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2) Do You Trust the Government To Do the Right Thing Most of the Time?
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Maybe it is the money drain of the EV program that explains this: The Wall Street Journal published a chart yesterday showing that only 16% of Americans trust the government’s competence. That’s the lowest percentage who have trusted the government in six decades.
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Contrast that result with our CTUP poll of cultural elites and Ivy League graduates. We found that 70% of elites trust the government to do the right thing “most of the time” and even more astounding 89% of Ivy League super-elites do.
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Perhaps this is because the elites RUN the government, or have lawyers and lobbyists to help them maneuver around it. Most everyday Americans don’t have that luxury.
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3) One Year After East Palestine, OH Train Derailment - Where’s Biden?
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The East Palestine train crash a year ago is a reminder of yet another crisis that Joe Biden flunked. Here we are a year later and Biden still hasn’t shown up. (Sounds like Democrats have given up on Ohio.) His Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg – the man who rides his bike partially to his office in DC for the cameramen – used the occasion of the one-year anniversary of the derailment to compare railroad executives to robber barons ("fewer mustaches, fewer beards, just as much power") and promises a regulatory crackdown.
It was a low blow. The rail industry responded with a letter reminding Pete that the Biden administration’s own data shows rail is one of the SAFEST industries in America. Shouldn’t our Transportation Secretary know that?
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4) Who Says There’s No More Inflation?
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This headline from the Chicago Tribune caught our attention:
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“In a letter to Chicago Bears season ticket holders, President and CEO Kevin Warren said price increases will range from 6.2% to 11.3% for a 2024 schedule with one preseason and eight regular-season games at Soldier Field.”
Wait! the Bears went 7-9 last year – which is the very definition of mediocrity – and they’re RAISING ticket prices?
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5) For the Thousandth Time: America Is NOT a Democracy!
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The left's favorite word these days is DEMOCRACY, as in "Donald Trump is a threat to our Democracy." It's seemingly every third word shrieked out of the mouths of congressional Democrats and MSNBC commentators.
Except that America is explicitly NOT a Democracy and we are not governed by "majority rules." Rather, the United States is a Constitutional Republic that protects the rights of minorities against "the mob" – which was something the left used to appreciate and respect.
As we've often said on these pages: a democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what's for dinner.
This video sent by one of our readers explains what every school child used to learn – but doesn't anymore.
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