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I think what we identify is that in a rules based order.
Hypocrisy is vulnerability.
And so I think what we are seeking is a return to a rules-based order that eliminates the hypocrisies around when too often in the West, we'd look the other way for inconvenient populations to act out these paradoxes.
Well, I think particularly when we have this conversation in the context of inflation as well, it's really not just labor, it's not just rising wages, but there's a lot of different dynamics that I think are contributing to the increase in prices, whether it's supply chain complications,
Yes, labor issues, but sometimes lack of labor, a lack of the ability to be able to work consistently in their jobs, which is also tied to pandemic controls.
And also, there's a real distinction to be made between inflation and price gouging.
And there's a lot of evidence that particularly industries with high concentrations, corporate concentrations, whether it's almost oligopoly level industries, a lot of these price increases are potentially due to just straight price gouging by corporations.
and it's making it difficult for someone to be able to feed their family, that is always going to be a major point of concern, primary point of concern.
But the real key is making sure that we're diagnosing the causes correctly because
The danger here is that if we say we're helping working people too much and say that the cause of this is, oh, it's because we provided too much assistance during the American Rescue Plan, stimulus checks were too generous.
That is why we are dealing with the problems that we're dealing with now.
What that's going to result in is a pullback in the assistance that some families need the most right now.
And when we already talk about the cessation of the child tax credit,
So let me ask you this.
You know, I think that this is such a, you know, I think that
This is, of course, a very longstanding policy of the United States.
And I think what we are hoping for is that we want to make sure that we never get to that point.