Biden’s $2 Trillion COVID Bill Made Inflation Worse. Jamaal Bowman Wants To Spend Seven Times as Much on Reparations.

‘Where did that money come from? We spent it into existence,’ congressman says of Biden’s pandemic response Rep. Jamaal Bowman (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) New York Democratic congressman Jamaal Bowman is citing the federal government’s COVID-era spending—which drove up inflation—as proof that Congress can pass a $14 trillion reparations package without raising taxes, saying the money can simply be “spent into existence.” Bowman touted the package, which he cosponsored last year alongside fellow left-wing lawmakers Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) and Cori Bush (D., Mo.), in an interview with the Journal News. Addressing concerns over how to pay for the package, Bowman cited the government’s response to COVID, saying Congress can “invest the same way in reparations without raising taxes on anyone.” “When COVID was destroying us, we invested in the American people in a way that kept the economy afloat,” Bowman said. “Where did that money come from? We spent it into existence.” Bowman’s comments come as Americans continue to grapple with high inflation, which edged up in December thanks to rising food and housing prices. President Joe Biden’s nearly $2 trillion American Rescue Plan, which Bowman voted for, contributed to those price hikes. Still, Bowman said he had no reservations...