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Image of the Day: The Ongoing Biden Pay Cut

Posted without additional commentary, per the latest Labor Department data, here's an illustration from economist Steve Moore of the immediate and ongoing pay cut that Americans have experienced since Joe Biden became president:

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June 06, 2023 • 11:45 AM

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Professional Golf's Political Meltdown
By Byron York
Wednesday, May 17 2023
For more than a year, professional golf has been engulfed in a civil war over money and politics. The cause has been the creation of a new tour, funded by the vastly wealthy government of Saudi Arabia, to challenge the dominance – some would say the monopoly – of the PGA Tour. The PGA Tour has reacted like any other business facing a potentially mortal threat. It has tried to strangle the new tour, known as LIV Golf, by threatening lifetime banishment for any PGA Tour player who defects to the new league. It has carried through on those punishments. It has offered…
 
Democrats' New Rule: Migrants First, Everyone Last
Democrats' new rule: If you're not a migrant, go to the back of the line. Gary Moretti and his fiancee…
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The Green Movement Is a Jobs Killer. Are Unions Finally Figuring This Out?
Could it be that union bosses are finally waking up to the cold reality that the greatest threat…
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The Democrats' Debt Ceiling Position Makes Zero Sense
"If you buy a car," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre explained the other day…
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U.S. Score Falls to All-Time Low in 2023 Index of Economic Freedom
Economic freedom, which includes physical and intellectual property rights, made the United States the…
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Why the Debt Ceiling Continues to Matter
The debt-ceiling standoff has people concerned about what will happen if the U.S. defaults on its debt.…
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Most Americans Don't Believe Biden Fit to Serve – Now What?
President Joe Biden was born Nov. 20, 1942. That has been a well-known fact, or at least a widely available…
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Making Homelessness a Valid Lifestyle Choice Is Wrong
Americans must not surrender to the new normal of squalor and urban chaos – of tent encampments…
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Federal Trade Commission's Call of Duty Maneuver Is Actually a Dereliction of It
The British antitrust cops just announced they will oppose the proposed blockbuster $68.7 billion merger…
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Instead of Smearing Justices, Senators Should Be Asking Them For Ethics Lessons
The concerted effort by the media and Democrats to delegitimize the Supreme Court is the most consequential…
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Supreme Court Poised to Limit Federal Regulatory Overreach
"We have studiously attempted to work our way around it, and even left it unremarked.  But…
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"By now, much of the country has heard or read about the City University of New York law school graduate who was allowed to unspool a spiteful tirade as the school's commencement speaker. She made a number of vile statements, but her call to 'fight against capitalism' stood out to us. She and her fellow travelers know what few casual observers are aware of, that is, an attack on capitalism is an attack…[more]
 
 
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