Veronique de Rugy

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Beltway Confidential

Earth Day 2018: Celebrate a world cleaned by capitalism

Donald Boudreaux, Veronique de Rugy · April 22, 2018 4:00 am

Rep. Diane Black, R-Tenn., joined at right by Rep. Kenny Marchant, R-Texas, looks over amendments as the House Ways and Means Committee continues its debate over the Republican tax reform package, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

The good, the bad, and the ugly of the GOP tax reform bill

Veronique de Rugy · November 8, 2017 6:34 pm

It is a fairly traditional and conservative plan in the end. (AP)

Beltway Confidential

The promises and pitfalls of the GOP tax reform framework

Veronique de Rugy · September 28, 2017 1:51 am

We got almost no details. But this is an important step in him selling tax reform to the public. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s tax reform speech was important, but talking only gets you so far

Veronique de Rugy · August 30, 2017 10:25 pm

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The Export-Import Bank socializes risk for private benefit

Veronique de Rugy · July 31, 2014 9:00 pm

If you’ve got a small business, odds are the Export-Import Bank isn’t helping you

If you’ve got a small business, odds are the Export-Import Bank isn’t helping you

Veronique de Rugy · July 17, 2014 10:42 pm

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., talks with reporters after being briefed by military officals about the prisoner exchange that freed Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl at the U.S. Capitol June 10, 2014 in Washington. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Americans won’t buy fake reforms designed to increase the Export-Import Bank’s corporate welfare

Veronique de Rugy · July 3, 2014 9:36 pm

Los Angeles area taxi drivers circle City Hall in their cabs to protest unregulated ride-share services being promoted through smart-phone applications and social media in Los Angeles Tuesday, June 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Technology helps customers and innovators ignore regulators who target Uber and Lyft

Veronique de Rugy · June 19, 2014 9:00 pm

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Strike a bipartisan blow against crony capitalism and end the Export-Import Bank

Veronique de Rugy · June 6, 2014 3:53 pm

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Where is the innovation in health care?

Veronique de Rugy · May 22, 2014 9:00 pm

President Ronald Reagan said this about interest groups complaining about his Ex-Im cuts during his radio address on the Fiscal Year 1986 Budget (March 2, 1985): "I won't deny all the groups I mentioned represent valid interests, which may seem compelling. But there is a larger interest to represent, more compelling and urgent than all the rest -- the freedom and security of American taxpayers who must not only work, save, and invest to pull our economy forward but also pay all the bills for everything this government does."

Export-Import Bank defenders rely on Ronald Reagan to save its funding

Veronique de Rugy · May 8, 2014 4:00 am

Employees work on the Boeing 777 assembly line June 13, 2012 at the Boeing Factory in Everett, Washington. (Photo by Stephen Brashear/Getty Images)

Veronique de Rugy: Big business cronies rally to protect Export-Import Bank

Veronique de Rugy · April 24, 2014 4:00 am