Hirono on Inflation: Companies ‘Could Give Up’ Some ‘Unearned Profits’ to Help, GOP Hasn’t Done Anyt

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Hirono on Inflation: Companies ‘Could Give Up’ Some ‘Unearned Profits’ to Help, GOP Hasn’t Done Anything

Ian Hanchett 11 Feb 2022

On Friday’s “CNN Newsroom,” Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) argued that inflation is due to the pandemic and supply chain issues, “none of which the Republicans choose to do anything about except to blame Joe Biden.” And that companies “could give up some of their unearned profits to help the American people.”

Host Ana Cabrera asked, “Americans aren’t happy with the economy right now. I don’t need to tell you that. But they’re blaming Democrats. If things like inflation are still high come November, how do you argue to keep Democrats in the majority?”

Hirono responded, “Well, for one thing, it’s the Democrats that voted for the rescue plan without a single Republican vote that enabled millions of people to get vaccinated, that put a lot of money to schools to reopen safely. So, obviously, we have not gotten that message across enough, and also why Build Back Better is so important to continue to lower costs for Americans in terms of prescription drugs, child care, and all of those things, all without, again, a single Republican vote. Inflation is very much a result of the pandemic and disruptions to the supply chain, none of which the Republicans choose to do anything about except to blame Joe Biden. So, meanwhile, though, you know, Ana, that companies are making record profits at a time when people are having a hard time paying for these higher costs. So, they could give up some of their unearned profits to help the American people. That’s my view.”

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2022/02/11/hirono-on-inflation-companies-could-give-up-some-unearned-profits-to-help-gop-hasnt-done-anything/

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Sorry POS.Why doesn't she offer up some of her own salary and perks like the free jet trips to her Hawaii home?

She and her sorry Dems caused the carnage and now want to take more flesh off the backs of companies that are barely making it through her Covid lockdowns?

Like stabbing a guy in the back multiple times then stomping his head after he fell down from the injuries.

[cato potatoe]

I swear these Democrats must have slept through the 20th century.

[roamer_1]

'Unearned profits' forgets that those corporations are being paid in those same inflated dollars.

If they are making a 10-20% extra in profit, they are basically breaking even - their profit being the same as before the inflation...

[Hoodat]

Speaking of unearned profits, what is the corporate tax rate these days?  40%?

[LMAO]

The deep ignorance on basic economics  by those who make laws that affect the rest of us is shockingly depressing and stunning

[Kamaji]

[Killer Clouds]

Saying Hirono is as dumb as a box of rocks would be insulting to a box of rocks. The only people that are dumber than her are the people that keep electing her.

[Wingnut]

Saying Hirono is as dumb as a box of rocks would be insulting to a box of rocks. The only people that are dumber than her are the people that keep electing her.

Crazie Masie strikes again.

[Smokin Joe]

'Unearned profits' forgets that those corporations are being paid in those same inflated dollars.

If they are making a 10-20% extra in profit, they are basically breaking even - their profit being the same as before the inflation...

Exactly. You beat me to it.

[catfish1957]

You first dipstick!!!!

[Hoodat]

Saying Hirono is as dumb as a box of rocks would be insulting to a box of rocks. The only people that are dumber than her are the people that keep electing her.

She's got two brain cells left, and they're waving "good-bye" to each other.

[Fishrrman]

Clouds rained down on us with:
"Saying Hirono is as dumb as a box of rocks would be insulting to a box of rocks. The only people that are dumber than her are the people that keep electing her."

... Which is why I'd be very happy to see Hawaii become an independent nation again, no longer part of the United States.

Except for Pearl Harbor and the surrounding area, which we will of course keep.
Nothing else there is worth retaining.

[GtHawk]

She's got two brain cells left, and they're waving "good-bye" to each other.

Every time she opens her mouth and lets the stupid out I wonder, isn't there a volcano somewhere in Hawaii that needs a sacrifice?

[Smokin Joe]

Just one more reason that people who run for Congress should have had at least one real job before being eligible.

[Wingnut]

Just one more reason that people who run for Congress should have had at least one real job before being eligible.

Other than as a bartender.

[LMAO]

Just one more reason that people who run for Congress should have had at least one real job before being eligible.

That may not always make a difference. Look at AOC.