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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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Death, Taxes ... and More Taxes
By Sam Batkins
Thursday, December 03 2009
It has been said that taxes are the price we pay for living in a civilized society.  If that’s true, with the federal government collecting over $2 trillion in taxes this year, civility must be at an all-time high. Unsatisfied, however, the House of Representatives took another swing at the tree of liberty this week when it increased the Death Tax from 0% to 45%.  Unfortunately, that figure is no typo.  Speaker Pelosi and her gang of class warfare acolytes voted to raise the Death Tax, euphemistically referred to as the “Estate Tax,” from 0% in the year 2010 to 45%.  Under…
 
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The Politician America Needs: Margaret Thatcher
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Health Care Turncoats
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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.