For the Weekend: Stephen Vincent Benet: The Devil and Daniel Webster X
Keeping US Policymaking Honest: Fresh at Project Syndicate

Must-Read: The Republican House caucus led by mainstream media-acclaimed "policy wonk" Paul Ryan are best thought of as a bunch of 19 year old college frat boys who didn't do the reading winging it in a Model Budget Simulation course:

David Kamin: How a Tax Cut Turns Into a Tax Increase: "In rolling out their plan, House Republicans focused on an example family...

...a married couple making 59,000 dollars per year and with two kids... a tax cut of over 1,182 dollars in 2018.... [But] that... family making 59,000 dollars would face a tax increase by 2024 relative... potentially rising to 500 dollars by 2027.. even as tax cuts for those at the top are maintained...."

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