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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...
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Meet the Press and Media Collaboration?

Watching Meet the Press this past Sunday was a remarkable experience. Among the roundtable contributors were Peggy Noonan, Al Sharpton, and Rep. Marsha Blackburn. The show was fairly enjoyable throughout most of the program – including a very civil discussion about...

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Fuzzy Math: CBO Ups ObamaCare Costs

New estimates released from the CBO suggest that ObamaCare will cost at least $1.76 TRILLION over ten years -- up from the $900 Billion touted by Obama. Democrats employed many accounting tricks when they were pushing through the national health care legislation, the...

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Sebelius Unsure of ObamaCare Impact

Hats off to Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisconson) for pressing HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius about the economic and insurance impact of ObamaCare. Johnson challenged Sebelius over a number of the Obama administration’s claims about the new health care law, namely that...

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