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<title><![CDATA[Robert VerBruggen - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/23944.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Robert VerBruggen]]></description><category domain="23944">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Tax Reform: A Mixed Bag]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/454723/gop-tax-bill-higher-deficit-real-reforms-too</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It looks like the Republicans pulled it off: On Friday, a conference committee reached an agreement on tax reform. Both houses of Congress are expected to pass the final bill this week, and the president's signature will make it law.The legislation is a mixed bag. It adds to the deficit...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Our Digital Overlords]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/454549/google-facebook-amazon-big-tech-becoming-problem</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Left's cause du jour is monopolies. Well, not monopolies, necessarily. The new line is that it's inherently problematic when even as many as three or four companies dominate an industry, and that the government needs to take action, pronto.This is an overreaction, as...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Post-Millennials: Put Down Your Phones, Get a Job]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/igen-post-millennials-put-down-your-phones-get-a-job/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Kids these days, amirite?That, of course, has long been the rallying cry of old fogies everywhere. But in her new book iGen, psychology professor Jean M. Twenge doesn't just complain about the generation coming up behind the Millennials. She painstakingly documents their values and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A DACA Deal]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/451376/daca-deal-what-immigration-restrictionists-should-demand</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump has announced the end of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a program his predecessor initiated by executive order in 2012. About 800,000 Dreamers  people brought to the U.S. illegally before they were 16 years old  have work permits...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Aren't Wages Growing?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/451059/growth-stagnant-economists-disagree-reasons-automation-offshoring-demographic-change</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After adjusting for inflation, hourly wages in the private sector grew 0.4 percent between April of last year and April of this year. The four-fifths of these workers who labor in production and nonsupervisory roles saw growth of just 0.1 percent.These were surprising...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Do Poor States Need (More) Federal Welfare?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/449315/state-governments-dont-need-more-federal-welfare</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 05 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the summer issue of National Affairs, Joshua T. McCabe notes that some states have higher fiscal capacities than others, meaning they have richer residents and better economies and can thus raise more money through taxes  even with the exact same tax rates. As a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Maybe Health Care Was Impossible]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/449999/health-care-republicans-congress-repeal-replace-obamacare</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Obamacare repeal, the voting is over (for now) and the finger-pointing has begun. And boy, are there a lot of Republicans worth blaming over this one.Yet here's an idea worth considering: Maybe the GOP just faced insurmountable obstacles. Sure, in theory there were enough Republicans...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Turn Obamacare Over to the States]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/449680/senate-republicans-obamacare-federalism-option</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Better Care Reconciliation Act failed to unite Senate Republicans and is suspended in limbo. There's talk that Republicans might vote on a pure repeal bill that stands no chance whatsoever of passage and is a horrible policy idea to boot. President Trump is pleading with...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Paternalism of Paid Parental Leave]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/448527/paid-parental-leave-let-families-decide-which-arrangements-work-best</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The center-right American Enterprise Institute and the center-left Brookings Institution have a new report about paid parental leave. The members of their working group disagreed about much, but they were able to put forward a compromise plan. In this plan, new mothers and fathers would...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Concealed-Carry &quot;Reciprocity&quot; vs. Federalism]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/448152/concealed-carry-reciprocity-federalism-state-issue</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I took a number of steps before I started carrying a gun. I got training, I read books and articles by self-defense experts, I learned the laws of my state, I started going to the range regularly, and I did dry fire exercises at home to keep my shooting skills up.I also got a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Hidden Realities of U.S. Incarceration]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-hidden-realities-of-u-s-incarceration/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When it comes to America's high incarceration ratenow about five times what it was in 1970there's the Standard Story, and then there's the truth.The Standard Story is the one that has been propagated for years in mainstream-media outlets and by activists. It holds that the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Takes a Step Toward &quot;Merit-Based&quot; Immigration]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/trump-takes-a-step-toward-merit-based-immigration/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Should our efforts to bring in highly skilled immigrants rely on a random visa lottery and help companies deliberately replace native tech workers with cheaper foreign labor? That is an honest-to-God question raised by Donald Trump's new Buy American and Hire American...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[American Lethargy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/american-lethargy/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For most of American history it seemed that anything was possiblethat the next generation would live significantly different and better lives. Today that sense of dynamism is waning. We are more anxious to keep what we have, and to avoid others who might see the world differently...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Farewell, Filibuster]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/farewell-filibuster/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Thirty years after the fateful battle over Robert Bork, the filibuster for Supreme Court nominations is dead. We have now fully transitioned to a new, openly political process for confirming our nation's highest jurists. And since Democrats started this fight and escalated it at every...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tax Cut Fever]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/tax-cut-fever/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Are Republicans about to reenact their tax-reform triumph of 1986, their controversial tax cuts for the rich victories of the early 2000s, or their embarrassing faceplant from last month? Roughly speaking, those are the prospects that may await them as they turn their...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[DC in Chaos]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/dc-in-chaos/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In January, liberals settled on the dog that caught the mail truck as the clich to describe the situation Republicans found themselves in. Here they were, in control of the presidency and both houses of Congressbut they had not anticipated having so much power and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Left Turn for the Obamacare Debate?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/a-left-turn-for-the-obamacare-debate/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I've written numerous times about the dilemma Republicans face on Obamacare. Short version: they can kill the law's funding with a majority vote in the Senate (through the reconciliation process), but they need 60 votes to break a filibuster if they want to fully repeal and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can We Reform Taxes &amp; Achieve Trump&rsquo;s Trade Goals?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/fight-at-the-border/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tax reform will be a priority in the first 100 days of the Trump administration. And a surprising point of agreement between Trump and the more free-trade-oriented congressional Republicans may be an overhauled corporate income tax that applies to imports but not exports. The idea...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Populist-Conservative Melting Pot]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/donald-trumps-populist-conservative-melting-pot/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump was not exactly a model of clarity during the campaign. He was certainly consistent on his core issuesprimarily immigration and tradebut he kept everyone guessing as to what his other priorities would be. At last, though, his cabinet and staff selections are giving us...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump and the Unions]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/trump-and-the-unions/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump won thanks to support from working-class voters in Rust Belt states. He even managed Reagan-like support, to use the Washington Post's term, from union households in particular: he lost them by just eight points, tied with the Gipper's 1984 performance. George W. Bush,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Completely Different Policy Universe]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/this-changes-everything/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2016 23:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Pretty much everyone thought Hillary Clinton would be the president-elect right now. As a result, few spent much time gaming out the scenario we find ourselves in: next year, Donald Trump will be the president, accompanied by a Republican (though not filibuster-proof) Senate and a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Help Poor Kids Without Growing Welfare State]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/how-to-help-poor-children/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2016 23:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If this election teaches Republicans one thing, hopefully its that they can no longer ignore the plight of the countrys lower and working classes. Safety-net reforms that meaningfully improve life for the poorand are consistent with conservative principlesshould be high on the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Last Chance for Justice Reform?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/last-chance-for-justice-reform/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2016 23:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Compromise struck on criminal justice reform, touted a Politico headline in April. Five months later, the New York Times had to explain Why the Senate Couldnt Pass a Crime Bill Both Parties Backed.But there is still a tiny sliver of hope for reformers,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Family Policy, Trump Style]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/family-policy-trump-style/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2016 23:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At long last, Donald Trump has released the details of his child-care and paid-parental-leave plans. In a refreshing change for his campaign, no one can say these proposals arent complicated enough.To wit: Trump would allow families to deduct their child-care expenses from their...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Welfare Reform 20 Years Later]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/welfare-reform-20-years-later/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2016 23:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Today, TAC Managing Editor Robert VerBruggen will be discussing the law at a Cato Institute event, which will take place from 9 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. ET and can be viewed online. Below is the text of the speech he will deliver.Good morning. First of all, I want to thank the Cato Institute...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Obama's Signature Trade Deal Fail?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/will-obamas-signature-trade-deal-fail/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2016 23:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe tried to assure supporters of the Trans-Pacific Partnership that Hillary Clinton will back the massive trade agreement if she becomes president. The rebuke from Clintons campaign chairman came quickly and harshly:Donald Trump also opposes...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Reason for Optimism?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/a-reason-for-optimism/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2016 23:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One narrative driving Americas populist resurgence holds that the rich are getting richer while incomes are stagnating for the rest of us. There is truth to this: income inequality has indeed grown, with a rising share going to the very richest. And income growth has been weak at...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[188.6 Million Hours of EPA Paperwork]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/188-6-million-hours-of-epa-paperwork/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2016 23:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sam Batkins of the American Action Forum (AAF) has a new report about the rising paperwork burden imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency. So far, 2016 has been a relatively quiet year for big new regulations at the agencybut the EPA is still managing to make compliance more...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Social Security: Gut or Expand It?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/social-security-gut-or-expand-it/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2016 23:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Social Security has been running a deficit since 2010, and in 2034, its trust fundmore or less just a tally of previous surpluseswill run out. Left and right could not disagree more about how to handle the situation.Democrats, up to and including Hillary Clinton...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Are Trucking Fatalities on the Rise?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolicy.com/blog/2016/04/19/why_are_trucking_fatalities_on_the_rise.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2016 23:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert VerBruggen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At The Huffington Post, Michael McAuliff has a long and fascinating piece about the trucking industry's lobbying efforts. It's a story with many layers  the industry has succeeded in beating back new regulations, it's trying to remove some existing ones, etc.  but the...]]></description>
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