Here's the Way to a Deal!

Eric Cantor’s recent declaration that Republicans will look at “loopholes”is a step in the right direction but Cantor is wrong to insist that any loophole closing be met with an equal cut in taxes. Eric Cantor’s recent declaration that Republicans will look at “ loopholes ”is a step in the right …

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Written by Eli Lehrer on Thursday July 7, 2011

The Debt Limit has to be Constitutional

The Balkin-Bartlett view of the Fourteenth Amendment and the public debt is tempting. But that view seems to me very clearly wrong. The Balkin-Bartlett view of the Fourteenth Amendment and the public debt is tempting.  But having read and considered Ajay's excellent blogpost , that view seems …

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Written by David Frum on Wednesday July 6, 2011