Written by Larry Elder
This is not our first partial government shutdown. Somehow, someway, from 1976 through 2017, the nation has survived 18 shutdowns, the longest lasting 21 days. In this case, President Donald Trump insists that the next budget deal contain $5 billion to construct a wall on part of our southern border with Mexico.
Trump, say the Democrats, is “unwilling to compromise.”… Continue Reading
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Political | David E. Smith |
January 5, 2019 7:33 AM |
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Written by Ralph Benko – Senior Economic Advisor at the American Principles Project
As I recently wrote in my Forbes.com column, “Presidential elections are about, above all, just two things: our security and our prosperity.” The GOP candidates have been emphatic about our national security, about which more in a bit.
All of them strangely have been pretty quiet about our prosperity.… Continue Reading
Tags: Barack Obama, Ben Carson, Bill Clinton, Carly Fiorina, Chris Christie, Donald Trump, George W. Bush, Gold Standard, Jack Kemp, James Carville, Janet Yellen, Jeb Bush, Lawrence White, Marco Rubio, Newt Gingrich, Rand Paul, Ted Cruz
Federal Elections, Political | David E. Smith |
February 5, 2016 9:01 AM |
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