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(Archived document, may contain errors) 8 January 15, 1993 HOW TO GET SPENDING UNDER CONTROL

Removing or reducing double taxation will lead to more jobs andhigher living standards, will make America more competitive in theglobal economy, and will simplify the tax code.

Did you know that the United States now produces more $100 bills than any other denomination? “The $100 bill overtook the $1 bill … six years ago,” Oliver Bullough reports in Mother Jones, “and the trend has accelerated since: At the end of 2022 there were 18.5 billion $100s out there, and the Treasury Department printed another 1.5 billion in 2023. Of the total value of currency in circulation, 80 percent consists of notes with Benjamin Franklin’s face on them...

Benjamins are the favorite currency of criminals and almost no one else—and there’s no good reason to go on printing them.

Many people, including virtually all Republicans, properly view President Ronald Reagan as a great success.

BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Atlantic storm Lee pummeled a large swath of New England and Maritime Canada with destructive winds, rough surf and torrential rains th

Legislators should also make it clear to subsidy recipients making decisions relying upon the continuing availability of the subsidies that they do so at their own peril.

Dynamic revenue estimates would provide policymakers with moreaccurate information. Dynamic forecasting is based on a properunderstanding of how the economy works, and history has shown thisapproach to be far more realistic and accurate than staticestimates.

Government bureaucracies are wasteful, sluggish and ineffective, and they impose burdens on the productive sector of the economy. International bureaucracies, not surprisingly, are even worse. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is a good example.

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