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ALWAYS READ THE FOOTNOTES

In this mornings New York Times Bruce Bartlett published a nice list of anti recession measures by Congress and makes the point that they are always too late. However, if…

The View from the Right

…to talk about the need for higher taxes, as this piece from Sunday’s IHT reports. Even Bruce Bartlett is quoted as saying “I do believe tax increases are absolutely inevitable.”…

Exporting Gold Bugs to China

…the benefits of free trade. The NRO has even featured very good defenses of free trade from William Buckley and Bruce Bartlett. I was hoping to say the same thing…

Putin Tax: Back in the USSR

…barrel of oil (Ural crude) raises Russia’s federal budget revenues by as much as 0.35% of GDP. To his credit, Bruce Bartlett does not try to argue that the income…