Democrats hope to press the "affordability" issue in this year's midterm election season, but there'…
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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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Thursday, October 29 2009
The recession that began almost two years ago appears to be finally petering out, as American recessions eventually always do.  Sure enough, as predictably as the sun rising over the eastern horizon, Barack Obama hustled before his teleprompter this week to inform us that “the steps we’ve taken have made a difference.”  If that’s so, then why are the prospects for continued recovery so gloomy?  Usually, the end of a recession triggers upbeat expectations and opportunities for growth, so why not now?  The simple answer is that the Obama Administration’s…
 
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"There was a time when diesel fuel was usually cheaper than gasoline in the United States. That relationship began to change about 20 years ago, and since then diesel has generally traded at a premium. Today, that premium is not just persistent but unusually large, which raises an obvious question: how did we get from gasoline typically costing more than diesel to diesel costing substantially more…[more]
 
 
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