Ohio is where the Wright Brothers learned to fly but today, the only thing reaching the skies are the bills Ohioans pay.  

Over the last four years, Buckeye State residents pay a lot more to keep the same quality of life. Since the Biden administration took over the White House, Ohioans spend:

• $3,401 more on food
• $3,393 on housing
• $3,914 on energy
• $8,515 on transportation

Why is inflation out of control? The administration’s failed economic policies, popularly known as Bidenomics.

Who was key to turning these ideas into reality? Ohio Sena. Sherrod Brown. He voted for the American Rescue Plan, the CHIPS Act, the Infrastructure, Investment, and Jobs Act and the (misnamed) Inflation Reduction Act, the key pillars of Bidenomics.

Thanks to Brown and Biden, the federal government went on a $5.5 trillion spending frenzy. The result? America paid for Washington’s spending-spree party with historically high inflation and sluggish wage growth.

When Brown realized Americans were not buying Washington’s spin on the economy, he changed his tune. Instead of selling Bidenomics as a success, he now blames businesses for the inflation his votes caused.  

But Ohioans are not oblivious or easily fooled. People know what caused inflation and who is responsible for it.  

Bidenomics fueled inflation, and Brown voted for it

There are dozens of cases of inflation in human history, and the cause is always the same: the government prints too much money.

Whether you are in 16^th century Spain, interwar Germany, or in 2020’s America, inflation occurs when the government mints new money faster than the economy grows. And in the last four years, Washington printed a lot of money.

Between 2019 and 2022, the money supply surged by 42%, while America’s GDP only grew 3.6%—an inflation time bomb.

Some of this spending was justified during the pandemic, but when Biden took office, the crisis was on its way out.  Yet, the White House and its friends in Congress voted to get trillions of dollars into the market and turbocharge inflation.

Brown, along with other Senators, was a critical vote to pass laws like the Inflation Reduction Act, the American Rescue Plan, the CHIPS Act, and other bills that authorized $5.5 trillion in new, extra spending to flood the market.

If you print trillions of dollars into existence at a breakneck speed, prices will rise—and that’s what happened.

Brown, bad judgment, and bad economics

Sherrod Brown’s bad judgement costs Ohioans a lot of money. Over the last four years, Brown has vocally supported bad bills, made big promises that fell short, and made the lives of millions more expensive.

• In 2021, Brown praised the passage of the American Rescue Plan, saying the law “will help us deliver on the hope that Americans voted for.”

In reality, the bill only helped to deliver high inflation and stagnant wages for the people of Ohio. Just a year after Brown helped pass the bill, inflation skyrocketed to 8.5%, a historic high.

• In 2023, Brown declared with glee the Inflation Reduction Act was a “historic step to fight inflation, lower costs, and create jobs.”

What Brown didn’t say was that the IRA didn’t do anything to get prices down, increased the debt burden, and gave trillions of dollars in handouts to green energy cronyism.

With the policies he voted for in tatters, Sherrod Brown did what politicians do best: blame others.

Brown shrinks away from his responsibility

Sherrod Brown started blaming corporations for selling smaller products and charging you the same, a practice he calls shrinkflation. It is Brown who is shrinking from his responsibilities.

To state the obvious, paying the same for less sucks.

However, shrinkflation is not caused by a secret plot from greedy Wall Street CEOs but is a natural reaction to the inflation Brown voted for.

As prices go up, businesses need to adapt to stay afloat. Some change their prices; others keep the same price tag but sell you a bit less. In both cases, prices go up and Bidenomics is to blame.

The reality is that Brown knows his votes caused much economic pain to thousands of Ohioans, and he wants to avoid responsibility.

However, no one is falling for that trick, and Ohioans will keep Brown accountable for his support for Bidenomics.