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Bartlett Makes His Case for Soc. Sec. Reform

Bruce may be the only NRO econopundit worth reading but his latest is not a ringing endorsement for Bush’s brand of Soc. Sec. reform: One reason is that he has…

Bartlett v. Bush on the National Sales Tax

Credit has to go to conservative Bruce Bartlett who writes in his National Review column: There is no indication of what tax rate Speaker Hastert thinks would be necessary to…

Ron Suskind

His latest Bush exegesis, Without a Doubt, in tomorrow’s New York Times is online now: Bruce Bartlett, a domestic policy adviser to Ronald Reagan and a treasury official for the…

Kerry’s Cabinet Bruce Bartlett, a conservative columnist for The National Review, ponders who should comprise the economic team in a Kerry cabinet. Typically, I disregard or at least heavily discount…

Ryan’s Hope ?

…Republican congressman Jack Kemp. I note that Jake Kemp was also Bruce Bartlett’s mentor. By Douthat’s logic Ryan=Kemp and Bartlett=Kemp so Ryan=Bartlett. That would be the Bartlett who just tweeted…