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IRS Audits Will Impact Small, Midsize Businesses, Expert Testifies

May 16, 2023
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The Biden administration’s assurances that there will be no expanded tax audits on businesses and households making less than $400,000 per year applies to “total positive” income without losses, according to testimony before the Senate Finance Committee. Chris Edwards of the CATO Institute testified before the committee on May 16 on the issue of the…

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Gov. Kristi Noem Stays Mum on Possible 2024 Run, Says She Wants a President Who Can Make ‘Tough Decisions’

February 17, 2023
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WASHINGTON—South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, speaking at the Cato Institute on Feb. 16 about her tough decisions during the pandemic, said she hoped the next president would not only tackle the country’s challenging issues, but also give people hope. Noem did not answer The Epoch Times’ question about whether she’d decided to run for President…

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California Flunks Fiscal Report Card

October 14, 2022
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Commentary A new study of the 50 states by the Cato Institute affirms what I’ve been writing in my columns here in The Epoch Times: California is over-taxed and over-regulated. Released Oct. 12, the “Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors 2022” gives Gov. Gavin Newsom and California an “F” grade for fiscal and regulatory…

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From Nixon to Biden, U.S. Domestic Counterterrorism Policy Plagued by Politics: Historians

November 11, 2021
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The Biden administration’s assessment that domestic violent extremism is one of the greatest threats facing the United States isn’t the first time the federal government has made such a declaration. Some 50 years ago, President Richard Nixon made a similar statement, deeming “revolutionary terrorism” as the gravest threat facing the homeland. Counterterrorism historians discussed the…

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From Nixon to Biden, US Domestic Counterterrorism Policy Plagued by Politics: Historians

November 11, 2021
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The Biden administration’s assessment that domestic violent extremism is one of the greatest threats facing the United States isn’t the first time the federal government has made such a declaration. Some 50 years ago, President Richard Nixon made a similar statement, deeming “revolutionary terrorism” as the gravest threat facing the homeland. Counterterrorism historians discussed the…

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