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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...
The Eviction Moratorium is Unconstitutional

It is undeniable that people are hurting from COVID. It is also untenable that one of the continued solutions is an ongoing moratorium on evictions. Such a policy would seem to be blatantly unconstitutional. A national moratorium on evictions picks winners and losers...

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Why Buybacks are Not Bad

A company will try to use its available funds to best improve its business, such as by expanding its operations, hiring additional workers, opening new factories and  offices, research & development including creating new products, paying down debt, or...

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Thoughts On the Eviction Moratorium

The current national moratorium on evictions (which is likely to be extended yet again) is problematic for several reasons. The CDC (of all agencies) issued its rule without any particular act of Congress granting it the power to do so under the auspices of a generic...

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Warnock and Racism

I was disappointed that a black socialist anti-Semite became a Senator of the United States. While it is well known that he is a progressive and socialist, it’s even more troubling that he is openly anti-Semitic.In 2019, he signed a letter with other clergy members...

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Thoughts on Qualified Immunity

There is a renewed push for ending qualified immunity especially since the unrest earlier this summer. Qualified immunity affords police officers protection from litigation for their actions in pursuit of the law, while immunity is lost if an officer violates a...

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AOC’s Economic Illiteracy

When we have a generation of voters who take their policy lessons from a person who believes that billionaires shouldn’t exist, we are in trouble. What’s more, she boasts of having an economics degree but her ideas are not rooted in reality. Let’s take a look at some...

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