Oklahoma Congressman Tom Cole complained this week of the dramatic rise of prices from filling up at the gas pump and heating homes to the cost of groceries.
He calls it Biden’s Thanksgiving Tax and predicts things will get worse, according to economic reports.
” Both the staggering 31-year high of the consumer price index and decline of gross domestic product reveal that the out-of-control spending and damaging policies peddled by President Joe Biden and Democrats are exacerbating the nation’s inflationary and supply chain crises,” charged the Republican Representative in a weekly column.
“As a result, hardworking Americans are experiencing an ongoing inflation tax – one that will be severely felt this Thanksgiving and throughout the upcoming holidays.”
Cole noted how the average price of a turkey for the Thanksgiving dinner has gone up by 18.3%.
The cost of traveling on Thanksgiving day is up too.
“Because of Democrats’ reckless and irresponsible spending and anti-American energy policies, gas prices have increased by 61 percent from a year ago and the price of airfare is expected to increase by 18 percent,” added Cole.
He said he was discouraged that the worsening economic crises are making things unaffordable or unavailable.
” Sadly, Democrats in Congress and the Biden Administration continue to push for a multi-trillion-dollar big government package that would worsen the ongoing economic distress nationwide. I hope President Biden and Democrats will come to their senses and change course,” wrote the Congressman.