Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore Congressional Republicans have been raked over the coals in the last two weeks for slamming through budget caps and inflating government spending and debt by another $300 billion. The criticisms are well-deserved. It’s a historical truism that Republicans are much more fiscally conscientious when they are in the minority […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore We’re just one month into the new tax bill, and only those wearing left-wing ideological blinders — which, unfortunately, is still the case for millions of anti-Trumpers — can deny that Donald Trump’s tax cuts are helping just about everyone. The avalanche of news stories of bonuses, pay raises, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore The unsung hero of the GOP Christmas gift of a tax cut is Arthur Laffer — the Reagan economist who helped devise the Gipper’s tax reductions. Those tax cuts rebuilt the U.S. economy in the 1980s and pulled us out of the mini-depression of high inflation and unemployment in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore Whenever I’m asked if the Trump tax cut is for the rich, I say yes. It is a tax cut for the rich. It is a tax cut for the middle class. It is a tax cut for small businesses. It is a tax cut for the Fortune 100. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore Republicans have long been known as “the stupid party.” They do stupid things, such as waiting until mid-November to push a must-pass tax cut that should have been done by April. But in recent weeks the GOP is finally showing some brains and some backbone on taxes. They are […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore President Donald Trump has proposed what he calls “the biggest tax cut since Ronald Reagan.” He also wants vast simplification so that Americans can fill out their taxes on a postcard return. Let’s hope that part of this reform package will be to defang the IRS, which treats Americans […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore There’s a famous Woody Allen joke: “Those who can’t do teach, and those who can’t teach teach gym.” Well, here’s a modernized version of that old saw: Those who can’t do write, and those who can’t write write about sports. One of the most amazing revelations about the shameful […]
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Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore Donald Trump’s latest tax-cut plan would be a steroid injection for the U.S. economy. Bravo to the White House and congressional leaders for packaging the biggest pro-growth tax cut since Ronald Reagan. My only quibble is that I wish the “Gang of Six” negotiators had stuck with President Trump’s […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore Liberals love to portray Republicans as the party of the rich and powerful. The GOP has tried, valiantly, to shed that criticism — but then why are so many in the party defending the special interests of private- and corporate-jet owners over the interests of the rest of us? […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore Has anyone noticed — through the fog of Russia, James Comey, Charlottesville and now two monster hurricanes — that the U.S. economy is booming faster than it has since the late Clinton years? It is undeniable. In the last year of the Obama administration, the economy was decelerating, with […]