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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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“Net Neutrality” Is Bidenomics for the Internet
By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, October 19 2023
Bidenomics continues to punish working Americans, sow uncertainty and imperil the U.S. economy.   That’s the leading reason why Joe Biden himself remains deeply unpopular, and his reelection prospects grow increasingly dubious.   According to the federal government’s own data, the Bidenomics agenda of heavy-handed regulation and needless partisan activism have increased inflation over 17.1% since January 2021.  That means a typical American family now pays $1,261 per month more, or $15,133 annually, for the exact same basket of goods and services compared…
 
Americans Learned a Financial-Crisis Lesson. Washington Did Not.
Congress and the Biden administration seem unaware that rising interest rates are about as "transitory"…
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United Nations Is Useless
The United Nations is useless.  The United States is pouring more than $12 billion a year of our…
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GOP Candidate: The 2024 Race Is 'Stuck'
An extraordinary document emerged from the 2024 Republican presidential race this week, and it isn't…
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Our Public Schools Are a National Disaster
Perhaps what's most distressing about the latest collapse in high school test scores is that no one seems…
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It’s Looking a Lot Like 1979 Again
Painful inflation.  Rising interest rates.  Societal malaise.  Now add to that toxic mix…
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The Cult of 'Forever Low' Interest Rates Had to End Sometime
Countless financial soothsayers and Wall Street wizards were once members of a curious cult. Their doctrine?…
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If Biden Really Wants to Help Israel, He Must Stop the War on American Energy Now
President Joe Biden solemnly declared today that he stands with Israel against the terrorists. Great.…
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Rent Control Is a Disaster. Don't Let It Spread Across the Nation.
America's renters – more than one-third of the nation's households – are…
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The RFK Jr. Wild Card
For all the talk that has sometimes surrounded his presidential candidacy, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was…
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'Good Government' Is a Two-Way Street
You've undoubtedly noticed how up-in-arms everyone becomes when the government is on the verge of shutting…
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Notable Quote   
 
"The Doomsday Clock, last adjusted in January, has not since moved any closer to forecasting global catastrophe. But media headlines over the course of 2026 have moved in that direction and are suggestive that midnight is drawing nearer.Silicon Valley companies, including Anthropic, OpenAI, and xAI, are warning that artificial intelligence -- renamed 'super intelligence' by President Trump's…[more]
 
 
— Mark Toth and Jonathan Sweet, Co-Founders of INTREP360
 
Liberty Poll   

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