Blame the Dems for high cost of living

Regarding “It’s off to Washington for Jacqui Irwin” (Moorpark Acorn, Nov. 7), Jacqui Irwin claims that her “day-one” priorities in Congress would include “addressing the causes of the high cost of living.” I can help with that. Blame the Democrats and their high taxes, onerous regulations, endless permitting process for construction and businesses, $20-anhour salaries for fast food workers, waste and fraud in government, and the “Green New Deal” that pushed the cost of energy sky-high. The high cost of gas is not only caused by the ever-rising state gas tax, the highest in the nation, but also in the Democrats running refineries out of state in their push to force every driver into an EV and refusing to issue drilling permits. Instead of producing low-cost oil locally and providing good jobs, the state would rather import gas from socialist countries run by dictators. You can’t blame Trump for this.

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