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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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“From Keynesian to Ponzian” – Obama’s Stimulus One Year Later
By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, February 18 2010
“America continues to move from Keynesian to Ponzian economics.”  So said former chess champion Garry Kasparov in his February 13 Wall Street Journal commentary. Kasparov’s observation was particularly timely, since this week marks the one-year anniversary of Barack Obama’s $787 billion “stimulus” bill.  Although a former Soviet icon and now a pro-democracy activist in Russia, Kasparov may have captured the essence of Obama’s massive stimulus boondoggle more cogently than any domestic observer.  The term “Keynesian,” of course…
 
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"The Democratic battle for control of the House of Representatives is entering its final stretch, with Republicans defending a narrow majority and Democrats seeking the handful of seats needed to take control of the chamber.With Election Day around the corner, competitive races have expanded across traditionally Republican districts, while a number of Democratic-held seats also remain in play…[more]
  
 
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