Uh, no, because an illegal tax increase is still illegal tax increase even if it's a REALLY BIG illegal tax increase

The top 5 states experiencing out-migration are: 1. California 2. New York 3. Illinois 4. Massachusetts 5. New Jersey Explore the data: hubs.ly/Q03Cf_YC0

Obama is mostly complaining about proper eligibility reviews prior to massive subsidy payments distributed to insurers. He is not even defending Obamacare. He’s defending Biden’s enrollment-at-any-cost policies that enriched insurance companies and caused a fraud explosion.

Tariffs aren't just a tax. They're also bureaucracy. Lots of it.

The ACA was a bureaucratic disaster that ended up making healthcare less affordable, and the flimsy legal/constitutional arguments your administration used to push it through are directly responsible for enabling Trump's executive power overreach today.

"Not having access to a private school choice program puts Illinois students in the minority, at a competitive disadvantage & limits access to educational offerings that could better fit their needs." Illinois Policy Paul Vallas Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist Derrell Bradford illinoispolicy.org/7-reasons-illi…

In this new The Boston Globe article, I argue Massachusetts should reject rent control (a terrible counterproductive policy) and instead address housing shortages by ending exclusionary zoning: bostonglobe.com/2025/08/13/opi…

We really should make the federal government less powerful.

A Living Review: What 70 Studies Say About Public Debt and Growth theunseenandtheunsaid.com/p/a-living-rev…

Forcing Catholic nuns to fund abortion and contraception is such a low stakes endeavor that one can only conclude the Obama administration, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania meant to send a message: they will spare no effort and no target to impose compliance with their regime.

Good question. Thanks for all your attention to this 13 years ago, when Paul Ryan was using EXACTLY THE SAME CHART

So now you're admitting that American companies pay the tariffs, rather than foreign countries as you previously claimed?

One important thing I will say, "There are NO Medicaid cuts." The One Big Beautiful Bill was about reversing reckless Biden administration policies and reducing waste, fraud, abuse, and corporate welfare in Medicaid. paragoninstitute.org/medicaid/myth-…

🫡 Goldman Sachs doubles down on tariff research that infuriated Trump, saying average Americans will bear two-thirds of the costs fortune.com/2025/08/13/gol…

Death comes for Illinois and Chicago. "The potential for the simultaneous fiscal meltdown of a state government and the government of that state’s largest city, however, provides a uniquely terrifying budget crisis." Thomas Savidge civitasinstitute.org/research/chica…

God forbid we buy tropical fruits from abroad

America’s capital markets are quietly spectacular. At $40.7T, they’re 38.5% of global market cap—3.7× bigger than the EU’s. And here’s the kicker: they’re not just huge, they deliver high returns, fueling bold ideas from whaling ships to rockets. 👇

Yeah.... No. I'm not holding income constant. I'm not saying only import prices matter. I'm saying cheaper imports (in real terms) make us more productive, as producers, that's what production means..

So many of these. 1. Trump is interfering with international markets. 2. International markets are evil, and should be eliminated entirely. etc., etc., etc.

1/2 In The Wall Street Journal, Freedom Conservatism signatory Tony Woodlief chronicled state governments’ increasing dependence on federal funds to finance health care, education, and other services. Federal dollars made up 37% of the average state’s revenue in 2023, nearly double the average in 1990.