The Patriot Post® · Tuesday Short Cuts

Insight

“He who tampers with the currency robs labor of its bread.” —Daniel Webster (1782-1852)

For the Record

“We are in a great experiment in which regressive progressivism discounts all the institutions, and the methodologies of the past that have guaranteed a safe, affluent, well-fed and sheltered America. Instead, we arrogantly are reverting to a new feudalism as the wealthy elite — terrified of what they have wrought — selfishly retreat to their private keeps. But the rest who suffer the consequences of elite flirtations with nihilism cannot even afford food, shelter, and fuel. And they now feel unsafe, both as individuals and as Americans. As we suffer self-inflicted mass looting, random street violence, hyperinflation, a nonexistent border, unaffordable fuel, and a collapsing military, Americans will come to appreciate just how thin is the veneer of their civilization. When stripped away, we are relearning that what lies just beneath is utterly terrifying.” —Victor Davis Hanson

“[Biden’s] strategy on inflation has been hoping that it goes away, and, as they say, hope is not a strategy. If he’d been lucky, inflation would have dropped and he could have attributed the favorable trend to the Inflation Reduction Act, even though it’s not by any reasonable metric a genuine anti-inflation measure. In fact, there’s nothing about it — except the title — that’s any different than if inflation were 2 percent.” —Rich Lowry

“Less than two years into his presidency, President Biden has released more oil from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve than all previous presidents combined.” —Alexander Zemek

Grand Delusions

“I believe that we will hold the House.” —House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

“My dad used to say, ‘Joey, don’t compare me to the Almighty. Compare me to the alternative.’ And here’s the deal: Democrats want to codify Roe. Republicans want a national ban on abortion. The choice is clear.” —President Joe Biden (“Your dad gave you some horrible advice, Joey.” —Darrell B. Harrison)

“I’m so sick of Republicans saying we’re the big spenders. Give me a break. Give me a break! And by the way, [the Inflation Reduction Act] is going to reduce the deficit by another $300 billion over 10 years because Medicare is going to be paying less for the drugs that are going out.” —Joe Biden

Non Compos Mentis

“I’m heading to Puerto Rico because they haven’t been taken very good care of.” —Joe Biden

“I was sort of raised in the Puerto Rican community at home, politically.” —Joe Biden

And Last…

“Just a reminder that Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to jail for 20 years for sex trafficking minors to apparently no one.” —Tim Young