Stephen Moore, who formerly wrote on the economy and public policy for The Wall Street Journal, is a distinguished visiting fellow for the Project for Economic Growth at The Heritage Foundation. He was a senior economic adviser to Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign. Read his research.
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President Obama has wisely abandoned his lead-filled trial balloon of taxing college savings plans. Congressional offices were deluged over the last week with indignant calls… Read More
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While the prospects for tax reform in Washington are dim, as many as 20 Republican governors are moving forward with their own pro-growth tax-relief initiatives…. Read More
EnergyCommentary
It was just recently that President Obama took credit for falling gas prices in his State of the Union address, and already he is sticking… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Recently the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced major new regulations on the emissions of methane into the air from oil and gas production. It calls… Read More
EnergyCommentary
In President Obama’s State of the Union preview, he touted low gas prices as an example of positive economic results. “America is now in a… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Solar panels are being installed on the roofs of homes and businesses all across America at a record pace. The fad is the latest way… Read More
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Imagine that a retail store or company like Best Buy or Home Depot announced that it has plans to slash customer service, that it will… Read More
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Suddenly everyone in Washington wants a gas tax hike—apparently so consumers don’t save too much money at the pump. As prices keep falling, the politicians… Read More
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For “Outrageous Government Scam of 2014,” it’s hard to compete with the news of the supersized public employee pensions in California. If you haven’t already… Read More
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On New Year’s Day, the minimum wage increased in 20 states and the District of Columbia. This follows a year in which protesters hit the… Read More
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It only took six years, but we’re finally starting to see the U.S. economy kick into gear. This isn’t a story of government-directed growth, but… Read More
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It was 40 years ago this month that two of President Gerald Ford’s top White House advisers, Dick Cheney and Don Rumsfeld, gathered for a… Read More
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For outrageous government scam of the year, it’s hard to compete with the news of the supersized public-employee pensions in California. If you haven’t already… Read More
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The legislative process in Washington is often compared to sausage making – something you don’t want to watch. But Jimmy Dean couldn’t hold a candle… Read More
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Sorry, but this one you can’t blame on either party. Yes, President Obama has made the problem much, much worse, but the scary truth is… Read More
EnergyCommentary
If you think President Obama’s unilateral exercise of executive powers granting near-blanket amnesty to illegal immigrants was an abuse of power, get a load of… Read More
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What has been the price tag for the audacious Obamanomics experiment? How much has it all cost — the bailouts, the debt, the stimulus plans,… Read More
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Polls in recent months show Americans in a foul mood when it comes to the economy, their personal finances and the general direction of the… Read More
LawCommentary
Republicans are rightly and predictably infuriated by Barack Obama’s immigration executive action power play. What has been remarkable has been the silence from the left… Read More
EnergyCommentary
That sound you’re hearing from across the Pacific is the Chinese rulers and Beijing laughing at us. President Obama and the “green” lobby actually think… Read More
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Japan is suffering another economic free fall. Following a second quarter GDP decline of an annualized 7.3 percent, this last quarter the economy in Tokyo… Read More
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First, the good news. The economy is unmistakably regaining some of its mojo. We picked up another 214,000 jobs in October, according to the Labor… Read More
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For months on end, Democrats crowed that voters were going to toss Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and his tax-cutting agenda out of office on Tuesday…. Read More
SocietyCommentary
This may be a surprising statement from a bleary-eyed, number-crunching economist, but the best anti-poverty program in America may not be tax cuts, debt reduction… Read More
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It was exactly 20 years ago, in November 1994, that Republicans under the maverick leadership of Newt Gingrich and his Contract with America took over… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The magnitude of the GOP’s tidal wave in Tuesday’s election is just coming into focus. Just as in 1994’s landslide election that gave Newt Gingrich… Read More
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The headline in newspapers one recent weekend read like an April Fool’s joke, but it wasn’t April 1. The Obama administration announced it wants to… Read More
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So now, Hillary Clinton is saying: Never mind, I goofed. The former senator, secretary of state and first lady on Friday declared that businesses and corporations don’t… Read More
EnergyCommentary
American workers and motorists got some badly-needed relief this week when the price of oil plunged to its lowest level in years. The oil price… Read More
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We learned last week that new Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen is not so much our nation’s central banker as class warrior in chief. In… Read More
