President Joe Biden has a well-documented history of exaggerating his accomplishments while downplaying his failures. But in recent months, the president has taken this dishonest strategy to a whole new level, routinely misleading the American people to score political points, especially on topics related to economic growth. The following are four of Biden’s biggest lies about the economy, as well as the data you need to prove to friends and family that the […]
Justin Haskins
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A new poll by The Heartland Institute and Rasmussen Reports of 1,000 likely voters, conducted December 6-7, 2020, finds that a vast majority of likely voters prefer a free-market economic system as opposed to a socialist economic system. The poll comes after a November election in which socialist candidates made important inroads, including in state legislatures and the U.S. Congress. Despite this, the new poll conducted by Heartland/Rasmussen shows that […]
The United States is facing an unprecedented debt crisis. Prior to the outbreak of COVID-19, the federal government’s national debt totaled $23 trillion, and it was on schedule for amassing a $1 trillion deficit in 2020 alone. In the wake of the pandemic, things have become much, much worse. Trillions of dollars have already been spent on dealing with the economic and health impacts caused by the coronavirus, and trillions […]
The greatest threat facing the United States today doesn’t come from China, Iran, or even Russia; it’s the growing number of Americans who believe Karl Marx’s socialism provides the best strategy for making our communities safer, healthier, and more prosperous. But the most significant danger posed by socialism isn’t that its implementation would lead to greater poverty and fewer property rights, it’s that socialism would create numerous moral problems, including […]