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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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State Reform Spotlight: What a MESSA! Michigan’s Fight to Save Money on Teacher Health Insurance
By Ashton Ellis
Thursday, June 21 2012
Wisconsin’s Scott Walker isn’t the only Midwestern governor to facedown a recall threat after altering the balance of power between the state teachers union and local taxpayers.  On September 24, 2011, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signed into law a simple reform that could save taxpayers as much as $1 billion within the next decade, but not without provoking two separate recall efforts.      So far, the change has allowed several local Michigan school districts to realize hundreds of thousands of dollars in savings, with more on the horizon as current…
 
Mitch Daniels: A Study in Political Character
In “The Restaurant at the End of the Universe,” Douglas Adams wrote “It is a well known…
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Is Liberalism Really Dead?
Liberalism is dead. So says The American Spectator founder R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., who is invariably…
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Steak Dinners and Slurpees: Numbers Refute Obama’s Attempt to Blame Deficits on Tax Cuts and Wars
In his most petulant and desperate demeanor yet, Barack Obama this week doubled down on blaming his own…
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Report: Obama’s UAW Bailout Swindle Confirmed
A new report by the Heritage Foundation shows that President Barack Obama’s bailout of the auto…
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Congressional Spend-fest Continues
This country is still spending itself into oblivion, and not even the Republican House is putting up…
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Obama’s Real Gaffe Was About the Public Sector
It was the gaffe heard ‘round the world. If Barack Obama’s political adversaries had been…
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Rare Consensus: 80% of Americans Oppose U.N. Internet Authority
Think about the Internet.  Think about the United Nations (UN).  Now imagine the Internet…
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Voters Reward Courage and Trust in Wisconsin, San Jose
Having the courage to speak the truth and trusting citizens to vote accordingly aren’t qualities…
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Jon Kyl: The Man Who Should be Romney’s Running Mate
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“The White House will apologize for this outrageous mistake.  It’s a shame that such…
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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?