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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...

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="668"] Biden Versus Trump on Inflation[/caption]

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August 17, 2026 • 04:40 PM
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Manchin Flip-Flops on “Build Back Better” Tax Increases
By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, August 04 2022
With Americans increasingly desperate for a life preserver, Senator Joe Manchin (D – West Virginia) instead just threw them an anvil forged by Chuck Schumer (D – New York).   Although our economy just entered a recession, Manchin inexplicably decided that now’s the perfect time to reverse years of promises by supporting higher taxes and punishing new regulations.   Recall that as far back as October 2010, Manchin categorically renounced any willingness to raise taxes during a recession.  “I don’t think during a time of recession you…
 
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