As the 119th Congress met for the first time last week, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) had this to say:

For far too long in this country the cost of living has gone up, but the size of the middle class has come down. Housing costs are too high, grocery costs are too high, childcare costs are too high, insurance costs are too high, utility costs are too high. America is too expensive.

How long were you asleep, Rep. Rip van Winkle, while America went up in smoke with eight years of President Obama (D-IL) and four years of President Biden (D-DE)?

Oh, and don’t you dare cut Social Security or Medicare, roared Rep. van Rip!

But wait, in FY 2024, OASI spending was $1.3 trillion and OASI revenue was $1.1 trillion. So, taxes are short $200 billion a year in funding Social Security under Biden. How could you do this to us, Rep. Jeffries?

How to protect the benefits of the poor helpless middle class? I have an idea. Go for the billions in unjust spending and subsidies going to the Democrats’ biggest supporters and beneficiaries, the educated class that wallows in the government bureaucracies, that runs........

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