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Tax Politics

The Politics of Taxes

Reciprocal Tariff Ignorance

President Trump continues to pursue his misguided tariff crusade believing that he is somehow protecting American industries and employment. His latest move, reciprocal tariffs (which he intends to begin April 2), is even worse. Trump has stated that he plans to impose tariffs based on “what they charge us, we charge them,” which is an economically stupid idea. Advocates of this policy like to...
A Primer on the Fiscal Cliff

Recently I gave a talk on the Fiscal Cliff -- how we got here and where we are going. Since several people have asked, I posted the videos from the talk. For whatever reason, the last 2 minutes ended up a second separate video, but you can view them one after the...

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Thinking of Thomas Paine

These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily...

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Sequestration Was Supposed to Be A Placeholder

During the 2011 Fiscal Cliff discussions (which lead to the Super Committee), sequestration was part of the comprehensive deal about revenue -- but only in a limited way. At that point in the conversation, the conversation was how much to cut spending. It was...

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