Senator Manchin Reiterates His Opposition to ‘Spending Trillions More of Taxpayers’ Money’

Senator Manchin has issued a long statement in response to today’s disastrous inflation numbers. It reads as an extended defense of his correct decision to kill the Democrats’ sprawling Build Back Better agenda:

For months, I have been ringing the alarm bell about inflation. Once again, we are witnessing that the treat of inflation is real. There is not a corner of this nation where hard-working families are able to escape the noticeable impact of this “inflation tax.” Inflation taxes are draining the hard-earned wages of every American, and it’s causing real and severe economic pain that can no longer be ignored.

Does Manchin believe the Biden administration when it says that the way to fight inflation is to spend another few trillion dollars we don’t have?

He does not:

As inflation and our $30 trillion in national debt continue a historic climb, only in Washington, DC do people seem to think that spending trillions more of taxpayers’ money will cure our problems, let alone inflation.

He even sounded a Reaganite note:

Now, more than ever, we must remember it is not our money, it’s the American people’s money. It is not our economy, it’s their economy. We all have a responsibility to do all that is possible to roll back inflation and manage our debts because the longer we or the Federal Reserve waits to act, the more economic pain will be caused.

Presumably, the press will continue to read these statements as a hard “maybe.”