The New Global Virus Is Runaway Government Spending and Debt

The New Global Virus Is Runaway Government Spending and Debt
Government bonds; Series I bonds and Series EE bonds. Jonathan Weiss/ShutterStock
Stephen Moore
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When new British Prime Minister Liz Truss suggested lowering the United Kingdom’s highest tax rate to 40 percent from 45 percent, along with a 1 percent reduction in the income tax rate for all taxpayers, the bond markets and the central bankers around the world went stark raving mad.

Stephen Moore
Stephen Moore
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Stephen Moore is a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation, chief economist at FreedomWorks, and co-founder of the Committee to Unleash Prosperity. He served as a senior economic adviser to Donald Trump. His latest book is “Govzilla: How the Relentless Growth of Government Is Impoverishing America.”
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