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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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To Lower Health Costs, Legalize Catastrophic Health Insurance Plans for All
By Stephen Moore and David M. Simon
Wednesday, October 22 2025
The government shutdown has focused debate on the vast sum ($136 billion in 2025, as projected by the Congressional Budget Office) that the federal government spends to annually subsidize continually skyrocketing Obamacare health insurance premiums. The Wall Street Journal reports that regardless of how that fiscal tug-of-war turns out, health insurance premiums paid by Americans are expected to rise another 8% or 9% next year. The mega-health insurers are leading the charge for more subsidies because this money lands right in their pockets. Their profits and stock values have been soaring…
 
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Notable Quote   
 
"The most likely scenario for next week's election is ... that no one will learn anything. I can say that with some degree of confidence because in the last five election cycles or so, the learning curve has been so flat that if it was a politician's posterior, President Trump wouldn't even notice it. Campaigns, individuals, parties and super PACs are going to have spent northward of $12 billion…[more]
 
 
— Chris Stirewalt, The Hill
 
Liberty Poll   

Considering the exceptionally hostile mid-term elections rhetoric and activity, does that make you at all reluctant to vote in person?