Why Raising Taxes Won’t Fix the Federal Debt: Lessons from History and the Laffer Curve
Debt and Taxes The federal government’s debt is large. Larger than the $36.2 trillion[1] (over 100% of GDP) that is…
Crimson and Gold: Harvard’s Clash with Trump
As you may know, President Trump and Harvard University have a disagreement. There are several facets to this, and it…
Why Senator Rand Paul Opposes Tariffs: Economic, Constitutional, and Political Concerns
The President of the United States is a powerful man. Controlling one third of the federal government is pretty heady…
Tariffs Part II: A Policy Analysis
The Basics of the Tariff Tariffs are taxes. That should not be overlooked. Advocates tend to omit this fact. When…
Tariffs Part I: The American Experience
Tariffs have been in the news quite a bit. No matter when that was written, it would be true. Tariffs,…
A Glimpse Behind the Curtain: Tales of Real Policy Making
This is the fourth and final installment of a multipart series providing insight into government operations from a former staffer…
Why Democracies Give Us Unwanted Policies: The Politicians
This is the third of a multipart series providing insight into government operations from a former staffer. In my previous…
Why Democracies Give Us Unwanted Policies: The Voters
This is the second of a multipart series providing insight into government operations from a former staffer. Everyone in the…
The Training Grounds of Democracy
This is the first of a multi-part series providing insight into government operations from a former staffer. In 1932, Supreme…
Uncle Sam is Your Sugar Daddy: How Sugar Policy Contributed to the Rise in Diabetes
The Butterfly Effect, attributed to meteorologist Edward Lorenz, is the idea that small actions in one part of the world…