>>>Reducing taxes in itself is never a solution.
>>>It's pointless until we reduce the size and scope of government.
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>Trump is well on track to be the most deconstructionist president of government regulation in history. So far only Reagan beats him and it's not even a year compared to Reagan's long stint. In due course I hope somebody more expert than I can correlate this dismantling with the economic state to see whether there's any connection.

As much as I hate to admit it, I'll give Trump credit for this: given how the Ds skipped the budget meeting today out of sheer petulance, Trump played them like children.