Trump’s Capital Gains Tax Plan: Common Sense Reform Yet Derided by Liberals for “Helping the Rich”

President Trump has a new proposal to further reduce the tax burden on American taxpayers, but it’s being derided by liberals because it “helps the rich.” Trump is proposing to allow investors to index their assets to inflation, which would reduce their capital gains tax burden, and justifiably so. But because most capital gains taxes […]

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Sessions Gives Teeth to Trump’s Religious Liberty Executive Order, Announces New Task Force

On July 30, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Department of Justice would support and fulfill the mandate of President Trump’s executive order directing agencies to respect and protect religious liberty and speech, with the creation of a “religious liberty task force.” The task force will uphold the Trump administration’s policy “in the cases […]

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Republicans Aren’t Always as Capitalist as They Say They Are

For decades it has been commonly accepted by many that conservatives, Republicans, and the right are the banner carriers of free market capitalism. But through the decades their actions have told another story. Republicans all too often campaign like small-government libertarians and then rule like Democrats. My goal here isn’t to criticize conservatives, but rather […]

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Facebook Drags Down NASDAQ, Loses More Value in One Day Than Any US Stock in History

After a series of public relations crises over user privacy and censorship, Facebook dropped 19 percent and lost $120 billion of market value in a single day on July 26, taking the biggest hit in US stock market history. MarketWatch reported that the company had “lower-than-expected quarterly revenue, slowing user growth and weak guidance.” As […]

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