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Defending Religious Freedom in the Middle East
Posted on March 23, 2015
It turns out, Saddam Hussein was actually pretty good for the Christians in Iraq. That’s just one of the ironies of our efforts to dislodge him a decade ago. Watching...
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Corporate Taxes Are Too Damn High
Posted on March 20, 2015
Our corporate tax rate reminds me of New York political figure Jimmy McMillan. He famously founded the “Rent is Too Damn High” party and ran for Mayor on the platform...
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Our Broken Budget Process
Posted on March 19, 2015
Here are five things that are wrong with the Congressional Budget Process 1) It’s non-binding: The House and the Senate work feverishly passing their respective budgets, but they never send the final...
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Lessons From Ireland
Posted on March 17, 2015
(This originally appeared in The Hill) Ireland is on the mind of official Washington today. From the White House, where the president receives shamrocks from the Irish prime minister, to...
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The Real Budget Question: How Do You Grow the Economy?
Posted on March 13, 2015
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) House Republicans spent a lot of time in 1995 and 1996 fighting over arcane details of their budget resolution: whether to...
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