Veronique de Rugy is a contributing editor at Reason. She is a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.
Cutting SALT From the Federal Tax Diet
The state and local tax deduction needs to go.
The state and local tax deduction needs to go.
There is promise and peril in the GOP's corporate tax overhaul.
Corporate welfare for me, but not for thee.
Congress should take a scalpel to the corporate tax rate.
How we can fix our hopelessly outdated tax code.
The recent debt ceiling deal shows the limits of Trump's deal making abilities.
"Price gouging-like spinach-may be unappealing at first bite but it's good for everyone in the long run."
The treasury secretary has managed to put off debt ceiling calamity, but otherwise failed to embraced needed spending reforms.
Online gambling is under attack.
From solar to coal, politicians love to subsidize power production.
Small, achievable reforms are the key to tackling America's mounting national debt.
The GOP predictably fails to deliver on their small government rhetoric.
Once again the CFPB regulations make ordinary Americans worse off.
Businessmen should spend more time peddling products, not pushing protectionism.
Big airlines look to bring protectionism to the skies.
It's been a sweet two years with a hobbled Export-Import Bank. Now lets get rid of it entirely.
Republicans embrace more bad ideas on tax reform to avoid spending cuts.
Paul Ryan is needlessly holding up tax reform by pushing a harmful Border Adjustment Tax.
All too often the media demonizes companies for responding to the incentives politicians give them.
The most important thing the federal government can do is get out of the way.
The 2018 federal budget suggests small but necessary reforms.
Republicans dodge another opportunity to rein in spending.
The U.S. could be on the path to French-style economic sclerosis.
A transparent attempt to establish government control over the rare place where freedom is still highly regarded.
It's often described by some of its victims as a license for IRS imperialism.
It feels like mercantilism, hammering imports while promoting exports.
Let taxpayers in high-tax nations subsidize the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
The best place to start would be a cap on all spending or a strict cut-as-you-go system.
Medicaid is a terrible way to deliver health care to low-income Americans.
It's the one time of the year taxpayers are confronted with just how much of their earnings are captured by the government.
The incoming president may not be good for the economy in the long run.
It's health care that matters, not health care insurance.
Wouldn't that be nice?
The president takes a reckless stance on free trade, entitlements, and debt reduction.
If we accept the models, entirely eliminating all U.S. carbon emissions would have less than a negligible impact on temperatures by the end of the century.
Trump should choose privatization over nationalization.
No one questions that the president is empowered to protect the country, but some measures are clearly counterproductive. This is one of them.
Massive privacy blind spots.
Trump doesn't want to fix Social Security or Medicare.
We need a new, individualized operating system for politics and it will happen on the new president's watch, whether he wants it or not.
With our debt about to explode, the debt limit is more needed than ever. Congress needs to resist the calls to dispose of it.
Americans instinctively know we're on the wrong track.
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