Veronique de Rugy is the George Gibbs Chair in Political Economy and a senior…
It is especially galling that the latest fiscal wreckage is being overseen by an administration that promised business acumen and conservative restraint.
The American tax code is broken, mainly because it collects revenue in an arbitrary, distortionary, and unfair manner.
The only true ‘liberation’ will feature consumers and taxpayers being liberated from even more of our hard-earned income.
Plus, too, about those job losses, why is unemployment as a startlingly low 4.1 percent?
Doing more with less may be possible.
Our columnist welcomes the chance to have a national conversation about Pentagon spending.
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