Washington Never Returned To Pre-COVID Spending Levels

Washington is in an uproar over DOGE’s cost-cutting measures, but the inconvenient truth is that the federal government never returned to pre-COVID spending levels after the pandemic was over. Former President Biden announced COVID was over on September 18, 2022. On April 10, 2023, he signed the termination of the COVID-19 national emergency declaration. But according to Congressional […]

President Biden’s Final Score On Inflation

This morning’s inflation report came in hot with a 3% year over year Consumer Price Index. With this report being for the month of January, today’s result is the final score on inflation for the Biden presidency, putting the cumulative rate of inflation since the Biden inaugural month to the last month of his administration at […]

Do Voters Care About the Debt?

Congressional Republicans often think that voters don’t care about the national debt, but our research shows that voters care more than lawmakers may realize. This research consisted of a series of listening sessions with voters and a national survey (January 7-10) of 1200 registered voters. In a series of beliefs, several statements about the consequences […]

Newt Gingrich: The Republican Budget Opportunity

Newt Gingrich cites our new survey numbers in his commentary today: The Winston Group made a series of important findings after running focus groups and a survey of 1,200 registered voters in January: “1.) Inflation was the construct by which people viewed the economy and taxes. As a result, the most important personal outcome from tax policy […]

The 2025 Tax Wars Begin: New Research on Taxes and Debt

The new year kicks off the tax wars on Capitol Hill, with the TCJA individual tax provisions set to expire at the end of 2025. We have new research on taxes and the debt (a series of focus groups and a national survey of 1200 registered voters conducted January 7-10). Over the coming weeks, we’ll […]

Three Economic Narratives Republicans Should Expect in 2025

As President Biden is about to leave office, he’s working hard to frame his economic legacy in the most positive light. He has been giving a series of speeches to stake out the “Biden economic legacy,” shedding light on three economic narratives Republicans should prepare for: 1.) The Biden economy is in great shape to […]

The Groceries Election, According to Trump

In an interview on Sunday, President-elect Trump attributed his win to a simple reason: ”Very simple word, groceries… I started using the word – the groceries. When you buy apples, when you buy bacon, when you buy eggs, they would double and triple the price over a short period of time, and I won an election based on […]

New Inflation Trending

This morning’s new inflation report showed a slight moderation in year-over-year inflation (2.5%) but with core inflation up 3.2% from a year ago. The year-over-year rate is the lowest since March 2021, the month that the American Rescue Plan was passed. But with inflation still well over 2%, this result seems to indicate there might […]