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Mike Razar
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April 28, 2019
Real Leverage on Illegal ImmigrationThere is an unwritten but not secret alliance between RINOs who want cheap labor and leftists who want new voters. It's time to offer them a deal they can't refuse.
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September 15, 2017
Time for a New Budget Process: Tiered SpendingHow to avoid being bullied over government shutdowns amd debt limits.
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September 5, 2017
Why Can't the Whole Tax Code Be More Like FICA?Very few rules. Very simple rules. If only the rest of the tax code were that easy to understand... and it could be, drastically cutting the complexity and expense of filing taxes while ensuring parity with the outdated, overly complex system we now have.
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August 31, 2017
Sheriff Joe: Trump strikes a blow for the rule of lawThe United States Constitution twice requires that in all criminal prosecutions, the accused has a right to a trial by jury, yet Sheriff Joe was convicted by the whim of one judge.
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August 3, 2017
Trump's Best DefenseThe partisan witch hunt being conducted against President Trump, his family, and his supporters is a good example of the principle, "The best defense is a good offense." It works two ways.
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July 17, 2017
Whom Do You Trust?We live in an era where loyalty to ideology on the left has superseded loyalty to America. Think about the implications of that observation.
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July 2, 2017
If you think Trump’s tweets are ‘unprecedented,’ you don't know about Harry TrumanImagine if “Give ‘em Hell, Harry” had had a Twitter account!
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July 1, 2017
Breaking the Health Care LogjamThere is agreement among Republican senators that certain parts of the ACA should be repealed. Yet they allow their disagreements over new features to get in the way of the consensus.
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April 28, 2017
Saving face in the Mexican wall standoffA revenue source exists that could satisfy both sides.
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March 13, 2017
Good Enough Heath Care Legislation for 2017It is actually fairly easy to handle the health insurance mess in a conservative way while minimizing political risk and maximizing political gain for the Trump administration and the Republican Party.
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March 10, 2016
GOP convention rules for first ballots may avoid a contested conventionCuriously, the RNC has no set policy on what is permitted to delegates bound to candidates such as Ben Carson, who have withdrawn.
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March 5, 2016
Time to End the Conservative Circular Firing Squad on ‘Amnesty’If there were no other important issues to conservatives, it might not be so bad to engage in futile linguistic gymnastics, but the argument has become so divisive and all-consuming that it has all but drowned out other issues.
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February 21, 2016
The GOP Presidential Field and The Narcissism of Small DifferencesThe most striking thing about the field of GOP candidates is the extent to which they agree on policy issues.
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February 21, 2016
The Rubio/Trump Dream PathsI strongly disagree with the pundits on the inevitability of a Trump victory
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January 22, 2016
Natural Born Citizens and the PresidencyThe entire controversy boils down to whether “citizen at birth” and “natural born citizen” mean two different things.
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December 8, 2013
A Friendly Critique of the Levin AmendmentsMoving the discussion forward on saving the Republic.
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October 7, 2013
The Budget and Debt-Limit EndgamesHow to the table on the Democrats while setting the stage for a full frontal attack on funding for Obamacare next year without the threat of a partial shutdown of the rest of the government.
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August 5, 2013
Profile in CowardiceThe only time the Obama administration engages in Islamic profiling.
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July 11, 2013
Replace the IRS with the Honor SystemIsn't it time we join with our liberal countrymen in extending a basic level of trust to all our fellow Americans?
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May 30, 2013
How to Junk the IRSThe definition of taxable income is and always has been the cause of all the complexity. There is a way to short circuit all the complexity and make the tax collector's job simple, clear, and non-political.
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February 22, 2013
The Delinquent Twins of Financial RuinTwo sets of twins have helped put the United States in deep financial distress, with no end in sight.
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February 8, 2013
Three Principles for Immigration ReformIt is easier for the IRS to enforce a tax than to prosecute every employer who hires undocumented workers.
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January 29, 2013
The Hippocritic OathsDo the oaths sworn by the president and member of Congress really mean anything?
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January 21, 2013
Lessons from the NRA AdHow many more lessons do conservative pols and spokesmen need?
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January 12, 2013
Republican Debt Limit TacticsWith the debt limit due to kick in by the middle of February, there is not much time for Republicans to do what they should have done years ago. But it's not too late.
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January 6, 2013
A Contrary View: Fiscal Cliff Deal a Win for Republicans and AmericaSpeaker Boehner and the rest should be congratulated for the deal they brokered on the budget this past week. Yes, you read that right.
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December 12, 2012
The Great Betrayal of 2012The Republican Party has a choice. Embrace Tea party Ideals or face extinction.
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November 6, 2012
Geek's Guide to Election NightYou know who you are. You are probably watching the reurns alone, since your friends have long ago dismissed you as dangerously obsessed.
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October 24, 2012
Razar's Rules for CzarsIf you work for the People, then the People own everything you do or write or say. If you want privacy, work for McDonalds.
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September 14, 2012
The Free Lunch CrowdIf there is reincarnation, I want to come back as a mega-bank, or better yet as the Fed.
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August 19, 2012
Debate Commission BluesWho the heck picked the commission on debates? Who put them in charge?
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July 7, 2012
Tax or Penalty: Who Cares!The left is rolling in the aisles laughing. Another Romney flip-flop, they scold. This would be a good opportunity to appeal to the good sense of voters
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June 29, 2012
Holder's Contempt: Who Owns the Government?President Obama has raised the stakes. This not just a political dust-up; not merely a healthy test of strength between two co-equal branches of government. The rule of law is being challenged
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May 20, 2012
Tax Reform That Is Simple, Transparent, FairMost discussions of the personal tax code quickly deteriorate into disagreements over the relative size of tax rates or brackets. But it is the definition of taxable income -- the tax base -- that drives the tax train.
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May 19, 2012
J.P. Morgan and the Credit Default Swaps MonsterIt is difficult to assess the J.P. Morgan $2-billion loss based on the information released so far. That's not stopping a lot of people from trying, though.
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January 31, 2012
The Republican MenagerieYou can't read a political analysis of presidential politics in the Republican Party without tripping over the denizens of the zoo.
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January 11, 2012
Mitt Romney, Vulture Capitalist?What a shock it was to find out that self-righteous so-con stalwarts like Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry are actually socially conservative socialist/crony capitalists.
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January 6, 2012
The Living Constitution of the LeftIt is amusing to see how the left can pick and choose among constitutional requirements.
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December 20, 2011
FICA FeverCongress has caught FICA Fever. If you look it up you will find it means a desire to cut payroll taxes, while ignoring the fictional Trust Funds
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December 13, 2011
Criminal Negligence at MF GlobalHow could all those millions just disappear? Let's look at some actual facts.
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November 12, 2011
Apollo and Dionysius Meet AgainA vast chasm separates those who value freedom and reason from those who live only by emotions, unfettered by morality or reality.
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August 17, 2011
The Debt Ceiling: A Scoreless Tie after One InningI am sick of the debt ceiling fiasco and yet I can't let it go. The truth is that nothing was accomplished by either side. The debt ceiling had to be raised. Sorry Tea Party.
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July 25, 2011
The Inevitable Financial CrisisIt appears that the Tea Party and other interested Americans must choose the small lie of the Republicans or the big lie of the Democrats.
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January 25, 2011
The Irony of Secular Justification for AbortionOne of the most popular attacks by pro-abortion activists on the pro-life movement is that the opponents of abortion are trying to impose their own religious beliefs on others.
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September 30, 2010
Nightmare on Green StreetThe left has ignored an important barrier to their environmental utopia. Americans don't like economic suffering, and they vote accordingly.
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March 5, 2009
The Toxic Mortgage HoaxYou would never know from the media that an asset cannot be toxic, unless "toxic" is given a whole new meaning.
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February 22, 2009
Where am I wrong?This is almost too simple. I must have miscalculated, but here goes. The annual total paid by individual taxpayers (excluding FICA and Medicare) is around a trillion dollars.
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January 26, 2009
The Ten Trillion Dollar Black SwanIt is nearly unanimous. The reason for the current financial mess isn't over-leveraging, or criminally negligent management and Directors, or even an excess supply of millions of homes. It is that darn mark-to-market rule.