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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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Lessons from History: Lower Tax Rates Boosted Revenues and Increased Share Paid by Wealthier Americans
By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, January 17 2019
Some folks are born silver spoon in hand,
Lord, don’t they help themselves, y’all?
But when the tax man comes to the door,
Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale, yeah… —Creedence Clearwater Revival, “Fortunate Son” Although more ‘60s-vintage hyperbole than economics textbook prose, CCR’s lyric nevertheless captures that age-old dynamic of wealthier individuals minimizing their tax obligations by gaming the system to reduce taxable income.  The higher the ostensible tax rate, the greater their incentive to exploit…
 
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