Archive for the ‘Economy’ Category
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Corporate Taxes Are Too Damn High
Posted on March 20, 2015
Our corporate tax rate reminds me of New York political figure Jimmy McMillan. He famously founded the “Rent is Too Damn High” party and ran for Mayor on the platform...
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The Real Budget Question: How Do You Grow the Economy?
Posted on March 13, 2015
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) House Republicans spent a lot of time in 1995 and 1996 fighting over arcane details of their budget resolution: whether to...
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Tax Reform and Ireland
Posted on February 5, 2015
I had lunch yesterday with several friends who work closely with the government of Ireland, and the subject turned to the coming elections over there. Like in the UK, you...
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Obama Backtracks From Plan to Tax ’529′ College Savings Accounts
Posted on January 28, 2015
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) The quick demise of the White House plan to tax college savings accounts, also known as 529 plans, underscores what a flawed...
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The Free Market Reformer
Posted on January 19, 2015
I posted this a couple years ago, and I thought it was worth reposting: Barack Obama. Oprah Winfrey. Robert Johnson. Dick Parsons. Bill Cosby. Michael Jordan. Tiger Woods. It goes...
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