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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... Biden Versus Trump on Inflation

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August 17, 2026 • 04:40 PM
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Even Pew and The Washington Post Admit: Wealthier Americans Pay More Than Their “Fair Share”
By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, April 16 2026
April 15 Tax Day arrived this week, and with it a widespread reminder that transcends our otherwise polarized and tribalized politics:  We pay too much in taxes to Washington, D.C.   This year, however, brought a surprising but welcome “Man Bites Dog” quality to the annual ritual:  Reports from the left-leaning Washington Post and Pew Research suggesting that income taxes are too high for all brackets, including “the rich.”   According to Pew, a record number of Americans now believe they pay more than their fair share of taxes, detailing…
 
Debunking Five Tax Day Myths
Every April, Americans spend more than 7 billion hours filing taxes and roughly the same amount of time…
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JD Vance's Hard Road to 2028
Vice President JD Vance faced an impossible task trying to negotiate an end to the U.S.-Israeli war against…
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Price Controls Will Deny Millions of Americans Credit Cards
There's a famous scene in the movie "The Graduate" in which a young Dustin Hoffman receives…
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CFIF Commends the Tennessee House of Representatives for Passing Significant Certificate-of-Need (CON) Reform Legislation
 Bill Will Repeal CON Laws for Acute Care Hospitals and Other Critical Services  NASHVILLE…
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American Franchise Act (AFA) Offers Bipartisan Reform for Small Businesses and American Workers
Year after year, public opinion polling shows that Americans feel more positively toward small businesses…
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Can Trump Cut Through Fog and Focus on Iran Goal?
President Donald Trump says he finds it insulting to hear critics say he does not have a plan to win…
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Show Me the Money - The Trump Tax Cuts Benefit the Middle Class
Democrats keep attacking President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 as a tax cut for…
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Everyone Knows What the Democrats' AIPAC Obsession Is Really About
California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer says that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee…
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Et Tu, World Bank? Industrial Policy on the International Scene
The World Bank recently published a 276-page report supporting the idea that industrial policy belongs…
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Will the Insane Shutdown Ever End?
It seems weird to say, but Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., appears to believe Democrats…
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Notable Quote   
 
"Last night, voters in seven states were asked whether they wanted to reduce property taxes through statewide ballot initiatives. Voters in Florida, North Carolina, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Georgia said yes, while those in Wyoming and Oklahoma said no.These ballot proposals follow dozens of property tax relief measures enacted in recent years in states like Texas, Ohio, and North Dakota.Among…[more]
 
 
— Mariana Trujillo, Reason Foundation
 
Liberty Poll   

Should there be a full-scale investigation of the Alaska Senate race in which a candidate with virtually the same name as the incumbent was recruited into the race to induce voter confusion.