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Monthly Archives: May 2019
McSally wants to keep the federal government in the electricity business
The Trump administration wants to get the federal government out of the electricity business, but McSally says no.
How much of our immigration heritage do we what to give up?
If more high-skilled immigration has to come at the expense of family-based immigration, is it worth the exchange?
Let Trump prove his deal-making chops on immigration
The Kyl-Kennedy legislation provided the framework: Democrats win the argument about the past; Republicans about the future.
Don’t have politicians running our elections
Rather than arguing over which politician drafts ballot language, why not make the administration of our elections nonpartisan?
Congress isn’t a law enforcement agency
That’s the key to making sense of the political war that has broken out between Trump and House Democrats.
How much difference would a $1 billion rainy day fund make?
Based upon the state’s experience in the last recession, not much.
Schools, not savings or debt, should be the top budget priority
There’s the money to fully restore two K-12 programs severely cut to cope with the recession. That should come first.
If Trump wants to be Tariff Man, be Tariff Man
The economy could adjust to steady protectionism. But Trump’s erratic behavior on trade is damagingly disruptive.
The U.S. shouldn’t have made Venezuela about us
By interfering, we muddled two useful object lessons for the world.