Cut Taxes For Restaurant Waiters, But Don’t Expect Growth
Cut taxes. Waiters and waitresses should be taxed less, but entrepreneurs and CEOs should be taxed much less.
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The Trump Tax Cuts Were Keynesian, Not Supply Side. Let Them Lapse
Consumption is once again a consequence of reducing the tax burden on those (the rich) most penalized by taxes. No serious supply-sider would disagree with what’s just been said, which is why it’s more than odd that they near-unanimously are cheering for extension of the 2017 “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” that, by the admission of those same supply siders, largely reduced the tax burden on middle and poor earners while increasing it on the rich. Let the vastly overrated tax bill die. The economy grew despite it
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Janet Yellen Is the Big Threat to the U.S. Economy, Not China
Janet Yellen asserted that “if we do not respond strategically and in a united way” to “China’s industrial policy,” the “viability of businesses in both our countries and around the world could be at risk.” She couldn’t have it more backwards.
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The Fed Extols the Virtues of Cake to Debit-Card Users
Put another way, the Fed’s imposition of price ceilings on debit cards will be felt most uncomfortably by those with the most limited access to banking and its various services.
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Will a Texas Stock Exchange Mean Much In a Federalized U.S.?
Markets are great, but it’s hard to see how the TXSE would be all that different thanks to so much in the way of federal rulemaking.
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If They’re Talking ‘Monopoly,’ They Don’t Have a Clue What One Is
Former attorney general William Barr is at it again with his overnight conversion to “monopoly” critic. He claims that if “allowed to dominate AI,” Microsoft, Google and Amazon “could reinforce and extend their supremacy over more of the economy.”
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Phil Knight and Nike Enunciate the DOJ’s Fatuous Case Against Live Nation
Live Nation’s reward for risking everything on an uncertain tomorrow is a lawsuit from a federal government eager to tear it town.
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Trade Protectionism Helps Nobody—Not Even the Pandas
It is of tremendous importance to push back against calls for more protectionism with China. Trade helps our economy, and it keeps us safe.
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Dollar Stability, Not ‘Dollarization,’ Is the Fix for Javier Milei
Self-proclaimed libertarians claim Argentine president Milei must “dollarize.” Really? Why? And what on earth does government decreeing the dollar as the currency of exchange have to do with free markets?
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Net Neutrality Shows Biden’s Light Infrastructure Commitment
If the Biden Administration wants to improve infrastructure — and provide consumers with the best possible goods and services at the lowest possible prices — the best way to achieve that is by getting out of the way.
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