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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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Congress to Raise Debt Ceiling: Why You Should Care
By Sam Batkins
Thursday, December 17 2009
For most people, “deficit spending” and the “national debt” are nothing more than fancy terms of art thrown around by Ivy League economists and Washington elites, incomprehensibly large numbers with which only certified smart people concern themselves.  Who really cares that the House of Representatives this week voted to raise the U.S. debt ceiling?  After all, a national deficit the country has been carrying around since the Revolutionary War really has no effect on the everyday lives of average middle-class American families, right? Wrong. Our nation’s…
 
'Twas the Week Before Christmas*
'Twas the week before Christmas, when Congress met, So eager they were, to pile on the debt; They…
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Chavez the Clown Completes Copenhagen Climate Circus
The ongoing United Nations global warming summit in Copenhagen was a circus of the absurd from its inception. …
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Two Faces of Obama in Oslo
Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)
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Working for The Man: Federal Employment Spike Exacerbates Dependency on the State
If you’re an experienced worker looking for employment during the recession and in need of some…
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In the Shadow of the Minaret
In the six and half decades since the conclusion of World War Two, Europe – the fountainhead of…
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Sarbanes-Oxley: An Unconstitutional Monument to Governmental Incompetence
Remember when Sarbanes-Oxley was supposed to prevent future market failures?  It was July 30, 2002…
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The Evolution of a President: Not Yet Trans-Partisan
“We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the Stars and Stripes, all of us defending…
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ClimateGate in Perspective: The Road Ahead
The global fallout resulting from the scandalous revelations of ClimateGate cannot be overestimated or…
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Jobs for Us or Jobs Being Done On Us?
If you are like most Americans, you probably did not hear about the Obama Administration’s “jobs…
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Does Barack Obama Even Comprehend "Climategate?"
"A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be." 
~Albert…
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Notable Quote   
 
"Claims that Donald Trump poses a grave threat to democracy likely contributed to Democrats' smashing success in Tuesday's elections. Ironically, the president's efforts to bring more democratic accountability to government may prove to be one of his most durable achievements -- despite persistent progressive pushback poised to ramp up under divided government. Although Trump is often described…[more]
 
 
— Benjamin Weingarten, RealClearInvestigations
 
Liberty Poll   

Should there be a full-scale investigation of the Alaska Senate race in which a candidate with virtually the same name as the incumbent was recruited into the race to induce voter confusion.