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With just 115 days until the midterm elections, we are now beginning to see stories based on outcome predictions for the House and Senate, and even though it is not a presidential election, “will he run” stories looking ahead to 2024 proliferate … about both Biden and Trump.
President Biden, who frequently says he doesn’t look at the polls, got all worked up over a poll indicating that 92 percent would vote for him against former President Trump if the election were today.… read more
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On July 10, 2022, I wrote about the economics of “no free lunch,” believing it was time for a refresher as we experience the rising costs of everything and the specter of inflation. However, it seems as though economics “experts” in the White House need more than a refresher.
Reading the editorial “No Business Experience,” in Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal, revealing that of the 68 top executive-branch officials who shape Biden administration economic policy, have an average of just 2.4 years of business experience. … read more
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You know this, but I figured a refresher can’t hurt as we note that consumer confidence has hit a low last seen a decade ago. It occurred to me while reading from David Bahnsen’s book, “There’s No Free Lunch.”
Last November, as I wrote about President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda that he claimed wouldn’t raise taxes on anyone making under $400,000 a year, I reminded you of Milton Friedman’s statement, “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.”… read more
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Confidence in America is in the dumper and President Biden hopes to make the Roe v. Wade decision the issue during the midterms, saying “We cannot allow an out-of-control Supreme Court working in conjunction with extremist elements of the Republican Party to take away freedoms.”
He seems to forget that Donald Trump was elected partly because he said he would, and name conservative constitutionalists to the Court. … read more
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THE GALL OF CHINA, the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, slamming the Supreme Court ruling limiting Washington’s ability to regulate power sector emissions, wants President Biden to push ahead with his climate agenda,
While China continues to invest in new coal power plants, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian lectured Biden to “fulfill his duties,” and to “face up to (the U.S.’s… read more
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On occasion, I read what Sarah Hoyt is thinking in her blog, According to Hoyt, and each time I read it with interest. In March, I told you about her seeing herself as a politics addict, which she follows “more than is good for my brain and blood pressure.”… read more
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Returning from my short vacation, I began looking through my stack of stuff, good stuff, that I have saved for my return. In addition, I collected material during the vacation that I want to share with you, along with some new stuff requiring comment. There’s a plethora of information, so I will be keeping it brief.… read more
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Back “where a friend is a friend” … that’s you, fans of kramerontheright … to borrow the words from the 1940s song by cowboy star Gene Autry. I’m back from a brief respite with family and friends. While my wife and I enjoyed ourselves, I missed passing along my thoughts on current events.… read more
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What in God’s name, to use a Biden phrase, do those Washington idiots think they’re accomplishing?
Members of the House, overwhelming approved 396-27, legislation that would extend police protection to the immediate families of the justices, following legislation approved by the Senate earlier. And President Biden is expecting to sign it.… read more