As regular readers know, I write mostly about the armed forces, but there are other tools of power and influence that America needs to protect its national security. Alliances are one of those tools, and Donald Trump has made the subject timely because of his recent comments regarding NATO. I don’t agree with Mr. Trump’s […]
“I realized that America doesn’t need more ‘all-talk, no-action’ politicians running things. It needs smart businesspeople who understand how to manage. We don’t need more political rhetoric — we need more common sense. ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ — but if it is broke, let’s stop talking about it and fix it. I […]
It’s frequently said that the 2003 tax cuts were the high-water mark of the George W. Bush years. Rate cuts on income and capital gains lowered the penalty placed on work in concert with reduced penalties on the investment that creates new companies and jobs. Bush did well there, and considering the happy reality that […]
Hillary Clinton is trying to scare the heck out of voters who think Donald Trump‘s business record qualifies him to be president. He has no real economic strategy beyond over-the-top promises, she said on Tuesday, and the few ideas he offers would cause millions of Americans to lose their jobs. “Just like he shouldn’t have […]
Investor Wilbur Ross recently told CNBC that Donald Trump “represents a more radical new approach to government that the nation’s economy desperately needs.” He’s right. Trump seeks an overthrow of the establishment. He’s a disrupter. Just what we need to fix the economy. The situation is that desperate. The last 15 years of economic policy, […]