Posts Tagged ‘Ways and Means Committee’
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Tax Reform: The Power To Not Tax Involves the Power to Not Destroy
Posted on November 15, 2017
The power to tax involves the power to destroy. So said John Marshall in his landmark decision McCullough vs. Maryland. The state of Maryland attempted to put the Second Bank...
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Donald J. Trump: A Method to His Madness
Posted on November 6, 2017
This week, we will find out if there has been a method to the president’s madness. Since Donald J. Trump was elected, I consistently preached to all who would listen...
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Remembering a D-Day Anniversary
Posted on June 6, 2014
We were in Paris, having a couple of pints at the Harry’s American Bar, when we heard the news. Ronald Reagan had died....
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Credibility vs. Crassness
Posted on August 10, 2011
John Boehner and Mitch McConnell put some real thought into their picks for the Joint Super Committee that will decide the fate of so many spending programs and perhaps the...
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Rand Paul and Online Poker
Posted on May 19, 2010
It was interesting to go to a Ways and Means Committee meeting on the possibilities and pitfalls of online gambling in the aftermath of Rand Paul’s huge victory in Kentucky....
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