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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 Libertarian Party Ticket

The Libertarian Party just nominated Gary Johnson for President and William Weld for Vice President on the Libertarian Party ticket at their convention. This is very interesting. With these two men who have extensive governing experience, we have clearly the best...

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Obama Grappling With Weak Economy

The 1st quarter economic report was released -- showing minimal growth, and The White House pointed to factors other than its own policies, of course. "The Department of Commerce reported that U.S. gross domestic product rose 0.5 percent in the first quarter of 2016,...

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Denny Hastert’s Justice and Injustice

Let me be perfectly clear: I am no fan of Denny Hastert. He should suffer the consequences of his deplorable actions. However, let me also be perfectly clear that I am equally horrified at the machinations of the justice system in this particular case. Unfortunately...

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Gig Economy and Government Regulation

Elizabeth Warren attempted to address the rise of the gig economy this week, but completely missed the extenuating circumstances contributing to its growing influence. "Gig economy" is the catchphrase for the portion of the economy made up of freelancers and...

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Let’s Be Like Sweden — They Have Freer Markets

You can count on Bernie Sanders to be consistent. He loves pointing to Sweden as the hallmark of Socialist success. But a recent compelling article in Reason magazine does an excellent job laying out the history of Sweden’s economic failures and successes, and shows...

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Attorney Generals Target Groups Over Climate Change

The Washington Free Beacon is following up on a Wall Street Journal article in April, which revealed a coordinated effort to silence dissent on the subject of climate change. "The attorney general of the U.S. Virgin Islands is targeting dozens of conservative and...

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