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Inflation: Comparing Trump and Biden...

Democrats hope to press the "affordability" issue in this year's midterm election season, but there's one potentially glaring problem for them, as illustrated by our friends at Unleash Prosperity...

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August 17, 2026 • 04:40 PM
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Americans Are Right: Inflation Is Not Just the Fed's Problem
By Veronique de Rugy
Thursday, September 17 2026
Inflation hasn't gone away – it's going up. With the midterm elections seven weeks off, that's a problem for the president and Congress. Voters hate inflation. They don't much like the cure either, and the cure has two parts. The Federal Reserve raising interest rates, like it just did, is one. The second part is overlooked and in the hands of Congress. Indeed, the Fed can't bring inflation down for good unless lawmakers show they will back the debt with future fiscal surpluses. That means becoming serious about overspending. The Consumer Price Index shows prices rising by 0.4%…
 
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