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  • Tariffs: Are They Really That Bad?

    Tariffs: Are They Really That Bad?0

    The Founding Fathers gave Congress the power to “regulate commerce with foreign nations” in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.  The Framers encouraged sanctions, duties, and fees as revenue-raising measures.  Thomas Jefferson argued, “We ought not to depend on supplies from other countries.  Shall we suppress imposts [tariffs] and give that advantage to foreign

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  • Tariffs, Hollywood, and Three Lies We’ve Come to Accept

    Tariffs, Hollywood, and Three Lies We’ve Come to Accept23

    President Donald Trump unleashed another unorthodox idea the other day by floating the concept of tariffs on movies not made in America. Those in the movie industry “are downright apoplectic,” CNN reported, concerned that such an initiative will tank their business. I’m not sure what to make of this idea yet, as I can see

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  • Tariffs Work

    Tariffs Work0

    For decades, American political discourse has largely operated within the spectrum of opinions voiced by the editorial pages of The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal. Opinions not embraced by one of these newspapers were unlikely to advance very far, and those voicing such unapproved opinions were, sooner or later, likely to be denounced

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  • Target’s Wage Floor Shows the Folly in Wage Fixation

    Target’s Wage Floor Shows the Folly in Wage Fixation0

    Bonnie Furlong started working at Target in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, more than seven years ago. Today, however, she’s making the same as new hires and less than she was before the Minneapolis-based retailer raised its wage floor to $13 an hour in June of last year. “The last time they raised it, they cut our hours,

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  • Target Porn

    Target Porn0

    Target’s taking some heat for the second time in several months over its choice of store music. According to reports coming out of one of its California stores, Target played pornographic audio over its loudspeakers on the morning of October 14th. The Star Tribune reported that “The string of moans and groans [were] laced with

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  • Target CEO: Maybe that Transgender Bathroom Announcement Wasn’t Such a Good Idea After All

    Target CEO: Maybe that Transgender Bathroom Announcement Wasn’t Such a Good Idea After All0

    The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday ran a lengthy report in its business section titled “How Target Botched Its Response to the North Carolina Bathroom Law.” The story focused on Target’s controversial decision in April 2016 to publish a blog post responding to North Carolina’s decision to pass a law requiring transgender people to use

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