FREEDOM LINE BLOG: Inflation: Comparing Trump and Biden...
Democrats hope to press the "affordability" issue in this year's midterm election season, but there'…
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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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As Our Economy Continues to Stagnate, the U.S. Falls Again in Annual Index of Economic Freedom
By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, February 04 2016
Last week, the U.S. Commerce Department announced that our economy grew just 0.7% in the final quarter of 2015.  Days later, the annual Wall Street Journal/Heritage Foundation Index of Economic Freedom revealed that our standing once again declined last year.  Adding particular poignancy is the way in which those two measures tragically interrelate over the past decade.  Specifically, the Commerce Department announcement means that America's economy grew just 2.4% for the year 2015, the tenth straight year that we've grown less than 3%.  To put that into proper perspective…
 
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