Fiscal Policy
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Blue-Collar Workers Shouldn’t Subsidize White-Collar Degrees
Student loan forgiveness lives on in the government’s Public Service Loan Forgiveness, which erases remaining debt after a decade — if you happen to have the right job.
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Social Security at 90: A Brief History of America’s Sacred Cow
Intended as a self-funding program for the truly desperate, Social Security’s reckless expansion now threatens its ability to deliver for those most in need.
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From Tea Party Patriotism to Economic Nationalism: How the Right Gave Up on Small Government
The Republican Party once preached a creed of limited government and balanced budgets. With state control, tariffs, and deficits all rising, that ethical restraint appears to be long gone.
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DC’s $4.4B RFK Stadium Boondoggle: A Gift to Interest Groups, a Burden on Taxpayers
The RFK stadium deal won’t generate a fraction of promised growth.
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You Can Pay Your Friends on PayPal and Venmo Again—And Not Worry About the IRS
Celebrate the end of the $600 reporting threshold, an IRS attempt to nickel-and-dime freelancers while reading every American’s Venmo memos.
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The Day New York Defaulted: Inside Gotham’s Fiscal Fall
Decades of reckless budgeting drove away the city’s tax base. In 1975, bond markets effectively ruled the city bankrupt.
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Render Unto Caesar? Even the Pope Faces Confusion Complying with US Taxes
The ultra-complex US Tax Code creates opportunity for fraud and manipulation, while suppressing our economic potential… and stressing us out.
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Let Seniors Spend Their Medicare Money
Medicare is messy, wasteful, and prone to fraud. Cash transfers would reintroduce competition and increase innovation. It would also makes us healthier.
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Business Conditions Monthly May 2025
Investors are willing to risk a little more as trade war threats normalize. Some sectors show ongoing weakness, but economic activity sputtered forward.
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The Real Debt Threat: Government Spending, Not Tax Cuts
Washington’s dismal fiscal situation is driven by out-of-control government. Spending, Congress and Larry Summers, is what keeps the debt mounting.
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Blue-Collar Workers Shouldn’t Subsidize White-Collar Degrees
Student loan forgiveness lives on in the government’s Public Service Loan Forgiveness, which erases remaining debt after a decade — if you happen to have the right job.
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•
Social Security at 90: A Brief History of America’s Sacred Cow
Intended as a self-funding program for the truly desperate, Social Security’s reckless expansion now threatens its ability to deliver for those most in need.
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From Tea Party Patriotism to Economic Nationalism: How the Right Gave Up on Small Government
The Republican Party once preached a creed of limited government and balanced budgets. With state control, tariffs, and deficits all rising, that ethical restraint appears to be long gone.
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DC’s $4.4B RFK Stadium Boondoggle: A Gift to Interest Groups, a Burden on Taxpayers
The RFK stadium deal won’t generate a fraction of promised growth.
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You Can Pay Your Friends on PayPal and Venmo Again—And Not Worry About the IRS
Celebrate the end of the $600 reporting threshold, an IRS attempt to nickel-and-dime freelancers while reading every American’s Venmo memos.
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•
The Day New York Defaulted: Inside Gotham’s Fiscal Fall
Decades of reckless budgeting drove away the city’s tax base. In 1975, bond markets effectively ruled the city bankrupt.
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•
Render Unto Caesar? Even the Pope Faces Confusion Complying with US Taxes
The ultra-complex US Tax Code creates opportunity for fraud and manipulation, while suppressing our economic potential… and stressing us out.
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•
Let Seniors Spend Their Medicare Money
Medicare is messy, wasteful, and prone to fraud. Cash transfers would reintroduce competition and increase innovation. It would also makes us healthier.
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•
Business Conditions Monthly May 2025
Investors are willing to risk a little more as trade war threats normalize. Some sectors show ongoing weakness, but economic activity sputtered forward.
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•
The Real Debt Threat: Government Spending, Not Tax Cuts
Washington’s dismal fiscal situation is driven by out-of-control government. Spending, Congress and Larry Summers, is what keeps the debt mounting.