Posts Tagged ‘spending’
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Trump’s “Dave” moment
Posted on November 14, 2016
“Who’s paying for all this?” Inevitably, that’s the question my mother asks when she takes a look at any government building when she comes to town. I have lived in...
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Trashing the Team You Want to Lead
Posted on March 30, 2015
So, Ted Cruz and Rand Paul voted against the Republican budget in the Senate. The more I think about it, the more it infuriates me. How can you lead a...
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Four Steps on the Road to a Balanced Budget
Posted on January 15, 2015
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) Congressional Republicans will be meeting in Hershey, Pa., the next couple of days, and the budget is sure to be discussed. Despite...
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Taming the Wild West of Campaign Spending
Posted on December 13, 2014
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) Over the objections of then-House Speaker Dennis Hastert (my former boss) and incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, President George W. Bush signed into law...
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The Certain Benefits of Long-Term Tax Policy
Posted on December 11, 2014
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) When the president threatened to veto a congressional plan to permanently extend a tax credit for research and development, he did it...
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