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James Pethokoukis President Biden’s campaign tax plan was full of tax increases, some $3 trillion worth. But a wealth tax wasn’t one of them. https://www.aei.org/economics/wealth-taxes-come-with-a-wealth-of-worrisome-potential-trade-offs/  

Alex Brill, Kyle Pomerleau, Grant M. Seiter The Child Tax Credit (CTC) is all the rage these days. Democrats and Republicans both are advancing proposals to increase...

Robert Doar, Matt Weidinger The Covid stimulus would give checks to parents, with no strings attached. UBI for everyone is next. https://www.aei.org/op-eds/democrats-stealth-plan-to-enact-universal-basic-income/

Phil Gramm, Pat Toomey Tax cuts and deregulation spurred the boom. Tariffs delivered neither economic growth nor key states. https://www.aei.org/op-eds/trumps-protectionist-failure/

Ryan C. Berg, Haroldo Montealegre The tragic events that unfolded in January at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., has given rise to elegies of American...

Brian Root Current System Leaves Needs Unmet; Lasting Reforms Needed https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/03/02/united-states-pandemic-impact-people-poverty

Beijing Moves to End the City’s Competitive Elections https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/03/02/hong-kong-47-charged-under-abusive-security-law

Reverse Junta’s Revisions to Penal Code, Other Laws https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/03/02/myanmar-post-coup-legal-changes-erode-human-rights

Elaine Pearson When I visited Sri Lanka in 2017, I met with mothers of the missing holding a roadside vigil in the northern town of Vavuniya. https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/03/03/sri-lankans-are-still-waiting-justice-wartime-abuse