‘Orwellian’ Inflation Reduction Act Won’t Reduce Inflation, Says Sen. Johnson

The Democrats’ $739 billion Inflation Reduction Act is “Orwellian,” said Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Fox News, saying that it will do nothing to help struggling Americans with high inflation.

President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law on Aug. 16, but White House officials have yet to say when the act would start reducing inflation or by what degree.

Overall U.S. inflation rates in July currently sit at 8.5 percent from a year ago, while U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) sits in recession territory.

The Wisconsin senator has cast severe doubt on the bill, which was pushed through by the Democrats with almost no Republican support, which they claim will help lower rising costs.

“It’s not going to reduce inflation. It’s going to increase businesses’ costs by increasing taxes on them. So businesses are going to recover those costs by increasing prices. That’s inflation,” said Johnson.

Johnson met with voters at the Wisconsin State Fair on Aug. 12, where he said his constituents’ top concerns are inflation and gas prices.

“People can’t get by. They don’t have enough money to fill up the tank. They’re putting groceries back,” said Johnson, continuing, “this is what this election is about.”

“Consider how Orwellian the name of that bill is,” said Johnson.

Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) agreed, declaring “It should be illegal to name a bill something that it doesn’t do, and this is one of many cases where the Democrats get away with this,” he said on Fox News.

The congressman pointed to the Affordable Care Act, which caused many Americans to lose their private health insurance.

“Go back and think about from bills like the Affordable Care Act to the Inflation Reduction Act—this is misleading to the American people, and there should be a rule in Congress that makes it against the rules

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