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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...
Paul Ryan on Today’s Rejection of Obama’s Budget

BIPARTISAN AND BICAMERAL. That says it all. Obama is truly a "partisan" president. Below is the text of the press release from the House Budget Committee regarding the newest unanimous vote to reject President Obama's fiscal plan: House Budget Committee...

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Unanimous Rejection in the Senate

From the Senate Budget Press Office: 0-99: Senate Unanimously Rejects President’s Budget “If Congress adopts this budget, then along with the cuts that we’ve already made, we’ll be able to reduce our deficit by $4 trillion by the year 2022 -- $4 trillion… But the main...

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Obama’s New Stimulus Plan is a To-Do List of Old Ideas

This one is really really going to work this time. I promise! Last Saturday, Obama unveiled his new stimulus plan -- a list of more things for the government  to do in order to create new jobs. That means more government spending. The president’s list includes an...

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8.1…because 341K Left the Work Force

Friday we hear the news that the new unemployment rate is 8.1%. Since Obama's goal post is to get the number at least under 8% in time for election day, this number -- on the surface -- sounds relatively good, right? The key thing to note (and the key thing to follow...

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Occupy…the Right Wing Extremists

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) claims to only deal with “hatred of people based on class characteristics,”. So when Charles Cooke of National Review Online decided to inquire if the SPLC would be the watchdog it claims to be and follow and investigate a group...

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