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A Second Trump Presidency Would Be Terrible for the Economy Sep. 20, 2024
Following the Eating Pets imbroglio, one would think that undecided voters would have their doubts q... Read More
How the Little Guys Lose Under Trump's Tax Plan Jun. 11, 2024
The late Sen. John McCain didn't much like Obamacare, but in 2018, the Arizona Republican pulled it ... Read More
McCarthy's Messy Fraternity House May. 24, 2023
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from Bakersfield, California, comes fr... Read More
The SALT Tax Deduction Is Actually Progressive Nov. 11, 2021
No serious economist believed that former President Donald Trump's 2017 tax law would pay for itself... Read More
What Should He Do? Nov. 06, 2021
He is President Joe Biden. The answer, at a minimum, is that more of the same just won't do. Biden's... Read More
Biden Economic Strategy: Put America Last Jun. 22, 2021
President Joe Biden's performance at the meeting with foreign leaders in Britain last week was a dis... Read More
Republicans Got One Thing Right in Their Tax Cuts. Biden Should Leave It Alone. May. 04, 2021
The Trump administration's package of tax cuts for the rich was a collection of mostly bad ideas but... Read More
Political Hypocrisy on Deficits and the National Debt Feb. 06, 2021
On April 1, 2018, when Thad Cochran retired after 40 years as a U.S. senator from Mississippi, he ma... Read More
Assessing Trump's Experiment With Protectionist Trade Policies Dec. 10, 2020
With President Donald Trump soon departing Washington, now is a great time to assess his protectioni... Read More
Is the Stock Market Telling Us That Trump Will Win? Oct. 27, 2020
Why is the stock market so high? I get asked this riddle every day. The standard answers we hear the... Read More
There's No Such Thing as a Free Tax Holiday Sep. 03, 2020
A few weeks ago, President Donald Trump proposed a payroll tax holiday to Americans earning less tha... Read More
Suspending the Payroll Tax Really Would Stimulate the Economy Jun. 02, 2020
The recovery stage for our economy is finally here, and now the policy priority has to shift to gett... Read More
Trump's Aid Plan Is Heavy on Election Politics, Light on Coronavirus Response Mar. 12, 2020
Congressional Republicans were right to be skeptical after President Donald Trump proposed a financi... Read More
After the 2017 Deficit-Busting Tax Cut, Administration Weighs Medicare Cuts Feb. 05, 2020
President Donald Trump last month opeened the possibility of cutting Medicare and other entitlement ... Read More
The Federal Reserve's Coming Rate Cut Is Debatable; Trump's Reckless Interference Isn't Aug. 02, 2019
The Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates Wednesday, despite the continuation of low une... Read More
Low Taxes Are the Best Sweetheart Deal Feb. 20, 2019
Ever since Amazon's breakup with New York on Valentine's Day, dejected Mayor Bill De Blasio is compl... Read More
The Trillion-Dollar Myth Apr. 17, 2018
There is an old saying that you can't teach an old dog new tricks, and we've learned that again with... Read More
This Is What You Call a Conservative Budget? Mar. 30, 2018
Donald Trump woke up on Friday, March 23, and realized that a deficit-ballooning $1.3 trillion "omni... Read More
Trump Tax Cut Will Boost Jobs and Growth May. 23, 2017
A recent front-page story in The Wall Street Journal proclaims that 3 percent economic growth isn't ... Read More
As Trump Unmuzzles the Economy, a Rosy Scenario Will Become Economic Reality Feb. 28, 2017
Virtually the whole world is beating up on the Trump administration for daring to predict that low m... Read More
