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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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Paying Top Dollar and Getting Bupkis
By Betsy McCaughey
Wednesday, April 17 2024
If you pay New York state taxes, you're paying top dollar and getting bupkis. Nothing in the budget deal announced in Albany on Tuesday changes that. State tax money is supposed to provide services and improve the state's economic outlook. But a report released last week shows the state's economic prospects plunging to dead last among the 50 states. As for services, New York ranks 47th, fourth from the bottom, in what residents get for the money, according to WalletHub. New York spends the most per public school student, but students perform worse by every measure than students in neighboring…
 
Joe Biden on the Economy: I Don't Feel Your Pain
In 1992, Democratic presidential nominee Bill Clinton famously answered a voter question about how the…
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Joe Biden Is Now Chasing the 'Death to America' Voter
It was Al-Quds Day last Friday. To celebrate the occasion, protesters in Dearborn, Michigan, chanted…
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IRS Numbers Shred Biden’s “Fair Share” Platitudes
Do wealthy Americans pay their “fair share” of income taxes?   If “fair”…
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America's Fiscal Ethos: From Alexander Hamilton's Day to Our Own
Washington Post columnist Megan McArdle recently wrote that the best argument made in favor of limiting…
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The Reality of Migrant Crime
There's been an ongoing political debate lately about crimes committed by migrants who entered the United…
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H5N1 Pandemic Test Case – Biden Administration Not Ready
The H5N1 virus, which for 30 years affected mostly birds, is rapidly evolving and spreading globally.…
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Biggest Corporate Welfare Scam of All Time
President Joe Biden keeps lecturing corporate America to "pay your fair share" of taxes. It…
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RFK Jr. Is Right About Joe Biden
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. can be an unhinged leftist and crackpot, but he also happens to be correct about…
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Washington's 'Job Creation' Circus Is Hitting the Road
In the grand circus of politics, where elephants and donkeys alike perform under the big top, there's…
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When A 'Difficult Conversation' Threatens Free Speech
Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland is perhaps the leading Trump inquisitor in the House of Representatives.…
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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.