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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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Why Can’t California Democrats Understand the Importance of Economic Growth?
By Ashton Ellis
Tuesday, July 05 2011
With California’s new budget that went into effect on July 1, one question comes to mind about the unsustainable method of governing employed by California’s Democrats: Why on earth can’t these people understand that in order to afford the welfare state a government must first concern itself with economic growth, and only then with providing social services?  The argument is simple.  Economic growth makes welfare possible.  Since nice things cost money, it is logical to ask how a new program will be paid for before agreeing to create it.  Granted, that order…
 
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Notable Quote   
 
"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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