America’s humiliation in Afghanistan sends a signal of weakness and bad faith.
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With the recent passage of the costly, yet deceptively named, Inflation Reduction Act in the Senate, the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) movement will be further emboldened. The IRA prioritizes funding for environmental justice, clean energy investments, and achieving net zero emissions, among its climate provisions. The bill’s passage, however, exposes the public to its shortcomings and harmful economic footprint.
Hinging economic performance on these subjective scores will incur harm and have no measurable positive impact on the environment.
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Since June 2020, we have seen a war on merit, as part of a campaign that unfortunately seeks to dumb down America’s children. How did it begin? Where is it playing out? We’ve compiled a timeline that gives you a peek into the long war on merit and the new battlefront.
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With President Joe Biden ordering a complete U.S. retreat last summer, Afghanistan became ground zero of the worst American foreign policy debacle in generations.
Can you identify which of the following about the Afghanistan withdrawal and its ramifications is not true?
A. America’s humiliation in Afghanistan sends a signal of weakness and bad faith.
B. The Biden administration has taken responsibility for the messy withdrawal.
C. Hostile regimes are moving to take advantage of the opportunities afforded by the U.S. evacuation.
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** 15% Minimum Book Tax Will Worsen Inflation and Kill Jobs ([link removed])
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The Inflation Reduction Act contained a reckless 15% corporate minimum book tax. This business tax will be passed on to consumers, thus worsening inflation. This tax will also be borne by workers, reducing wages and killing jobs.
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California is in the process of instituting a ban on the sale of gas-powered vehicles by 2035 — a proposal that is ripe with flaws and consequences. For example, California has already struggled to meet current energy demand and this push towards electric vehicles will require more energy and make their grid problems much worse.
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