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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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The Puerto Rican Government Bailout that Only Few Know (and We're Pretty Sure They Don't Want You to Know)
By Thomas Humber
Thursday, May 12 2016
Who knew that the scariest word to official Washington these days isn't ISIS?  It isn't Iran or North Korea or Russia.  It isn't even indictment.  It's “bailout.” We learned that when CFIF ran some television and radio ads and sent around some position papers saying that Congress was about to bail out the Puerto Rican government.  We were very specific on how that was going to happen ... and who was going to pay for it:  those who invested in Puerto Rico's bonds on the promise that they were safe, so safe they were backed by Puerto Rico's constitution (which…
 
Donald Trump: An Equal and Opposite Reaction to Barack Obama
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What Government Can't Do
Let's call this the most unsurprising headline of the year so far: "Marriage Increases the Odds…
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Medicare Cuts Killing Seniors
President Obama's Medicare cuts are killing seniors. His health law changed Medicare, adding bonuses…
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Dry Rot in Academia
Jason Riley has now joined the long and distinguished list of people invited — and then disinvited —…
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Court Halts Liberal Campaign to Intimidate Conservative Donors
Throughout American history, our First Amendment freedoms of speech and association have frequently demanded…
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Tale of Two Tribes: 'Climate Refugees' vs. EPA Victims
The left has concocted a lucrative category of politically correct victims: "climate refugees."…
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Congress’s Role in Puerto Rico’s Debt Crisis
The Center for Individual Freedom (CFIF) has been a vocal opponent of H.R. 4900, the Puerto Rico Oversight…
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No, Obama Didn't Prevent the Next Great Depression
"Saving the economy from a great depression."  That was Barack Obama's response when…
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Obama's Killer Economy
Middle-aged people laid off and unable to find work are taking another way out. They're killing themselves.…
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Bernie Sanders asserts with religious fervor that "the rich" must pay more in taxes. …
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"Democrats swept elections coast to coast on Tuesday night and seized control of Congress and prized statehouses in the deep red South, as Americans punished Republicans for failing to finish the job of taming inflation and fixing an economy about to be transformed by artificial intelligence.Hispanic, young and independent voters who powered Donald Trump's improbable comeback in 2024 markedly…[more]
 
 
— John Solomon, Chief Executive Officer and Editor in Chief of Just the News
 
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