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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 2023: Inflation Down, Prices Up
By Byron York
Wednesday, November 15 2023
The government announced Tuesday that the Consumer Price Index rose 3.2% in October from the same time last year. That is less than the 3.7% prices rose in September, leading to a lot of commentary about "good news" on inflation. "Today we saw more progress bringing down inflation while maintaining one of the strongest job markets in history," President Joe Biden said in a statement. "At 3.2%, annual inflation is now down by 65% from the peak." Democrats will certainly hope that Biden, whose job approval for handling the economy has been in the 30s and shows no sign…
 
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"In Henry VI, Shakespeare wrote, 'Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends.' Many today would like to chisel those words above the doors to the Supreme Court. Time and time again, justices waited too long for their own legacies.For many conservatives, the decisive loss of both houses of Congress has created a true nightmare scenario in which two conservatives (Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel…[more]
  
 
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