LPA Foundation

Issues Forum: Marco Rubio

Advisor Veronique de Rugy

Advisor Veronique de Rugy - LPA Foundation Policy Advisor

Debate Over the Cruz and Rubio Tax Plans

February 25, 2016

Tonight’s debate will likely focus at some point on the candidates’ tax plans. The Wall Street Journal has a piece claiming that economists are more divided than usual on the Cruz tax plan. I don’t think that’s correct since there has been as much disagreement, if not more, among economists over the Rubio tax plan, and its giant child tax credit […]

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Taxes

Taxes

Taxes and the South Carolina Republican Debate

February 15, 2016

There were three interesting exchanges on taxes in the South Carolina GOP debate. Below is the transcript of each one followed by my brief take on it. Cruz on the VAT MODERATOR: Senator Cruz…[y]ou have proposed a consumption tax. You call it a flat tax. Some analysts compare it more akin to a value added tax. […]

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Education

Education

Where the Candidates Stand on Higher Education

February 12, 2016

After a nail-biter finish in Iowa, the New Hampshire primary ended up being a blowout, with Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump each finishing about 20 points ahead of their closest rivals. As the race moves to South Carolina and Nevada, it is worth pausing for a moment to understand what might come to pass in […]

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Taxes

Taxes

Tax Policy Center Releases Flawed and Biased Analysis of Marco Rubio Tax Cut

February 12, 2016

The liberal Tax Policy Center (TPC) today released their analysis of Marco Rubio’s tax cut plan. I’m sure others will have their own critiques, but there are a few major problems that I wanted to highlight: The report’s headline score lacks proper context By far, this is the biggest downside of the report. The headline […]

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Advisor Victor Davis Hanson

Advisor Victor Davis Hanson - LPA Foundation Policy Advisor

America’s Balkan Values

February 9, 2016

The racial spoils industry survives on several requisites. One, Americans must be readily identifiable as being non-white or white. Two, once non-white claimants pass the racial litmus test, they must think and speak in a particular progressive manner, in dutiful obeisance to those who set up and perpetuate the racial spoils system. And three, racialism […]

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