Few laws in recent memory have been sold to the public with as much spin and as little truth as the Inflation Reduction Act. Years after this sham bill passed without a single Republican vote, it’s clear that reducing inflation was never the point.
What the IRA did do was pump hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars into climate subsidies, corporate handouts, and politically favored “green” technologies, all under the false promise of economic relief. Originally projected to cost under $400 billion, it could now top $1 trillion, according to some estimates.
If the goal was reducing inflation, the so-called Inflation Reduction Act failed. If the goal was wasting billions of dollars expanding government control over energy, transportation, and industry, it’s doing exactly what it was designed to do.
And yet, some Republicans are still suggesting that parts of the law might be worth preserving. Keeping any of the IRA’s provisions intact would be a grave mistake. The IRA isn’t legislation that can be salvaged. It’s a structurally unsound bill built on corrupt priorities. It can’t be trimmed. It must be repealed in full.
