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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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Larry Kudlow Is a Big Upgrade for the White House
By David Harsanyi
Thursday, March 15 2018
President Donald Trump will reportedly name Larry Kudlow head of the White House National Economic Council. For fans of pro-growth policies — deregulation, low taxation and open trade — it's great news for obvious reasons. Kudlow has been a decadeslong champion of these ideas, and those with coherent philosophies tend to offer some stability and continuity. This administration could use more of those things, not less. Kudlow is also a noticeable upgrade over the outgoing Gary Cohn, not only because he has been a far more consistent voice for free markets — Cohn's…
 
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Notable Quote   
 
"The most likely scenario for next week's election is ... that no one will learn anything. I can say that with some degree of confidence because in the last five election cycles or so, the learning curve has been so flat that if it was a politician's posterior, President Trump wouldn't even notice it. Campaigns, individuals, parties and super PACs are going to have spent northward of $12 billion…[more]
 
 
— Chris Stirewalt, The Hill
 
Liberty Poll   

Considering the exceptionally hostile mid-term elections rhetoric and activity, does that make you at all reluctant to vote in person?