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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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August 17, 2026 • 04:40 PM
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Projections vs. Scenarios, and Why Politicians Should Care
By Veronique de Rugy
Thursday, May 30 2024
Congressional Budget Office projections provide valuable insights into how a big chunk of your income is being spent and reveal the long-term consequences of our government's current fiscal policies – you may endure them, and your children most certainly will. Yet, like most other projections looking into our future, these numbers should be taken with a grain of salt. So should claims that CBO projections validate anyone's fiscal track record. So much can and likely will happen to make projections moot and our fiscal outlook much grimmer. Unforeseen events, economic changes and…
 
Biden's All-of-Government Vote-Buying Scheme
To bet on the upcoming presidential election, don't just rely on polls. Look at the billions of taxpayer…
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'Whatever They Can Get Him for Is Fine With Me'
The trial of former President Donald Trump is heading toward a conclusion. For those who at the beginning…
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5 Reasons to Make the Trump Tax Cut Permanent
No issue defines the diametrically opposite economic philosophies of Joe Biden and Donald Trump than…
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Making It Easier to Make Things in America
With more tariffs on electric vehicles and an election featuring two pro-tariff presidential candidates…
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Don't Let America's Biggest Money Managers Play Politics with Your Pension
Are you paying attention to what the money managers who you've entrusted with your lifetime savings are…
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The Trump Trial and 2016 Election Truthers
Former President Donald Trump and some Republicans famously rejected the results of the 2020 election.…
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Stop the Migrant Invasion
Americans don't have to surrender their country to the millions wading across the Rio Grande and crashing…
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Biden's Tariffs Are Bad. Biden's Tariffs Coupled With EV Mandates Are Even Worse.
Not long ago, President Joe Biden promised to transform the American auto industry – "first…
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Biden Is the Cause of Global Chaos, not a Victim of It
In 2020, Joe Biden narrowly won after selling himself as a moderate, stable, seasoned veteran who would…
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Prices are threads stitching together the fabric of our economy. They guide countless producers, here…
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Notable Quote   
 
"As last week's midterms demonstrated, young people appear poised to drive American politics, and particularly the Democratic Party, further to the left. This is particularly true in big cities. New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani was elected last year with crucial support from younger voters, while in Los Angeles, preelection surveys showed democratic socialist (and now Mayor-elect) Nithya Raman leading…[more]
 
 
— Joel Kotkin, Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University and Senior Research Fellow at the Civitas Institute
 
Liberty Poll   

Despite Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's reckless personal behavior, should any adult following the strategic importance of international chip wars believe China has not had access for some time?