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<title><![CDATA[Alfredo Ortiz - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/34524.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Alfredo Ortiz]]></description><category domain="34524">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[New Jersey's Election a Referendum on Blue State Model]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/5524679-main-street-matters-new-jersey/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alfredo Ortiz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Four years ago, voters in New Jersey signaled a massive change in the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s political mood when with Republican challenger'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Jack Ciattarelli'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' nearly upset'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' incumbent Gov.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Phil Murphy'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' (D) in this blue state. The message was clear: Republican policies are ascendant. Since...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Trump Won With Hispanics]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/11/16/how_trump_won_with_hispanics_151961.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 16 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alfredo Ortiz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats and liberal commentators are desperately trying to explain away one of the biggest shocks of the 2024 election: Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 46% share'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' of the Hispanic vote, a modern-day Republican record and remarkable improvement over'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' the 32%'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' he received four years ago.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
But...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kamala Harris&rsquo; Small Business Performance Act]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/09/28/kamala_harris_small_business_performance_act_151704.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 28 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alfredo Ortiz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In her desperation to shed her far-left image, Kamala Harris is doing her best impression of a small business champion. In Wednesday'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' remarks'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' in Pittsburgh announcing new economic plans, she correctly yet deceptively called small businesses the heroes of the economy and pillars...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bidenflation Is Pushing Small Businesses to the Brink]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/4663651-inflation-hits-20-percent-under-biden-pushing-small-businesses-to-the-brink/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alfredo Ortiz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, the country'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' hit a sad milestone: Inflation under President Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' hit 20 percent. The dollar'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s value has plummeted under his watch. The Bureau of Labor Statistics also confirmed that the consumer price index is resurgent and growing faster than'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' average wages....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs Face Major Headwinds]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2024/05/10/entrepreneurs_face_major_headwinds_due_to_big_government_policies_1030928.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alfredo Ortiz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The specter of stagflation has returned. On April 25th, The Bureau of Economic Analysis announced that GDP only grew by 1.6% in the first quarter of this year, well below expectations.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hispanics Will Determine 2024 Election]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/12/hispanics-will-determine-2024-election/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alfredo Ortiz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Nation's fastest-growing ethnic group accounts for 15% of eligible voters'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Inflation Is Higher Than Reported. A Shopper Has Proof]]></title>
							<link>https://themessenger.com/opinion/real-inflation-consumer-prices-food-energy-costs-economy?utm_source=onsite&amp;utm_medium=latest_news</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alfredo Ortiz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Prices of most staples that many families depend on have increased by around twice as much as the official food inflation rate]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hispanics Are Leaving Dems, Bidenomics Making It Worse]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/hispanics-running-away-democrats-bidenomics-things-worse</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alfredo Ortiz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hispanic Americans are increasingly disenchanted with the Democratic Party and President Biden's leadership. They are finding a welcoming home in the Republican Party. Here's why.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Inflation Fight Moves to Congress Amid Bank Failures]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/3904426-inflation-fight-moves-to-congress-as-bank-failures-limit-federal-reserve/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alfredo Ortiz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One major consequence of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank failures is that the fight against historic inflation will shift primarily to Congress from the Federal Reserve.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Treats Hardest-Working Americans Like Chumps]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/3624372-bidens-student-loan-bailout-treats-hard-working-americans-as-chumps-on-labor-day/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alfredo Ortiz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Biden's plan to forgive up to $20,000 of student loans per borrower is bad policy for numerous reasons. It adds nearly $1 trillion to the national debt. It fuels inflation.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems' Bad Policies Responsible for Historic Inflation]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/3560314-democrats-bad-policies-are-responsible-for-todays-historic-inflation/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alfredo Ortiz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The bill for bad Democratic policies is coming due in the form of historic inflation. Last week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced consumer prices increased by'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 9.1 percent'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' over the past year, a 41-year high. Runaway prices are causing real wages and living standards to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems' Bad Policies Lead to Specter of Stagflation]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/3472205-specter-of-stagflation-arrives-for-national-small-business-week/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alfredo Ortiz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Just in time for'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' National Small Business Week, stagflation is arriving. On Thursday, the Commerce Department announced the economy'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' shrank by 1.4 percent'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' in the first quarter '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' well below analysts'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' estimates. On Friday, the Commerce Department'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' revealed'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' the Personal...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[&lsquo;Great Opportunity Project&rsquo; Spreads Best State Economic Policies Nationwide]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/04/11/great_opportunity_project_spreads_best_state_economic_policies_nationwide_147443.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alfredo Ortiz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Next Monday is Tax Day, the last day for Americans to file their 2021 tax returns. This year's Tax Day coincides with President Biden's recent proposal to raise taxes on small businesses, corporations, and individuals by $2.5 trillion. His plan would partly reverse the Tax Cuts and Jobs...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's Disastrous First Year Drives Voters Into GOP Arms]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/01/20/bidens_disastrous_first_year_drives_voters_into_gop_arms_147063.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alfredo Ortiz</author>
							<description><![CDATA["Don't underestimate Joe's ability to [foul] things up,"'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' cautioned'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Barack Obama during the 2020 Democratic presidential primary campaign. It's a warning the nation should have heeded. Even Obama must be surprised by President Biden's disastrous first year in office, which has been...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bidenflation Is the Next Pandemic]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/11/12/bidenflation_is_the_next_pandemic__146723.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alfredo Ortiz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Biden pay cut just got more severe as surging inflation reduces Americans' real wages and living standards. On Wednesday, the Labor Department'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' announced'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' that the consumer price index increased by 6.2% over the last year, the fastest pace in over 30 years. October marks the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rubio Bill Would Hold Woke Corporations Accountable]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/09/23/rubio_bill_would_hold_woke_corporations_accountable_146444.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alfredo Ortiz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Call it a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'wokelash.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Ordinary Americans are fed up with corporations' woke politics on issues unrelated to their businesses. A recent Rasmussen'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' poll'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' finds that two-thirds of Americans think companies should stay out of politics. Now, new legislation sponsored by Sen....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Has Given You a Pay Cut--Get Ready for More]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/joe-biden-pay-cut-alfredo-ortiz</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alfredo Ortiz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Americans' living standards are declining under President Biden as inflation swamps wage gains.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Inflation's the Nail in the Coffin of Biden's Spending Plans]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2021/06/29/inflations_the_nail_in_the_coffin_of_bidens_spending_plans_783402.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alfredo Ortiz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Inflation is accelerating --'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' every consumer in the country feels it every day.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' If there is any economic sense left in Washington, the rising inflation threat'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' should grind President Biden's big-government spending plans to a halt.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's 'Inflation Tax' Targets the Poor and Middle Class]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/05/20/bidens_inflation_tax_targets_the_poor_and_middle_class_145787.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alfredo Ortiz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Biden has repeatedly promised that he won't raise taxes on American families earning less than $400,000 per year. Yet widespread and growing inflation due to his policies is -- at least indirectly -- breaking that promise. Call it the Biden inflation tax.
Consumer prices have'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Small Businesses Are Key to Economic Recovery]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/04/17/small_businesses_are_key_to_economic_recovery___145606.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alfredo Ortiz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[American small businesses are the key to unlock our national economic recovery. Small businesses account for two-thirds of all new jobs and drive much of the annual economic growth Americans take for granted. Given the ongoing economic and labor-market turmoil, small businesses are more...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[MLB Boycott Hurting Minority Small Business Owners]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2021/04/07/georgia_business_leader_alfredo_ortiz_mlb_boycott_hurting_small_business_owners_over_an_outright_lie.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alfredo Ortiz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Job Creators Network CEO Alfredo Ortiz said the "outright lie" of Georgia's voting law, that he says "makes it easy to vote and hard to cheat," that caused the MLB to pull the All-Star game from Atlanta will hurt Black small business owners. Ortiz appeared on 'FOX &amp; Friends' to discuss...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's Presidency Is the Modern Version of Jimmy Carter's]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/03/27/bidens_presidency_is_the_modern_version_of_jimmy_carters_145489.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alfredo Ortiz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Joe Biden's first press conference as president this week was style over substance. He took advantage of softball questions from friendly media to run through a list of Democratic talking points. It was reminiscent of another president who infamously'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' emphasized'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' style over substance:...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Senators Should Vote Down the $1.9T Covid Relief Bill]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/03/04/why_senators_should_vote_down_the_19t_covid_relief_bill_145352.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alfredo Ortiz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Due to Senate rules, the $15 minimum wage has been dropped from Democrats' $1.9 trillion COVID relief package, which the upper chamber is expected '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' to tackle this weekend. Yet just because the worst provision of the bill has been spiked doesn't mean the rest of it should pass. The...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Big Tech's Conservative Purge Changes the Free Speech Debate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/01/15/big_techs_conservative_purge_changes_the_free_speech_debate_145038.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alfredo Ortiz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Big Tech'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s coordinated silencing of conservative voices, including President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s, signals a crossing of the Rubicon in the debate over government involvement to protect free speech.
Even conservatives like me, who have'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' long argued'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' that small-business competition is the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pass PPP as a Small-Business Bridge to Post-Vaccine Future]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/12/01/pass_ppp_as_a_small-business_bridge_to_post-vaccine_future_144750.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alfredo Ortiz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[COVID-19 vaccinations set to begin later this month are nothing short of a Christmas miracle. They are a product of American ingenuity and capitalism, with a boost from the Trump administration's Operation Warp Speed.
Yet small businesses, the heart of American capitalism, are currently...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Payroll Tax Suspension Helps 140 Million Workers]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2020/08/18/how_payroll_tax_suspension_helps_140_million_workers_574472.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alfredo Ortiz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump recently delivered on our recommendation to suspend the payroll tax. His executive order defers payroll tax obligations for employees earning less than $104,000 (about 90 percent of all American workers). Combined with the employer payroll tax relief in the CARES Act,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Arrest of Gym Owners Is Microcosm of Dems' Broader Agenda]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/07/30/arrest_of_gym_owners_is_microcosm_of_dems_broader_agenda_143834.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alfredo Ortiz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Arresting small business owners while permitting large violent protests. That's the response of some Democratic state and local governments across the nation in recent weeks.
Witness New Jersey, where police this week'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' arrested'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' the owners of Atilis Gym in Bellmawr for defying state...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's Climate Plan Is a Disaster for American Workers]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/biden-climate-plan-disaster-american-workers</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alfredo Ortiz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Former Vice President Joe Biden made a series of unrealistic policy proposals that will cripple economic growth by imposing unnecessary regulatory barriers.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Absurd Boycott of Goya Foods]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alfredo Ortiz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democratic politicians and activists have launched a ridiculous boycott campaign against Goya Foods because its CEO is helping lead President Trump's Hispanic Prosperity Initiative.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Give Small Businesses Liability Protection]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/05/28/give_small_businesses_liability_protection_143303.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alfredo Ortiz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As America opens up, businesses need Washington'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s help. Those that survived the pandemic now face a new outbreak: lawsuits. Without legal protections passed by Congress, businesses large and small will face a tidal wave of crippling litigation that will extinguish any hope of a...]]></description>
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