Catherine Rampell
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Rampell: When the tax bill passed, populism officially died
Populism, at least as a political force capable of extracting meaningful policy concessions, died last Saturday, a little before 2 a.m., with the passage of the GOP tax bill in the...

Rampell: Apparently Republicans want to kick the middle class in the face
It's starting to look like shafting the little guy has become a feature, not a bug, of the Republican Party's budget-busting tax plan.

Rampell: Why are Republicans in such a rush to pass tax reform? To outrun the truth.
If Republicans were smart, they'd give themselves sufficient time to properly vet and craft this legislation. Apparently, they'd prefer to keep their heads in the sand.

Rampell: A bungled contract is still devastating National Guard employees
This isn't the first time a lowball bid led to draconian wage cuts and mass resignations on a military family support contract. It's at least the fifth case in as...

Rampell: And the biggest loser in the GOP’s tax plan is … humans
Republicans love cutting taxes. They'd cut all the taxes in the world if they could. Last week, the party made its top priority abundantly clear. It chose corporations. By a...

Rampell: If the tax bill is so great, why does the GOP keep lying about it?
Nearly every claim Republicans are using to market their tax plan is at best a distortion, at worst a deliberate falsehood. If their plan is really so great, why not...

Rampell: GOP should invest more in human capital, not physical capital
Much of the Republican tax agenda is geared toward incentivizing investments in physical capital. But that's not where the country's real deficit lies. What's sorely lacking is human capital.

Rampell: Republicans have a plan to hurt blue states. It could backfire.
Many blue states are in big, big trouble. Perhaps Republicans should be wary of causing them more, if they really think it through.

Rampell: Republicans are propping up scammers and cheaters
Actions by the GOP and President Trump aren't good for consumers, workers or the healthy functioning of markets. They merely reward firms that can't hack it under 21st century economic...

Rampell: How is Donald Trump like a millennial? Let me count the ways.
If Bill Clinton was once our "first black president," surely Donald Trump can be our first millennial president, even if he wasn't born between 1982 and 2000.