep talking Larry, you’re making a bigger ass of yourself and all Democrats. My not invent more ridiculous reasons for inflation and help deal a death blow to the Democrat party.


6 posted on 06/12/2022 8:59:28 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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To: ChicagoConservative27
I stubbed my toe yesterday and I blame January 6.

... join the world in taxing corporations

So we don't tax corporations? News to me after filling out tax forms for a LLC I was a part owner of.

7 posted on 06/12/2022 9:10:37 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (If Hitler invaded Hell, I would make at least a favourable reference of the Devil...-Churchill)
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To: Ken522

And President of Harvard! Brilliantly portrayed in the movie The Social Network.


8 posted on 06/12/2022 9:15:57 AM PDT by MHT
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Surprised he didn’t throw Putin in the mix too.


9 posted on 06/12/2022 9:17:05 AM PDT by dowcaet
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Inflation is caused by too many dollars chasing too few products.

Where did the too many dollars come from? The Democrats (and the trillions of dollars they pumped into the economy)

Where did the “too few products” come from? The Democrats (Biden) and the ill advise lockdown, shut down of our energy, adding more and more regulations and allowing a million illegals to invade our nation.

The Democrats created this mess, they owned.


10 posted on 06/12/2022 9:19:47 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Really? He does, despite the countless videos that can be easily searched of him busting the balls of BidenIdiot and his policies, the Fed, etc.

Yeah okie dokie.


11 posted on 06/12/2022 9:34:15 AM PDT by cranked
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Well there goes whatever credibility Larry Summers had.


12 posted on 06/12/2022 9:34:59 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: Rummyfan

Democrats need to hit rock bottom so any meaningless positive bleep they can take credit for.


13 posted on 06/12/2022 10:04:35 AM PDT by cnsmom
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“that would raise the vastly excessive Trump tax cuts”

Greater tax cuts? Works for me.


14 posted on 06/12/2022 10:38:36 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

“The stupidest people on the planet are attracted to politics”

I would say corrupt is first, followed by stupid.


15 posted on 06/12/2022 11:27:49 AM PDT by DAC21
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To: DAC21

Actually, you cannot be stupid to be massively corrupt and avoid getting caught or going to jail if you are caught. Most of them are very smart in a criminal way.


16 posted on 06/12/2022 11:36:44 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (Wanting to make America great isn’t an insult unless you’re trying to make it worse! ULTRAMAGA!!)
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