>> Biden’s recognition that gas prices are paramount: “If you want a direct barometer of what people are going to talk about… and whether things are going well, it’s the cost of food and what’s the cost of gasoline at the pump. I mean literally at the pump.”>> When Boak said “Republicans right now are saying to voters that inflation started with your COVID relief package,” Biden said, “zero evidence of that.” He also said “the idea that it caused inflation is bizarre.” (In this detailed CNN Business story, Allison Morrow said “it’s true that government spending boosts inflation,” but noted that it’s complicated and many other factors are
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