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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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Obama’s “Hair of the Dog” Economic Policy Creates Uncertainty, Not Lasting Recovery
By Timothy H. Lee
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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Although Canada ultimately has much more to lose than the U.S. and does play fast and loose on some trade issues, given all other current concerns, is this the time to escalate a tariff war?