Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is one of a kind. He is the only self-proclaimed socialist in Congress, and he is also the only Democratic candidate in the presidential race to oppose crony programs such as the Export-Import Bank of the United States. Hillary Clinton, a big supporter of the bank, and Sanders clashed quite […]
Read MoreLast year, Philip Klein of the Washington Examiner published an e-book, “Overcoming Obamacare: Three Approaches to Reversing the Government Takeover of Health Care,” that sheds some light on what conservatives are thinking about how to replace Obamacare. In his book, Klein argues that the main difference between the most common Obamacare alternatives is how much their […]
Read MoreOf the seven main candidates running for president, only one wants to keep the Affordable Care Act in place: the Democratic kind-of-front-runner Hillary Clinton. Everyone else wants to get rid of it. Most Republicans would replace it by returning health insurance regulation to the states, although they would also lock in much of the ACA’s […]
Read MoreTonight’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 […]
Read MoreOn Saturday, Jeb Bush dropped out of the presidential race. His tolerance for bigger government, his defense of his brother’s policies, and his praise of Obama’s expansion of the NSA surveillance program made him hard to stomach for many libertarians. And yet, I will admit that I am sorry to see him go. Beyond the fact that he seemed like a […]
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