Opinion | Biden’s Agenda Hits a Senate Wall
Democratic centrists keep warning the Biden administration about the political risk of untethered progressive governance. It might have taken a
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Opinion | Biden’s Plan Encourages True Supply-Side Economics
Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto Do you remember supply-side economics? That’s the doctrine that claimed that lowering taxes (especially on the wealthy)
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Opinion | Biden’s $6 Trillion Plan for Permanent Culture War
There are a lot of reasons not to like Joe Biden’s $6 trillion spending blowout: The favoritism for Democratic special
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Opinion | Biden’s Spending Binge Is Costlier Than Advertised
The Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. Photo: erin scott/Reuters President Biden’s first three domestic spending programs will give taxpayers
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Opinion | Joe Biden Is the Six Trillion Dollar Man
President Biden has 53% approval in the RealClearPolitics average as his 100th day looms. That’s 12 points higher than President
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Opinion | The Buttigieg Infrastructure Switcheroo
During his Monday Oval Office meeting with Republican lawmakers to seek GOP support for his $2 trillion infrastructure bill, Joe
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Opinion | Biden’s Multitrillion-Dollar Gamble
The Covid relief bill President Biden signed March 11 weighed in at almost $2 trillion. This week’s infrastructure bill also
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Opinion | Democrats Use Medicare as a Piggy Bank
Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s admission that the Biden administration may use drug-pricing legislation to help fund a $3 trillion infrastructure and
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Opinion | The Coming Demand Surge Brings Back Memories of 1970s Inflation
The last bout of inflation the U.S. experienced was in the 1970s. Commentators duly note this historic reference but don’t
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Opinion | An Open Congress Would Make Better Laws
The Capitol dome at sunrise in Washington, March 4. Photo: Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press President Ronald Reagan asked voters: “Are you
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