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Inflation Record: Biden Versus Trump

In our latest Liberty Update, we highlight the welcome series of positive economic news since Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, including his superior record on inflation compared to his predecessor Joe Biden.  As is often the case, our friends at Unleash Prosperity have captured that inflation comparison in a helpful image, which is worth sharing and keeping in mind when the media continues to do its best to badmouth the Trump economy:

 

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November 04, 2025 • 01:14 PM

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Obama’s Welfare Abuses: From Worse to Worst
By Quin Hillyer
Wednesday, July 25 2012
My colleague Ashton Ellis was Johnny-on-the-spot two weeks ago in highlighting the utter lawlessness of the Obama administration’s move to gut a core requirement of welfare reform – but a fortnight later, it looks as if the implications are even worse than they first appeared. As Ellis and the Heritage Foundation both explained, Obama issued an executive order purporting to “waive” the work requirements that were so important to the 1996 overhaul of what had been Aid to Families with Dependent Children – the most prominent of the 73 different types of “welfare”…
 
U.S. Green Building Council: An Unchecked Taxpayer-Supported Monopoly
Something called the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) enjoys de facto authority over government…
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Real Danger of the UN’s Arms Trade Treaty Is in the Interpretation, Not the Text
Ever heard of transnational legal theory?  If the Obama Administration gets its way, the United…
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The Train to Nowhere: The Dream of California Liberals Becomes a Nightmare
“This is a courageous step forward for California’s future.” Those were the words…
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“How Did the Regulators Miss This?”
Is that not our eternal lament?  We refer derisively to World War I as “The War to End All…
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A More Perfect Airline Union? Questions for Stakeholders
The airline industry is at a turning point.  With expenses increasing, the industry’s big…
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Conservative Governors Are Right to Resist Medicaid Expansion
In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision upholding ObamaCare, at least this much is clear:…
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Labor Costs Drive More Cities into Bankruptcy, Union Political Spending Four Times Higher Than Earlier Estimates
Compare the real-world results of conservative versus liberal governance in America.  In states…
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Republican Governors Leading Nationwide Charge on Education Reform
Over the past three years, the Tea Party’s gifts to conservative politics have been legion, but…
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Time to Punish Ecuador’s Stock in Trade
For years, now, I have been arguing that Ecuador’s horrendous maltreatment of the California-based…
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Poll: Public Approval of Supreme Court Plummets
One week after the Supreme Court’s perplexing ObamaCare – pardon, ObamaTax – decision…
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Notable Quote   
 
"President Donald Trump made a late bid to swing the New York City mayoral race, urging voters to back Andrew Cuomo in an effort to block Zohran Mamdani, a frequent target of the president's ire.Cuomo is a long-time Democrat and former governor of New York who is now running as an independent after losing the Democratic primary to Mamdani, a democratic socialist who leads in the polls.'I would much…[more]
 
 
— Zac Anderson, USA Today
 
Liberty Poll   

Do you believe that President Trump's apparently successful meeting with Chinese President Xi indicates a lasting reduction of major trade disputes or just a temporary respite?