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-7 posts tagged "The Trump Administration"
Gabriel Niforatos | Tuesday, September 25, 2018
In political theory, there can be a fine line between justice and morality. Recently, I was wondering what the conversation would be like if the current President of the United States and Socrates had a conversation in the spirit of this unique relationship between justice and morality, as well as the qualities it takes to
Natalie Weber | Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Commonly known as ”the father of supply-side economics” and creator of the Laffer curve, economist Arthur Laffer advocated for a flat tax system and lower economic regulations Tuesday during a lecture hosted by the Young Americans for Freedom. To create a prosperous economy, a country should implement a low tax rate and ensure people are
Jordan Ryan | Wednesday, April 4, 2018
One of President Trump’s foundational campaign promises was to reduce the size of the federal government. In the past year, he has made good on his vow and, as a results, he has impressively slowed the growth rate of the Federal Register by roughly 30% in his first year alone. Of those regulations which he
Eddie Damstra | Thursday, March 22, 2018
In addition to a conservative advantage on the Supreme Court, the presidency, both houses of Congress, a majority of governorships and a majority of state legislatures are controlled by the Republican Party. Given the sheer number of Republican office-holders across the country, one would expect Republicans to feel confident in the security of their power
Eddie Damstra | Thursday, February 15, 2018
Donald Trump has been the president of the United States for over one year now. And contrary to what many alarmists predicted, our republic is not destroyed and the world is not ending. Freedom and equality are just as preserved today as they were in past administrations. Stock prices experienced a brief drop recently, but,
Andrew Bennis | Wednesday, December 6, 2017
Though President Trump has promised to put America first, professor of political science Rosemary Kelanic said in reality, the current administration’s policies are closer to “Trump first” than they are to “America first.” “I think that [Trump] conflates his personal interests with the interests of the United States,” Kelanic said. “He doesn’t really draw a distinction between what
Letter to the Editor | Thursday, September 7, 2017
The Trump Administration has ended Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), effective in six months. DACA allows “Dreamers” who came to the United States as children and who met several requirements to request consideration of deferred action from deportation for a renewable period of two years. The decision to end DACA is ill-conceived for at