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Doesn't explicitly say that it's directed towards them. >> catherine, there's been a lot of pushback on this from a lot of folks. and even some democrats are pushing back. former treasury secretary, larry summers, has said that it's going to make inflation worse. he says this isn't a good use of federal money. why do you say that? >> the inflation stuff i think directionally it could make inflation a little bit worse, it's gonna have a minimal effect, to be fair. my concern is that it's not a particularly targeted way to help people who are struggling with student loan debt. and there are peop...

And the reality is that pell grants or something that are really present in the black community. and that is because we're working with so many structural issues that upset us at a disadvantage from the beginning. less wealth to work with. we go into the workforce, we deal with a smaller wages and a paid at that particular for black women. so, it's a way of signaling support and intention around trying to ease the burden for black voters, even though it doesn't explicitly say that it's directed towards them. >> catherine, there's been a lot of pushback on this from a lot of folks. and even som...

Deal with this inflation thing. when you have an 88. >> steve: let the federal reserve worry about it. >> rachel: 88% of the american people saying we are on the wrong track. the progressives are saying whoa, whoa, whoa on all this inflation stuff. if you take down inflation right away here is what they said we are going to have problems dealing with the issues that we want to deal with. we need the nation's infrastructure and we want it to rely more on clean energy. we need this transformation. so just so you get it clear, the progressives within this administration are saying our number one ...

Report. what is interesting in it, this is the 11th month in a row, martha, where we've had better than 400,000 jobs added to the economy. it's a blistering pace. we're now net down from the covid hikes. 1.5 million jobs. one million jobs away from recouping all the jobs that were lost during covid. that's the good news. the bad news is the inflation stuff. tucked in the report is some very promising developments on the wage front. americans' wages have gone up about 5.6%. unfortunately inflation has gone up at an 8% clip. whatever they're making, they're paying out. that is a big problem here...

Neil: on paper, the economy looks pretty good. more than 400,000 americans found jobs, but when they do find jobs and find themselves making more money, they're eating it all away on, well, the stuff they want to eat because it's a lot more expensive. and it's already, already indicated to have slowed spending down. the latest fear up about two-tenths of a percent in february. so maybe all this inflation stuff is hitting home. to dan geltrude, following that. dan, you reminded me over the many months we were following in that there is a delay effect here, higher prices and people are forced to...