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Can Kamala Harris answer a single question?

Taxes

Campaign 2024

Can Kamala Harris answer a single question?

Not if her CNN town hall is anything to go by

Cockburn

Kamala’s brand new, same old last-minute policy platform

She has been shrewd to avoid stating much beyond traditional Democratic talking points

Jacob Heilbrunn

The trouble with the progressives’ proposed wealth tax

The Roman Empire suffered its own version of America’s current out-of-control spending

Lewis M. Andrews

The real reason people are flocking to red states

State and local Republicans actually do a pretty good job of what those at the national level promise

Lewis M. Andrews

Education

Why public schools never have enough money

The funding is, indeed, ‘inadequate,’ because it’s mostly spent on nonsense

Teresa Mull

Education
February 15, 2023
How teachers’ unions could unwittingly usher in school choice
By supporting wealth taxes, they’re showing they don’t understand the math — naturally
Lewis M. Andrews
Policy
February 8, 2023
A closer look at Biden’s State of the Union proposals
How can you stem the flow of fentanyl without securing the border?
John Pietro
Policy
July 8, 2022
The numbers are in: red states are winning
People are moving away from California and into Florida and Texas
Michael Hendrix
Policy
July 6, 2022
Gavin Newsom does not want to pick a fight with Florida
No one believes he rules over a magic kingdom
Paul du Quenoy
Politics
May 4, 2022
The nothingburger investigation into Trump’s finances
So much for the SDNY
Peter Van Buren
Policy
April 29, 2022
Higher taxes won’t fix inflation
Chuck Schumer overlooks the real problem: government spending
Taylor Millard
Economics
March 29, 2022
Biden’s budget doesn’t matter
It’s a distraction from what really matters
Jonathan Bydlak
Politics
November 3, 2021
New Jersey’s nothingburger governor underperforms
Democrat Phil Murphy should have been a shoo-in but another anti-tax rebellion is brewing
Kevin Mooney
Finance
November 2, 2021
The trouble with unrealized capital gains taxes
Ron Wyden’s wealth tax is as flawed as it is flatly unconstitutional
John Steele Gordon
Politics
September 22, 2021
A lament for the overtaxed smoker
Democrats prepare to ‘tax the rich’ by whacking cigarettes, but their moralizing is selective
Matt Purple

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