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Displaying all articles tagged:
Starve The Beast
inflation
July 18, 2021
Why Inflation Panics Are Poison for Progressive Politics
Lessons from the Nixon era.
By
Ed Kilgore
government shutdown
Jan. 15, 2019
Furlough the Beast: Anonymous Trump Official Calls for Lengthy Shutdown
A pernicious voice whispers to Trump, via a Daily Caller op-ed, that he can shrink the government simply by keeping parts of it shuttered.
By
Ed Kilgore
Oct. 20, 2017
GOP Deficit Hawkery Dies in the Dark of Night
House GOP ends its tough talk about spending and deficits in a rush to cut taxes.
By
Ed Kilgore
Aug. 4, 2017
Forget ‘Tax Reform.’ Republicans Will Settle for Tax Cuts for the Rich.
For all the talk of “tax reform,” Republicans would prefer to offset tax cuts with spending cuts, and in the end won’t insist on offsets at all.
By
Ed Kilgore