In an exclusive interview with
Inside Sources,
Arthur Laffer, who as a member of President Ronald Reagan’s Economic Policy Advisory Board is credited with America’s economic boom in the 1980s, warned of the negative impact of tax hikes, especially on those in lower-income brackets.
“Raising taxes will especially hurt the poor and minorities who need jobs,” said Laffer, adding, “It is more than bad policy; it is cruel.”
He says the principles of Bidenomics will slowly bankrupt the country if followed over the next few decades.
Biden’s oft-repeated campaign pledge not to raise taxes on anyone earning less than $400,000 is meeting the reality of his early presidential agenda. While Republicans criticize the administration’s handling of the southern border and some members of his own party clamor for immediate action on gun control, Biden is keeping his focus squarely on his $4 trillion dollar “infrastructure and jobs” plan, formally unveiling the proposal
Inside Sources A deadly cold snap left millions of Texans without water, heat, or power for days on end. Like any disaster, the storm devastated along lines of existing inequalities. While ordinary Texans reeled from the fallout, Sen. Ted Cruz was boarding a plane to Mexico. Other leading Republicans left the state as well. It’s a preview of things to come as climate change
Best of 2020: Immigration Reads You May Have Missed
by Andrew Good
As the curtain closes on 2020, the NumbersUSA staff who work as part of the Media Standards Project have each pulled together a list of 10 noteworthy media items from the year that advanced a healthy, civil, productive conversation on immigration-related issues.
These pundits and reporters provided their consumers with high-quality commentary and information, allowing the space to explore nuances, trade-offs, and policy prescriptions with intellectual integrity.
It is an encouraging fact that there were a number of pieces and writers we considered writers who didn t make any of our lists, but also had worthy cases.