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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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A Builder or a Blabber in the White House
By Betsy McCaughey
Wednesday, June 08 2016
On Monday, Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen gave a somber assessment of the current jobs market, throwing cold water on President Obama's election-year messaging. President Obama has been bragging that America has "the strongest" economy in the world. Right, and pigs can fly. GDP growth under Obama has averaged a stagnant 1.7 percent a year. Meanwhile, Ireland is growing at nearly 8 percent, and India at 7 percent. And the Obama economy isn't only a loser when compared with other countries. Compared with what Americans enjoyed for decades, this is "the worst economic-growth…
 
Measuring Life By the Spoonful
"How is your daughter doing?" is one of the most complicated questions I've had to answer.…
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Is Personal Responsibility Obsolete?
Among the many disturbing signs of our times are conservatives and libertarians of high intelligence…
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The 'War On Salt' Is Bad Policy Based on Bad Science
The Center for Science in the Public Interest, one of the few openly authoritarian organizations functioning…
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Don't Go Wobbly on Criminal Justice
Senator Tom Cotton (R - Arkansas) recently created controversy by observing that, contrary to fashionable…
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The $16 Billion Tax-Credit Black Hole
President Obama and GOP House Speaker Paul Ryan want to expand it. Tax preparation companies and illegal…
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Germs Multiply While CDC Fiddles
Federal officials are predicting doom because a Pennsylvania woman became infected with a germ that can't…
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Socialism for the Uninformed
Socialism sounds great. It has always sounded great. And it will probably always continue to sound great.…
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Captain America, Barack Obama and Surrender of U.S. Internet Authority
In the new blockbuster "Captain America: Civil War," which I highly recommend to anyone debating…
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CFIF Memorial Day Quiz
(Answer key may be found at the bottom) 1. Which one of the following Revolutionary War heroes…
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Obama's Deadly Globalism
Federal officials are warning that mosquitoes carrying Zika virus will start biting and infecting U.S.…
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Notable Quote   
 
"Last night, voters in seven states were asked whether they wanted to reduce property taxes through statewide ballot initiatives. Voters in Florida, North Carolina, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Georgia said yes, while those in Wyoming and Oklahoma said no.These ballot proposals follow dozens of property tax relief measures enacted in recent years in states like Texas, Ohio, and North Dakota.Among…[more]
 
 
— Mariana Trujillo, Reason Foundation
 
Liberty Poll   

Should there be a full-scale investigation of the Alaska Senate race in which a candidate with virtually the same name as the incumbent was recruited into the race to induce voter confusion.