Veronique De Rugy: Let’s Make a Deal — to Abdicate Responsibility
If you follow the news, you may be under the [...]
Veronique De Rugy: Infrastructure Insanity
In the event that a group of U.S. senators cannot [...]
Veronique De Rugy: If You Can’t Beat Them, Bully Them Into Joining You
For several decades now, politicians around the world have tried [...]
Veronique De Rugy: Demystifying the Magical Multiplier Myth
The scale and scope of government spending expansion in the [...]
Veronique De Rugy: Biden Shoots for the Stars With Astronomical Spending Proposals
Some emergencies require an increase in government spending, but that comes with an understanding that the higher levels of spending are unusual and will not be sustained. Unfortunately, this understanding seems to be lost on the Biden administration. Exhibit A is his proposed $6 trillion budget for Fiscal Year 2022 and the accompanying huge budget deficits on the books for the next decade.
Veronique De Rugy: Expanding the Child Tax Credit Ignores Historical Precedent
Marketing is everything in politics. It explains why a tax [...]
Veronique De Rugy: Biden’s Family Leave Plan Is a Permanent Burden for a Temporary Problem
If you're a politician peddling big new government programs for [...]
Veronique De Rugy: Uncle Sam’s Lack of Leadership on Debt Cannot Be Ignored
I'm always amazed to hear people say that the national [...]
Veronique De Rugy: Biden’s Environmentally Friendly Infrastructure Plan Won’t Help Infrastructure or the Environment
The Biden administration has made the fight against climate change [...]
Veronique De Rugy: The FDA’s Slippery Slope Toward Mandating Raw Broccoli for Breakfast
Take the latest news that the FDA is thinking about requiring tobacco companies to lower the nicotine in all cigarettes sold in the United States. Its goal is to fight nicotine addiction. The paternalists at the FDA are also considering whether this proposal should be paired with a ban on menthol products.
Veronique De Rugy: If All the World’s a Stage, COVID-19 Is Writing the Script
The 9/11 attacks gave us the heightened security theater now [...]
Veronique De Rugy: Just Because It’s Said by Joe Doesn’t Make It So
While President Joe Biden's administration doesn't seem to need an [...]
Veronique De Rugy: Biden’s Crony Anti-Infrastructure Plan
"A crony anti-infrastructure plan" is, sadly, the best description of [...]
Veronique De Rugy: On Biden, Betrayal, Burdens and Bunk
Politicians betray their campaign promises all the time. So, it's [...]
Veronique De Rugy: History Tells Us That Wealth Taxes Don’t Work
With Democrats now in control of the House, Senate and [...]
Veronique De Rugy: Biden Stays the Course on Trump’s Immigration, Trade and Industrial Policies
Several of my friends have expressed relief now that Joe [...]
Veronique De Rugy: On the Pursuit of Tyrannical Policies and Zero-Risk Societies
A lot has been said about the harm to people [...]
Veronique De Rugy: Earmarks Expose Self-Serving Politicians, Distract Us From Bigger Problems
A fight is brewing over bringing back earmarks -- provisions [...]
Veronique De Rugy: Don’t Overlook Minimum Wage’s Negative Effects
In his autobiography, "Up From the Projects," the late economist [...]
Veronique De Rugy: Never Let a Good Manufactured Crisis Go to Waste
A seemingly effective way for politicians to justify our need [...]
Veronique De Rugy: Romney’s Family Security Act Redistributes Wealth, Creates Distortions, Grows Government
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, recently introduced a universal child allowance [...]