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Did the Obama-era Social Security Tax Cuts Hurt the Program?
Dear Rusty: I will be retiring early next year but my question to you is: During the Obama administration, payroll taxes that employees pay were cut in half from 6.2% to 3.1%, while the employer’s part stayed the same at…
Trump Admin Slashes Major Tariff After Trade Deal Breakthrough
The U.S. and Switzerland have reached a trade deal that will cut tariffs on Swiss goods and increase Swiss investment in America, officials from both countries said Friday.Duties will be reduced to 15%, the Swiss government…
Veterans’ Day Was to Say Thank You, Today is to Say We Are Sorry
Veterans’ Day has been a day of conflict for me for many years. My Dad, and undoubtedly many of his friends and cousins, walked into a recruitment office and volunteered to serve their country to go to Europe or the South…
How And Why Has Bernie Sanders Become The Democrat Party Leader And Spokesperson?
You may have noticed during the government shutdown, which was perpetrated by the Democrat party, that Bernie Sanders appears to be the apologist for the Democrats. Every time the shutdown needed to be defended, Bernie was…
Winners and Losers: Shutdown Losers & College Winners
Every Friday morning, I join the Cardle & Woolley Show on Talk 1370 Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. Now that the shutdown is finally over, three Texas football teams are in the Top 10 and the…
Ken Burns’ “The American Revolution” premieres Sunday on PBS
Like ours, many organizations have been ramping up for July 2026, which marks the 250th anniversary celebration of the signing of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. The event we celebrate is critical not only to American…
Will N.H. be the second state to leave RGGI?
Pennsylvania shocked Northeast energy policy nerds this week by withdrawing from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). To get a state budget passed, Gov. Josh Shapiro agreed to remove Pennsylvania from the 11-state…
The RGGI trap – THE JOSIAH BARTLETT CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY
According to national media reports, Pennsylvania’s 2025 budget deal caused the state to “exit” RGGI. Media coverage also used the words “leave,” “quit” and “pull out” to describe Pennsylvania’s abandonment of RGGI.…
A preview of Locke’s new report about crime and policing in North Carolina
The report is called “More cops, less crime: how intensive community policing can solve North Carolina’s crime problem.” It makes four points. First, crime continues to be a problem in North Carolina. Second, the burden of…
Shrinking UI Trust Fund could cause businesses — and their workers — more pain
When lawmakers were deciding whether to allow Washington state’s unemployment insurance (UI) fund to be used to pay striking workers, proponents of the idea insisted the fund was healthy enough to be stretched beyond its role…
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