> Now if we can only get states (like California) to stop giving out stimulus payments (they literally calling it inflation stimulus;

I agree with you on this. They're ostensibly to help people afford to buy more gasoline. We should let the high gas prices change behavior instead.

> drop student debt forgiveness nonsense.

Not sure I agree with you on this. While I don't think it would be a great idea to forgive all student debt, I think a targeted forgiveness (under certain income/net worth threshold) of some student debt makes sense.