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...

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="668"] Biden Versus Trump on Inflation[/caption]

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August 17, 2026 • 04:40 PM
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Judge the 'Populist' Push for Price Controls on Populist Grounds
By Veronique de Rugy
Friday, October 09 2026
Most Americans apparently agree on at least one thing. Unfortunately, it's something dangerous: price controls. A new Wall Street Journal poll finds remarkable bipartisan support for government limits on prices, with 93% of Democrats and 83% of Republicans supporting capping prescription drug prices. Nearly four in five voters support capping credit card interest rates at 10%. And large majorities favor capping child care charges for working families. The Journal describes these policies as "populist." That's fair, although populism means something more specific than just being supported…
 
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Notable Quote   
 
"Fake polls aren't always fake news.For the second time this year, a new pollster has been caught flat-out fabricating political survey data.In August, Median Strategies was exposed as bogus after claiming its published poll showed that socialist Francesca Hong had a 23-point lead in the Democratic primary for governor of Wisconsin. She lost.Now we learn that Wedgewood Polls, another new polling company…[more]
  
 
— Dan McLaughlin, Senior Writer at National Review
 
Liberty Poll   

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