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<title><![CDATA[Lawrence Kudlow - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/20258.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Lawrence Kudlow]]></description><category domain="20258">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[GOP Must Quickly Re-Elect Speaker Johnson]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/larry-kudlow-lets-quickly-re-elect-speaker-mike-johnson</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lawrence Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If the House delays in choosing a speaker, it could prevent the Congress from certifying the Electoral Vote count on January 6.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Tax, Spending Plan Begins to Collapse]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nysun.com/national/liberal-press-starts-to-jabber-walk-as-bidens-tax/91698/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lawrence Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Let's begin at the beginning. Save America. Kill the bill. It seemed quixotic a few months ago when I began this mantra. Well, events are moving at the speed of light. Headlines Thursday were breathtaking.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's Budget: The Road to Serfdom]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nysun.com/national/bidens-budget-the-road-to-serfdom/91659/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lawrence Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In President Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s budget speech Thursday, he referred on eight separate occasions to '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'pay their fair share.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' He just kept repeating it. Some left-wing pollster probably told him that it plays well in progressive precincts. As you may have guessed, this performance and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A $6 Trillion Spending Spree Won't Build Prosperity]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nysun.com/national/does-anyone-believe-that-amid-a-jobs-inflation/91616/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lawrence Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[So as we'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve asked time and again, does anybody in their right mind believe that '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' with an economic boom, a jobs boom, a consumer boom, an inflation boom, and a stock market boom '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' the right fiscal policy is to spend $6 trillion more?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Europe Now Writing American Tax Policy?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nysun.com/national/headline-beyond-lois-lerner-is-europe-now-writing/91536/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lawrence Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Who was Lois Lerner? She was at the center of the last big scandal at the Internal Revenue Service. It occurred during the Obama years. Ms. Lerner was head of the exempt organizations division of the IRS. She learned that groups with Tea Party]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Needs a Return to King Dollar]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/02/17/trump_needs_a_return_to_king_dollar_136297.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lawrence Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Trump administration and the Republicans in Congress have passed one of the best pro-growth tax bills ever. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ranks in the all-time hall of fame along with former President Reagan's 1981 and 1986 tax acts, and former President Kennedy's posthumous tax cuts in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bannon Down, Market Up Signals the Resurgence of Real American Populism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/01/06/bannon_goes_belly-up_and_the_stock_market_soars_135941.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lawrence Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There were two big money-and-politics stories in the first week of the new year: The Dow Jones soared 577 points and Steve Bannon ended his political career. Are these two events related? Perhaps more than you might think.
Mr. Bannon'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s peculiar notions of populism were essentially...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[With This Tax Cut, Trump and the GOP Are on the Side of the Growth Angels]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/12/23/with_this_tax_cut_trump_and_the_gop_are_on_the_side_of_the_growth_angels_135848.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 23 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lawrence Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s signing of the big tax-cut bill, the GOP snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. Suddenly, the political and economic landscapes have changed. The Republican party has turned the tables on the Democrats.
Trump and the GOP are on the side of the growth angels...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans' Tax Plan Takes a Quirky Swipe at the Little Guys]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/12/11/republicans_tax_plan_takes_a_quirky_swipe_at_the_little_guys_135747.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lawrence Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans are supposed to be the party that cuts the job-killing capital-gains tax, not raises it. But because of a quirk'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' in the Senate-passed bill, the tax on capital gains may go up '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and for some types of long-held assets, fairly substantially.
Most members of Congress...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tax Plan Will Spark an Investment Boom That Benefits Everyone]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/12/02/tax_plan_will_spark_an_investment_boom_that_benefits_everyone_135673.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 02 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lawrence Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Warts and all, if I were a voting member of Congress, I would certainly cast a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'yea'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' vote for the tax-cut plan passed by the Senate and House and headed for conference (to work out minor differences) in the weeks ahead.
These bills are not perfect, especially on the individual...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Pro-Growth Tax Bill Is on the Way]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/11/11/a_pro-growth_tax_bill_is_on_the_way_135518.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 11 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lawrence Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As the House and Senate work their way through the tax cut and reform effort, let me make one thing clear: Both plans are pro-growth, with the economic power coming from the business side. And where it comes from the personal side, there will be very little growth. That has always been...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[President Trump Needs a Stable Dollar Along With Tax Cuts to Maximize Growth]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/10/28/president_trump_needs_a_stable_dollar_along_with_tax_cuts_to_maximize_growth_135392.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 28 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lawrence Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump is likely to name a new Federal Reserve chair over the next few days. Speculation is focused on current Fed governor Jay Powell and Stanford University economist John Taylor. The list may be larger; it could still include current Chair Janet Yellen or Kevin Warsh. Trump...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kevin Hassett Spanks the Tax Policy Center]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/10/07/kevin_hassett_spanks_the_tax_policy_center_135205.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 07 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lawrence Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s new CEA chair, Kevin Hassett, walked into the lion'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s den last week with his first official speech. He used the moment to pound the leftist Tax Policy Center (TPC). It was a wonderful sight.
When Hassett wasn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t pounding the TPC, he was spanking them. He...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Incentive-Packed Tax Plan]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/09/30/trumps_incentive-packed_tax_plan_135145.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 30 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lawrence Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Much as he did in his command performance before the U.N. when he took back control of U.S. foreign policy, President Trump has seized and energized the tax-cut issue. Almost daily, he is pounding away on the themes of faster economic growth and more take-home pay, arguing that his plan...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Turnaround Puts New Tax-Cut Writing on the Wall]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/09/16/trump_turnaround_puts_new_tax-cut_writing_on_the_wall_135017.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 16 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lawrence Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Financial markets and most media pundits are missing the new writing on the wall. For a variety of reasons surrounding shrewd moves by President Trump, the chances for significant tax cuts in the next 10 weeks have risen sharply.
Since the Charlottesville blowup in mid August, when the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Index Capital Gains for Inflation, Mr. President]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/08/12/index_capital_gains_for_inflation_mr_president_134734.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 12 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lawrence Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump's pledge to "Make America Great Again" requires nothing less than reigniting economic growth and prosperity. Wealth creation is essential. As Congress pivots to tax reform -- which is crucial to the wealth creation -- the president could take matters into his own...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Big Economic Ideas from Art Laffer and Steve Forbes]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/07/22/big_economic_ideas_from_art_laffer_and_steve_forbes_134545.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jul 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lawrence Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I participated in perhaps a bit of radio history last week when Steve Forbes and Art Laffer joined me on my syndicated radio show. It may have been the first time these supply-side-economics giants were ever together over the airwaves.Forbes, of course, is chairman of Forbes Media and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Has Putin Over a Barrel]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/07/08/trump_has_putin_over_a_barrel_134415.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jul 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lawrence Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A few years back, in one of his finest moments, Sen. John McCain said on a Sunday talk show, "Russia is a gas station masquerading as a country." It was right when he said it, and it's even more right today.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's circle of corrupt oligarchs gouge whatever...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Keeping Freedom, and Growth, in the Fourth]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/07/04/keeping_freedom_and_growth_in_the_fourth_134376.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lawrence Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What is the Fourth of July? It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a wonderful time. We'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re outdoors. We'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re with family and friends. We'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re playing golf or fishing. There are barbecues and baseball and fireworks and all that good stuff.
And beneath it all, supporting it all, there is freedom. Freedom....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Steve Scalise, Nancy Pelosi, and a Return to Civility]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/06/17/steve_scalise_nancy_pelosi_and_a_return_to_civility_134218.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lawrence Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sometimes terrible tragedies can bring us together, and I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'m hopeful that somehow a lasting good will come out of the ballfield shooting in Alexandria, Va. Maybe even a rebirth of civility, which has virtually disappeared from politics, and perhaps our culture as well.
Representative...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Three Easy Pieces: A Simple Get-It-Done-Now Economic Plan]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/06/09/three_easy_pieces_a_simple_get-it-done-now_economic_plan_134150.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lawrence Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Now that former FBI Director James Comey's hearing is complete, it's time for everybody to roll up their sleeves and go back to work on returning the country to prosperity. The most populist policy would be to restore a long-lasting deeply rooted prosperity for every single...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[President Trump's Growth Budget]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/05/27/president_trumps_growth_budget_134024.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 27 May 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lawrence Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When OMB director Mick Mulvaney unveiled the new Trump budget, he used language that is so important -- although we haven'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t heard it in so many years.
To paraphrase Mulvaney, the measure of budget success for the Trump administration is not how much federal assistance is given out,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Don't Bet Against Tax and Health Care Reform in 2017]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/05/20/dont_bet_against_tax_and_health_care_reform_in_2017_133948.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 20 May 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lawrence Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If the smart money folks on Wall Street think a special counsel to oversee the Russian probes spells defeat for business tax cuts, they're leaning well over their skis.
The Dow Jones industrial average sold off over 300 points on Wednesday, but it may have come back to its senses with a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tactical Nuclear Option Inside Reconciliation]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/04/08/tactical_nuclear_option_inside_reconciliation_133562.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 08 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lawrence Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA["Drain the swamp.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' It was one of President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s most powerful messages on the way to victory. Shake up Washington. Break a few eggs to create a new omelet. Overturn the establishment.
Well, hats off to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for doing some swamp-draining when...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Middle-Income Wage Earners Need a W -- Cut Business Taxes First]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/04/01/middle-income_wage_earners_need_a_w_--_cut_business_taxes_first_133495.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 01 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lawrence Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After the breakdown of health care reform, both President Trump and the Republican Congress need a W -- a win.
And not just any win but one that will play into the public demand for faster economic growth, better jobs and higher wages. Recent polls show the nexus of growth, jobs and tax...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Paul Ryan's Plan Is a Very Good First Step]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/03/15/ryans_plan_is_a_very_good_first_step_133341.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Lawrence Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The good should never be the evil of the perfect. The Paul Ryan health-care bill is a very good first step. Massive repeal of Obamacare tax hikes will be great for the economy. Getting rid of the Affordable Care Act mandates will be great for health care. Private-sector competition and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Optimism Reigned in Trump's First Address to Congress]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/03/02/optimism_reigned_in_trumps_first_address_to_congress_133239.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lawrence Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The mark of great presidents is optimism -- visionary optimism and transformational optimism. During Tuesday night's remarkable speech before Congress, President Donald Trump was brimming with optimism from start to end. My guess is that his marvelous speech will imbue and inspire new...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[As Critics Sneer, Trump Is Maneuvering to Unmuzzle Economy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/02/25/as_critics_sneer_trump_is_maneuvering_to_unmuzzle_economy_133191.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lawrence Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Virtually the whole world is beating up on the Trump administration for daring to predict that low marginal tax rates, regulatory rollbacks, and the repeal of Obamacare will generate 3 to 3.5 percent economic growth in the years ahead.
In a CNBC interview last week, Treasury Secretary...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tax and Regulatory Reform Will Mark the End of Obama's War on Business]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lawrence Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On the very day President Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s incentive-based tax and regulatory policies are put in place, Barack Obama'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s war on business will have officially come to an end. No longer will American companies be punished by uncompetitive rates of taxation and unnecessary rules and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['We Must Think Big and Dream Even Bigger']]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Lawrence Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In all the media back and forth over President Donald Trump's inaugural speech, most have missed a central point: His address was infused with a wonderful sense of optimism.
As an old Ronald Reagan guy, I have learned through the years that optimism equals true leadership. And yes, true...]]></description>
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