by Brian Garst | Mar 26, 2018 | Blogs, States, Tax Competition, Taxation
The $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill is full of waste, but one thing it thankfully does not include is the Internet Sales Tax. This is a welcome development, as Rep. Kristi Noem pushed hard to have her Remote Transactions Parity Act (RTPA) included as a rider in...
by Brian Garst | Mar 7, 2018 | Blogs, Free Market
A coalition of 29 organization’s released a letter calling on President Trump to reverse course on planned tariffs on aluminum and steel. The letter notes: Free trade is an integral foundation for any economy seeking growth, innovation, and expanded opportunity....
by Brian Garst | Feb 15, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market, Government Spending, Taxation
Public opinion on the tax reform bill is improving and is likely to continue to do so as workers see their take-home pay increase despite the repeated lies of the bill’s opponents. But that’s not the end of the story. The reductions included in the reform...
by Brian Garst | Jan 14, 2018 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by Townhall.com on January 8, 2018. A debate has been raging for years over whether the world’s most widely used herbicide, glyphosate, is carcinogenic. Like so many other issues relating to the environment, the discussion has been marked not by...
by Brian Garst | Nov 10, 2017 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by Townhall.com on November 9, 2017. Last week, the senior space editor for Ars Technica suggested my September column questioning a provision slipped into the National Defense Authorization Act, along with others in outlets like the Daily...
