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Obama’s Lowball Tax Vision

by Lawrence Kudlow on February 1, 2012 · 1 comment

You would think that with one of the weakest economic recoveries on record, President Barack Obama would be searching desperately for ways to promote economic growth. It is, after all, an election year. Most pundits and pollsters agree that it’s…

Mitt’s Attack on Crony Capitalism

by Lawrence Kudlow on January 25, 2012 · 0 comments

Let me build on Charles Krauthammer’s great Friday column, “The GOP’s Suicide March.” Krauthammer argues that just as President Obama’s class-warfare, soak-the-rich mantra started lagging in the polls, some Republicans on the campaign trail started making the case that Mitt…

Spotlight on Another Failing Company: US Government, Inc.

by Lawrence Kudlow on January 19, 2012 · 0 comments

There’s a very troubled company out there called U.S. Government Inc. It’s teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. And it badly needs to be taken over and turned around. It probably even needs the services of a good private-equity firm,…

Mitt’s Big Next Step on Tax Reform

by Lawrence Kudlow on January 12, 2012 · 0 comments

While so much attention has been turned to Newt Gingrich’s catastrophically mistaken attack on Mitt Romney’s Bain Capital, free-market capitalism, investment and profits, a potentially much more significant development occurred in the New Hampshire debate Saturday night. For the first…

GOP Beware: The Economy’s On the Upswing

by Lawrence Kudlow January 11, 2012

Message to my fellow conservatives: Please don’t blame the mainstream media for the improvement in jobs, unemployment, and economic growth. Reporters are not making this up. The economy is better. It’s going to give President Obama a leg up on…

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Rep. Ryan’s “Path to Prosperity” Baffles Obama Administration

by Lawrence Kudlow December 26, 2011

When you think of Republican Rep. Paul Ryan, terms like earnest, serious, and important come to mind. So does the term old-fashioned. Ryan comes from an old-fashioned place, the blue-collar town of Janesville, Wis. He cherishes the old-fashioned values of…

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Singing Obama’s Blue-Collar Blues

by Lawrence Kudlow December 20, 2011

The payroll-tax-cut debate is not really about the payroll tax, which is a very weak-kneed economic stimulant and a lackluster job creator because of its temporary nature. Without permanent incentives at lower tax rates, these rebates don’t do anything for…

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Newt, the Supply-Side Sizzler

by Lawrence Kudlow December 12, 2011

Say what you will about former Speaker Newt Gingrich. His philosophy, his policy proposals, his track record, his campaign and all the rest. But the one thing you have to acknowledge about Gingrich is that he’s a sizzler. He has…

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Farewell to Faith-Filled Financier Ted Forstmann

by Lawrence Kudlow December 6, 2011

With a great feeling of loss and sadness, I want to join with so many others to mourn the passing of Ted Forstmann, the brilliant financier, entrepreneur, and free-market capitalist.
A Wall Street Journal editorial from Paul Gigot and a…

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Stocks Get By with a Little Help From Our Fed

by Lawrence Kudlow December 2, 2011

It’s often said that help comes to those who help themselves. But Europe can’t seem to help itself. So on Wednesday, the U.S. Fed came to the rescue. And that rescue triggered a global stock market rally, including a near…

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