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  • Trump’s VA Terminates 500, Suspends 200 for Misconduct

    Trump’s VA Terminates 500, Suspends 200 for Misconduct0

    Five hundred and forty-eight Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees have been terminated since President Donald Trump took office, indicating that his campaign pledge to clean up “probably the most incompetently run agency in the United States” by relentlessly putting his TV catch phrase “you’re fired” into action was more than just empty rhetoric. Another 200 VA workers

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  • Trump’s Tax Plan Is Brilliant Politics and Even Better Economics

    Trump’s Tax Plan Is Brilliant Politics and Even Better Economics0

    Donald Trump’s tax plan seems to mark a new chapter in his presidency, from floundering around with strange and sometimes scary policies (bombings, border closings, saber rattling) to focusing on what actually matters and what can actually make the difference for the American people and the American economy. Under Trump’s plan, taxes on corporate profits

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  • Trump’s Tax Breaks Are Not a ‘Gift’ for the Rich

    Trump’s Tax Breaks Are Not a ‘Gift’ for the Rich0

    President Trump’s tax plan calls for a reduction in top individual tax rates as well as a dramatic reduction in the overall corporate tax rate. This move has unsurprisingly drawn criticism. Detractors of Trump’s tax plan argue that it favors the rich at the expense of the poor. However, their arguments often rely on rhetoric

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  • Trump’s Right: The West Must First Have the Will to Survive

    Trump’s Right: The West Must First Have the Will to Survive0

    By now, I think most of us are aware that President Donald Trump is no great student of history or ideas. But he does give voice to some statements that are pregnant with truth, even if perhaps neither a deep understanding nor practice of that truth is exemplified in Trump’s personal life. One of these

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  • Trump’s Idea of Using Military Resources for Border Wall Isn’t Unprecedented

    Trump’s Idea of Using Military Resources for Border Wall Isn’t Unprecedented0

    The military has been involved before in putting up a barrier along the U.S.-Mexican border without explicit authorization from Congress, according to a 2009 government report. President Donald Trump recently proposed to draw from the $700 billion appropriated for the military for funds to build the border wall, which comes with a price tag estimated

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  • Trump’s Big Bet on Career and Technical Education

    Trump’s Big Bet on Career and Technical Education0

    President Donald Trump has proposed one of the largest increases in funding for career and technical education in recent history. As a education policy researcher who studies the economic and employment impact of career and technical education in high school, I believe this proposal has a lot of potential to open up new job opportunities,

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