A Disaster for Families
What to Know: The baby formula shortage happed mostly because of government ineptitude, it turns out.
The TPPF Take: We can expect more shortages in the very near future, as the Biden administration bungles pretty much everything.
“From January 2021 to today, President Biden’s chief work has been to disrupt our economy in the name of climate alarmism, and the ripple effects of his policies are just beginning,” says TPPF’s Jason Isaac. “Lower- and middle-class families are feeling the economic strains the most as they make difficult decisions about what is most important, electricity or food, food or fuel to get to work, and on and on.”
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Defending Freedom
What to Know: Though the White House later walked his statements back, President Biden said clearly on Monday that if China attacks Taiwan, the U.S. would intervene militarily.
The TPPF Take: Biden’s words are a departure from the “strategic ambiguity” that has served us well in the past.
“For China to seize Taiwan, it must first gain air superiority and then knock out Taiwan’s navy,” says TPPF’s Chuck DeVore in a piece published on Fox News. “And unlike Russia’s invasion of non-NATO ally Ukraine, China must assume from the start that America and Japan will swiftly come to Taiwan’s aid, meaning that China will launch a first strike on American and Japanese naval and air assets. Thus, unless successfully deterred, a Chinese invasion of Taiwan is likely to be a high-intensity affair from the first hour, with American ships, submarines, and air bases targeted by hundreds of Chinese missiles.”
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Violent Crime
What to Know: Tennessee must curb violent crime.
The TPPF Take: Violent crime demands efforts aimed at prevention, not political gamesmanship, such as the recent “truth in sentencing” bill.
“Our leaders have a duty to combat the scourge of violence with strong leadership aimed at crime prevention, not political posturing,” says TPPF’s Julie Warren. “It is through prevention that success is measured—by victims never created, prison beds vacant for want of occupants, and billions of dollars not spent on revolving prison doors.”
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