SCOTUS Case Could Quash Democrats' Wealth Tax Plans
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Projections of huge savings are making the rounds. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Plus: A listener question cross-examines prior Reason Roundtable discussions surrounding immigration, economic growth, and birthrates.
The U.S. tax system is extremely progressive, even compared to European countries—whose governments rely on taxing the middle class.
The political landscape doesn’t fit on a simple map.
Democrats spent tens of millions of dollars last year's midterms meddling in Republican primaries. Republicans may now be borrowing a page from their playbook.
Why the businessman launched a long shot campaign for the presidency.
Plus: A listener question scrutinizing current attitudes toward executive power
The enemy of your enemy is not your friend; he's a guy who might want to throw you in jail.
In 2019, discretionary spending was $1.338 trillion—or some $320 billion less than what Republicans want that side of the budget to be.
In recent months, progressives have held their noses and publicly supported Biden even in the face of downright illiberal policies.
An impasse created by years of politicized, myopic decision making in Washington is pushing the federal government ever closer to a dangerous cliff.
The COVID-19 lab leak theory was labeled "misinformation." Now it's the most plausible explanation.
After a century of Democratic mismanagement, Chicago is hemorrhaging population, catastrophically underfunding massive pension promises, and taxing the bejeebus out of its crime-scarred residents.
In 10 years, the programs' funds will be insolvent. Over the next 30 years, they will run a $116 trillion shortfall.
Excessive government interference in the market hurts consumers and thwarts policy goals. It also gets in the way of the government itself.
Vernon Smith weighs in on Biden's budget, how government causes inflation, and why bailing out Silicon Valley Bank was a bad idea.
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Plus: The editors puzzle over Donald Trump’s latest list describing his vision for America.
The basics of middle-class life are too expensive. But more subsidies won't help.
Many Democrats and Republicans were outraged when Trump and Biden respectively were found with classified documents. But both sides are missing the point.
As legislators refuse to act, benefits will be cut without any possibility of sheltering those seniors who are poor.
It's a fundamental contradiction that's affected the Biden administration's economic policy for the past two years.
Legislators will increasingly argue over how to spend a diminishing discretionary budget while overall spending simultaneously explodes.
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If you look closely, you'll find a lot of contradictions.
"I think the Democratic Party has severely underestimated how many people like me there are," says the 1986 USA Gymnastics national champion.
In 1950, there were more than 16 workers for every beneficiary. In 2035, that ratio will be only 2.3 workers per retiree.
Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are still the chief drivers of our future debt. But Republicans aren't touching them.
The underwhelming vice presidency of an unpopular former prosecutor has created a succession problem for the Democrats.
The underwhelming vice presidency of an unpopular former prosecutor has created a succession problem for the Democrats.
While some Republicans may have had misguided motivations, a few disrupted McCarthy's campaign in order to enact fiscal restraint. Their colleagues were fine with business as usual.
Justice Richard Bernstein said Pete Martel's hiring as clerk was unacceptable because "I'm intensely pro-law enforcement."
But partisans are having the wrong debate.
The release of the former president’s tax returns sets a dangerous precedent.
While rising crime created headwinds for candidates who supported criminal justice reform, the apocalyptic storm never quite arrived.
If lawmakers keep spending like they are, and if the Fed backs down from taming inflation, then the government may create a perfect storm.
When I was young, I assumed government would lift people out of poverty. But those policies often do more harm than good.
The Congressional Budget Office projects that future deficits will explode. But there's a way out.
Some people would benefit. Others would lose money or be rendered unemployable.
We asked the hot new artificial intelligence system to take four popular political quizzes. Guess what we found...
Plus: The editors briefly celebrate a noteworthy shake-up in the Senate.
We should appreciate anything that shakes the confidence of both major parties.
It's especially outrageous when considering the billions of dollars in fraud that took place thanks to COVID-19 relief programs.