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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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“Bidenomics” - U.S. Falls to Record Low in Annual Index of Economic Freedom
By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, March 07 2024
The interrelationship between economic freedom and societal prosperity across the expanse of human history remains self-evident to reasonable minds.   It’s nevertheless invaluable to possess a tool to objectively measure economic freedom and quantify its causal relationship with societal prosperity.   That’s precisely what the Heritage Foundation’s annual Index of Economic Freedom provides, for which we should be collectively grateful.   Unfortunately, this year the United States fell to its lowest position in the history of the Index, which probably…
 
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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?