Protecting the Children
What to know: American children are spending far too much time on smartphones, experts warn.
The TPPF take: Social media distorts our sense of reality. This is especially true for young people.
“We refuse to leave our digital enclaves and instead accept our state of being shackled to our smart devices, TVs, computers, and other screens—in our dark, damp, shadowy, lonely caves,” says TPPF’s David Dunmoyer. “We’re checking our phones hundreds of times a day and spending the equivalent of a 40-hour work week on digital devices every week. Call it convenience, familiarity, addiction, or anything you like, but since the advent of smartphones, we simply aren’t experiencing reality like we once did.”
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Higher Prices
What to know: California has raised its gas taxes by almost 50 cents per gallon. And that still won’t be enough to cover the state’s budget shortfalls. Some are now suggesting it should be raised by $4 per gallon.
The TPPF take: Californians are leaving the Golden State because of these skyrocketing taxes.
“And according to the U.S. Census Bureau, it isn’t just the rich and famous leaving California,” says TPPF’s Chuck DeVore. “Every year for the past 15 years, about 100,000 more Californians leave the state than other Americans move in, with the most popular destination consistently Texas, 1,300 miles to the east.”
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Bidenomics
What to know: What is Bidenomics? It’s just another name for central planning. And the austerity the Biden administration is planning for the rest of us won’t apply to the elites, the Manhattan Institute reports.
The TPPF take: Biden’s “less is more” mantra demands sacrifice only from average Americans.
“The Biden administration can’t escape the blame for higher prices,” says TPPF’s Robert Henneke. “And that’s why it must try to redirect voters’ anger. We’re seeing a whole-of-government approach to increasing our misery coming out of the Biden administration by forcing average Americans to sacrifice their quality of life and comfort for the progressive agenda.”
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