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Raise Revenues by Reducing Taxes?

  • Economics
July 16, 2011July 17, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Now, Ramesh Ponnuru, long time of National Review, sees it. And Pawlenty is still convinced we are above the tip of the Laffer Curve, and that there are more revenues to be got by reducing taxes. This is debatable. Related: […]

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This President Triangulates the Debt

  • Economics
July 14, 2011July 17, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Obama has been willing, in his desperation, to reform Social Security.  Like Clinton and Welfare Reform.  Maybe the Republicans forced him to it, but you could say the same of Clinton.  And maybe only Obama could have taken on Social […]

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Who is tossing whom over a cliff?

  • Economics,
  • Politics
July 6, 2011July 5, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

This column by Chris Laureys of New Jersey is one of the best I’ve ever seen on the distortions of our current welfare state. Related: “Who is tossing whom over a cliff?” by Chris Laureys at USAToday.com

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Once Again, the Laffer Curve Curves

  • Economics,
  • Politics
May 9, 2011July 5, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Michael Barone, whom I usually respect, confuses, like most Republicans, the issue about tax rates. Yes, when Kennedy cut the top rate from 90% to 70%, federal revenues did actually go up. And when Reagan cut the top rate to […]

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David Stockman, Again

  • Economics,
  • Politics
April 17, 2011July 5, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

In this article, David Stockman, although both a hard-money man and a social liberal, comes out against continuing the G. W. Bush tax cuts! Read it to find out why. Related: “The Triumph of Politics Over Economics” by Nick Gillespie […]

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2011 is not 1995

  • Economics,
  • Politics
April 16, 2011July 5, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

I confess that I was hoping that 2011 would be 1995.  After all, we had just climbed out of a serious recession in the earlier part of that decade – dwarfed by the more recent one of course, but big […]

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The Triumph of Politics Over Economics

  • Economics,
  • Politics
April 8, 2011July 5, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

In this article, David Stockman, although both a hard-money man and a social liberal, comes out against continuing the G. W. Bush tax cuts!  Read it to find out why. Related: “The Triumph of Politics Over Economics” by Nick Gillespie at Reason.com

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For and Against the Negative Income Tax

  • Economics,
  • Politics
March 11, 2011July 5, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Two different perspectives on the negative income tax, a less bureaucratic substitute for the Earned Income Tax Credit.  Guy Sorman is for, Jim Manzi is against.  I’m not sure where I stand.  (Don’t you welcome a little ambiguity for a […]

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OASDI Taxes Are Also Unconstitutional

  • Economics,
  • Politics
February 9, 2011July 5, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

If this court is right, OASDI taxes are also unconstitutional. If it is upheld, I will so interpret. And the payroll tax is far more ‘regressive’ than the income tax. On the other hand, I am fine if we want […]

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Inflation

  • Economics,
  • Politics
January 24, 2011July 5, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Michael Brendan Dougherty says that the Fed has, under Bernanke, pursued an expansionist philosophy of letting asset prices rise and never trying to limit or deflate “bubbles.” This is a different one than it followed in the Paul Volcker era, […]

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