Category: living standards

Your Living Standards Have Declined Dramatically

January 24, 2023
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Commentary In the old days, shopping for groceries used to be a joy. By old days, I mean two years ago. Now, it is shocking and miserable. You look at these prices and wonder if you can even afford normal foods we took for granted. Everyone knows about the egg problem, which is being chalked…

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President Biden’s Budget Reduces Living Standards

April 9, 2022
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Commentary  President Joe Biden’s proposed 2023 budget includes new spending, new debt, and higher taxes. The plan comes with the same old promises of how these policies will “help the economy.” It won’t help. If passed, the current runaway inflation will be only the first step toward reducing Americans’ living standards and sending the economy…

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Is Newport Beach’s Quality of Life Sinking? Leaders Discuss During Forum

March 11, 2021
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Leaders in Newport Beach gathered to discuss whether the coastal city’s living standards were declining during a March 10 webinar. “In the last year we’ve seen a worldwide pandemic leading to an unprecedented societal shutdown, affecting our workplaces, schools, and places of worship,” said Newport Beach Police Department Deputy Chief Steve Rasmussen, who moderated the forum. “We’ve…

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