FREEDOM LINE BLOG: Inflation: Comparing Trump and Biden...
Democrats hope to press the "affordability" issue in this year's midterm election season, but there'…
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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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By Veronique de Rugy
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The U.S. national debt just crossed the $40 trillion threshold, doubling in less than a decade. Washington politicians have responded with their favorite fiscal game: blaming the other party. Democrats say Republican tax cuts are the culprit. Republicans say Democratic spending is the root cause. But both parties are responsible, with both hiding behind a lie of omission. And if we let them, they'll keep driving us into the same wall together. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) recently called Republican tax cuts "the single biggest driver" of the debt across the last 25 years. The number uses…
 
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"As we watch public buildings, stores, and places of worship go up in smoke in France, we wonder if it could happen here. The reality is that while youth in France suffer far higher unemployment, approaching 20%, our youth here have never had more education, better technology, greater opportunity, or higher living standards. And yet many are souring on America.The number of young college graduates…[more]
  
 
— Mark Penn, Pollster, and Andrew Stein, Former New York City Council President
 
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