If you get into the weeds of tax policy and had a contest for parts of the internal revenue code that are “boring but important,” depreciation would be at the top of the list. After all, how many people want to learn about America’s Byzantine system that imposes a discriminatory tax penalty on new investment? […]
In just a few months, millions of Americans shopping on Obamacare’s insurance exchanges will discover some unfortunate news about the cost of their policies for next year. According to the latest data, insurers have requested average rate hikes of nearly 24 percent. Those that regulators have already approved average 17 percent. Notification of these increases […]
Donald Trump made himself infamous to critics for saying he wanted to build a wall on the southern border and make Mexico pay for it. But Hillary Clinton deserves equal scorn for wanting to build a wall around American companies and make middle-class workers pay for it. Earlier this month, Trump announced he would cut […]
Hillary Clinton recently laid out her plan for the economy, which boils down to more government, more spending, more taxes, more regulations and more red tape. It translates into more debt and less growth. Some of the most outrageous provisions of her plan are those that target U.S. corporations abroad. To be fair, Clinton’s policies […]
During the Democratic primary season, Bernie Sanders stressed some of the superiorities of Denmark over the U.S. And indeed Denmark is wealthy, has strong social and economic indicators, and it offers a comprehensive safety net. But is it the policies of Denmark that we should admire, or is there something special about being Danish? A […]