In almost every case, whenever a tariff or quota is imposed on imports, that tax is strongly supported by the domestic industry getting the protective shield from lower-priced foreign competition. The sugar industry supports sugar tariffs; textile mills lobby for tariffs on foreign clothing. Stephen Moore Read Quote
For all the obsession in Washington and in college faculty lounges over income inequality, why isn’t there more outrage over government policies that exacerbate the problem? There are hundreds of programs that make the poor poorer and increase poverty in America. Stephen Moore Read Quote
Blue staters tend to send liberal politicians to office, who then vote for bigger federal spending – even though a greater share of the money goes to the red states. Stephen Moore Read Quote
The truth is Mr. Trump could simply sit in the Oval Office for four years like a potted plant, and that would be a vast improvement over the Obama agenda, which was almost in every case – from tax increases to spending stimulus bills to Obamacare, Dodd-Frank, the war on fossil fuels, and so on – bad for growth. Stephen Moore Read Quote
The first iron rule of American politics is Follow the Money. This explains, oh, about 80 percent of what goes on in Washington. Stephen Moore Read Quote
Government can only spend a dollar to help someone when it forcibly takes a dollar from someone else. Stephen Moore Read Quote
Especially for the young and the lowest-skilled, minimum wage becomes a toll that prevents many from entering the work force and gaining the skills that can make a low income or middle class worker a high income worker. This is so obvious that one wonders why liberals keep championing the minimum wage cause. Stephen Moore Read Quote
We all, as individuals, can and should act compassionately and charitably. We can volunteer our time, energy, and dollars to help the underprivileged. We can feed the hungry, house the homeless. Most of us feel a moral and ethical responsibility to do so – to ‘do unto others.’ Stephen Moore Read Quote