Tag Archives: National Defense Strategy
Moving from Tax Cuts to Fiscal Reform
Any discussion of fiscal reform must start with a truth that is seldom heard. The purpose of taxation is to generate the revenue needed to pay the government’s bills. In the face of rising deficits, even in good times (leaving … Continue reading
Posted in Fiscal Reform, Flat Tax, FreedomTax, Liberty and Freedom, News and Analysis, Reagan Revolution, Regulations, Regulatory Reform, Tax Cuts, Tax Overhaul, Tax Reform, Taxation, Trade & Economics, Trump Presidency
Tagged Corporate Tax Rate, Decrease in Regulations, infrastructure, Nancy Pelosi, National Defense Strategy, Personal Tax Rate, Sequester, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, TCJA
Shifting the Focus of National Defense
Congress cannot just be “spectators” to national security; they must actively support it as the first duty of the Federal government. “Let me be clear,” said Mattis, “As hard as the last 16 years of war have been, no enemy … Continue reading
Posted in China, Congress, Defense and National Security, Defense Issues, Foreign Policy, News and Analysis, Russia & Eurasia, Trump Presidency
Tagged Budget Control Act, China, Congress, Continuing Resolutions, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, Great Power Competition, House Armed Services Committee, National Defense Strategy, National Security, Nuclear Posture Review, Russia, Sequestration
