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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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If You Like How Big Government Runs the Post Office, You’ll Love How It Runs the Tech Industry
By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, May 07 2009
America’s telecommunications sector has withstood the economic downturn remarkably well.  In spite of this, or perhaps precisely because of this, it might be the next target of government overreach.  As The Wall Street Journal noted this week, the tech sector has helped lift the markets from their recent troughs.  Contrary to historical norms, no stock market sector has outperformed technology this year, including traditional consumer staples and health care, which typically withstand economic recessions better than other sectors.  Bucking those patterns…
 
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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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