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Why the Critics of the Tax Reform Are Wrong

Why the Critics of the Tax Reform Are Wrong
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) addresses a tax reform news conference with Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and representatives from small business interest groups in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on November 30, 2017. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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Mainstream commentary on the tax reform is mostly negative. But why is the response from the globalist crowd so aggressive?

Some economists are worried it could raise the deficit. However, the same people didn’t mind President Barack Obama’s government spending spree, which resulted in the highest deficits in the nation’s history.

Daniel Lacalle
Daniel Lacalle
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Daniel Lacalle, Ph.D., is chief economist at hedge fund Tressis and author of the bestselling books “Freedom or Equality” (2020), “Escape from the Central Bank Trap” (2017), “The Energy World Is Flat”​ (2015), and “Life in the Financial Markets.”
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