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Unleash Prosperity Hotline Issue #1448
02/10/2026
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1) Headline of the Decade
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Hallelujah!
The 2009 so-called "endangerment finding" was always a farce - a frontal assault against economic progress, energy usage, and higher living standards. It was a regressive tax hitting poor households the hardest. The ruling was completely unscientific, as there is no evidence that carbon dioxide is a pollutant or a danger to human health the way lead or sulfur make people sick. Virtually all of the major climate-related crises on the planet happened centuries BEFORE fossil fuels were ever burned.
EPA director Lee Zeldin boasted correctly that this order is "one of the most consequential regulatory rollbacks in American history." The savings and efficiency gains from this repeal could be in the multiple trillions of dollars over the next two decades.
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2) On the Economy - Republicans Are on Venus and Democrats Are on Mars
We've been saying for months that the reality of the real economy has sprinted past perceptions. We've also made the point that Trump could launch a rocket ship economy and half of voters (the hate Trumpers) would be grousing.
The new Gallup poll shows that there's been a modest pick up in the way Americans rate the economy. Just under half of voters see the economy going up versus 36% who see it going down. Trump is no longer underwater on the economy.
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But what is really astonishing is the Grand Canyon divide between how Rs and Ds view the economy. Republicans generally have positive outlooks on all the economic metrics, while Democrats are negative on everything. Some 82% of Republicans are optimistic on the economy growing but only 24% of Democrats feel that way.
Naturally, Independents are mixed, with a positive outlook for economic growth and the stock market, but negative outlooks on unemployment and inflation.
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3) Freedom: The Big Winner in Japan Elections
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's coalition just won a two-thirds supermajority in the House for the first time in 80 years. Exit polls show Takaichi has positive approval in every age bracket, but absolutely dominates among young voters. These are her numbers from the NTV exit poll:
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The Japanese stock index rose 5% on Monday and briefly surpassed its all-time high.
On taxes, Takaichi is cutting the VAT on food and holding firm on not raising other taxes.
She has confronted China's bullying leaders over Taiwan, and been rewarded for it at the polls.
Just as we predicted a year ago, Trumpian candidates who want to hand power back to the people, push pro-business policies, and vanquish the old elitist ruling class are winning all over the world.
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4) Seattle Rolled in the Super Bowl, but Its Economy Is a Wreck
When Seattle holds its deserved Super Bowl victory parade on Wednesday, it will be in a downtown that is a shadow of its former prosperity.
More than 35% of office and retail space downtown sits vacant, with even some prime waterfront properties sitting empty.
The metro area's jobless rate was 5.1% last November, up from 4% a year before. The region lost 12,900 jobs last year, the first annual decline since the recession of 2009.
It also has the highest inflation rate of any major metro region in the country with consumer prices soaring 29% from 2021 through 2025.
Housing prices are double the national average in Seattle, with the median price of a single-family home now at $907,000 in December. In each of the last three years, the number of homes on the market over $5 million in value has grown with an exodus of high-income residents.
The explanation is clear: Seattle now punishes job creation with a payroll tax on firms with payrolls over $8 million and a minimum wage of $21.30 an hour. In 2022, the state enacted a 7% capital gains tax and Washington's Democrat governor Bob Ferguson has just proposed a 9.9% income tax on millionaires that make it harder for the Seahawks to recruit the best players.
If the Ferguson tax is passed by the legislature, let's hope it's challenged in a referendum. Since 1932, voters have rejected the imposition of an income tax 11 straight times.
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5) No More Super Bowls In California
Speaking of income taxing applied to athletes and performers, it might be time to hold Super Bowls in no-income tax states.
The Northern California weather for the Super Bowl was great for players and fans alike (the game itself was a dud). But the taxes paid were high. Why? Because the state levies punitive taxes on the players based on their time spent in the state - subjecting them to the nation's highest income tax rate of 13.3%.
An insightful Washington Post editorial - we never thought we'd write those words - points out that two years ago, the Super Bowl was played in Las Vegas. Since Nevada has no income taxes, the players owed nothing. And that's how it should be.
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The Post also notes that the quarterback for the Seahawks, Sam Darnold, faces a California tax bill exceeding $200,000, which more than cancels out the $188,000 payment he (and every other member of the Seahawks) will receive from the NFL for being the winner.
We're generally against mixing sports and politics, but an anti-California tax revolt among pro athletes is one cause we could support.
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6) Virginia's New State Motto
An image showing Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger with the slogan "Virginia is for Lovers of taxes."
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