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Veronique de Rugy

When business emulates politics
07/21/2017 - 5:41pm
Veronique de Rugy
BUSINESS INFLUENCE PEDDLING: July 20, 2017 For many years now, a multitude of politicians have made lofty promises, fudged the truth and denied a variety of allegations. Sadly, this seems to have become the norm. But what should we do when businesspeople join this political game, cynically peddling influence to boost their egos rather than peddling products to boost their bottom lines? An...
Flying the fairer skies?
Veronique de Rugy 07/13/2017 - 3:12pm
AIRLINE INDUSTRY: July 13, 2017 Consumers have benefited for decades from the presence of Open Skies agreements that lessen government interference in the market for international air travel. Now, a coalition of the big three U.S. airlines — Delta Airlines, American Airlines and United Airlines — along with labor unions, are hoping to...
Celebrating our independence — from the Export-Import Bank
Veronique de Rugy 07/07/2017 - 9:38am
EX-IMP BANK: July 6, 2017 This week, we not only celebrate our country’s independence from the British but also celebrate the second anniversary of our freedom from the Export-Import Bank. In an imperfect environment where cronyism — that’s the unhealthy relationship between government and businesses — runs rampant, the...
Carried interest tax to carry water for reform?
Veronique de Rugy 07/02/2017 - 8:08am
TAX REFORM: June 29, 2017 Much of the difficulty Republicans are experiencing in passing tax reform is self-inflicted. They’ve fallen into a trap of the left by trying to ensure that the much-needed reforms to our outdated and punitive tax code are “revenue-neutral” — meaning the government continues to take just as much...
Dropping the BAT is key to passing tax reform this year
Veronique de Rugy 06/22/2017 - 9:38pm
TAX REFORM: June 22, 2017 House Speaker Paul Ryan just made his pitch to the country about tax reform. He wants it, and he wants it before the end of 2017 because, as he said in his prepared remarks, “we cannot let this once-in-a-generation moment slip by.” That’s all well and good, except that the main factor holding up tax...
Scapegoating businesses for bad government policy
Veronique de Rugy 06/15/2017 - 2:33pm
GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS: June 15, 2017 There’s a disturbing and counterproductive tendency to scapegoat individual businesses for responding predictably to conditions established by the choices politicians make. A recent example is a replay of last year’s attacks on Mylan, which manufactures the popular epinephrine auto-injector EpiPen...
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