Democrats, Republicans, and Supply-Siders Misread Reagan Deficits
Reagan tax cuts did cause deficits, but not for the reasons expressed by Democrats, Republicans, and supply siders.
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Clear filtersCalifornia Already Has a Wealth Tax, That’s Why It Has So Much Debt
In short, California already has a wealth tax whereby it arrogates to itself far too much of the fruits of rich people and rich company production. There’s the cause of the debt. Simple stuff.
The Crisis Is Not the Debt Reckoning, It’s the Extraction That Leads To It
What’s a more immoral leave-behind to the sainted “grandchildren”? Debt that investors line up to purchase at the lowest rates in the world, or a massive, resource-swallowing government that achieved…
To Reduce Budget Deficits, Gut the IRS’s Budget
We have massive debt because Treasury collects way too much tax revenue, and that’s because the American rich are wildly overtaxed.
Congress Won’t Address the Debt, Markets Yawn. Listen to Markets
Deficit hawks continue to make the debt the story, which means they’re distracted and they’re distracting their flock. $33 trillion in debt isn’t the problem as evidenced by how much investors line…
Budget Deficits Don’t Power Economic Growth, They’re a Consequence of It
The implied point in the Post headline was that government spending makes most sense when the economy is weak, a supposition suggesting that central planning of resource allocation is most needed…