There are many reasons to worry about the economic effects of Biden’s Build Back Better reconciliation bill. Inflation isn’t really one of them.
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What if Sinema became an actual independent?
That would remove the primary threat progressive hardliners are using against her. It could also usher in a healthier, less partisan, politics for Arizona.
Biden plan would blunt America’s true edge
A larger, freer private sector economy is the U.S. advantage over other developed countries.
Abolish the debt limit
The debt limit hasn’t operated as a check on spending or borrowing. Instead, it’s a piece of economic dynamite that neither party can be entrusted to handle.
To restore election confidence, stop catering to the lie
The Senate audit tried to make mountains out of molehills. But it actually debunked the core conspiracy theories underlying the claim that Trump won the election.
Ducey’s latest border security stunt
Biden bears considerable responsibility for the current disorder at the southern border. But the immigration laws themselves also need to be changed.
A mixed bag on Biden’s foreign policy
His U.N. speech was mush. But the informal alliance with the U.K. and Australia points in a more realistic and productive direction.
Reading way too much into the Texas abortion law decision
The Supreme Court decision was about procedure, not abortion. The dissents actually validate the majority’s conclusion.
Biden’s covid plan misuses authorities
Even if you agree with Biden’s announced policies, the way he intends to effectuate them should be worrisome.
Afghanistan and the need for a new foreign policy approach
Afghanistan has discredited both the neoconservative and internationalist foreign policy paradigms. A new paradigm is needed, based upon a much narrower view of when the national interest warrants an intervention in other countries.