The next president will appoint at least one and perhaps as many as three Supreme Court justices, who in turn will have a decisive impact on the Court’s jurisprudence for decades. But last night’s presidential debate revealed that neither of the major-party candidates understands what Supreme Court justices are supposed to do. Moderator Chris Wallace […]
Donald Trump’s penchant for brusque remarks came in handy during the second presidential debate, eight days ago. When the discussion turned to the president’s health law, the GOP candidate’s message was clear: “Obamacare is a disaster. You know it. We all know it.” Only Hillary’s own spouse put it better, when he called Obamacare “the craziest […]
Last Thursday in New York, Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump released a tax reform plan. The plan would reform the individual income tax code by lowering marginal tax rates on wages, investment, and business income. Furthermore, it would broaden the individual income tax base. The plan would also lower the corporate income tax rate […]
On Thursday the Trump campaign released a document that discussed, recommended even, killing off certain regulations that hamper the US economy. One of these referred to the FDA Food Police – the idea that we’re not all going to be poisoned by unscrupulous capitalists if we have just a little bit less of bureaucratic oversight […]
The Trump campaign today released details of their tax plan–again. This version has a lot more meat on the bone than previous iterations. First, the good. The plan reduces the number of individual tax brackets from seven to three, in the process cutting the top marginal income tax rate from 39.6 percent to 33 percent. […]