President Joe Biden's spending and tax plans are leading the United States into a "very dangerous place," former Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney warned Monday.
"We’re moving into uncharted territory," Mulvaney, who also served as acting chief of staff under former President Donald Trump, told Fox Business's Maria Bartiromo. "Inflation is a hidden tax and that's where the Democrats are pushing us."
The Biden administration is on track to push through more than $6 trillion in spending measures, including the $1.9 trillion COVID plan passed in January, another $2.3 trillion in infrastructure spending currently being sought, and the president's American Families plan for another $1.8 trillion.
Mulvaney said Democrats don't have the votes in the Senate, but "they do have the ability to drive inflation and that's where I think we are headed."-- excerpt, rest at link above --
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