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"Federal Programs Suffer from Fraud, Cost Overruns," Philadelphia Inquirer, October 11, 2009
"Obama's Treasure Hunt," Tax Notes, September 9, 2009
"Free the Mails," by Chris Edwards and Tad DeHaven, American Spectator, August 28, 2009
"Bigger Than Madoff," by Chris Edwards and Tad DeHaven, National Review (Online), July 15, 2009
"The Spending Threat," New York Post, June 15, 2009
"Great Right North," by Chris Edwards, Jason Clemens and Niels Veldhuis, Washington Post, May 17, 2009
"Washington Is Hooked on Subsidy Programs," Washington Examiner, May 8, 2009
"All Aboard the Gravy Train," National Review (Online), April 15, 2009
"A Troubling Tax Day," CNSNews.com, April 15, 2009
"Resenting the Rich - Closing Remarks," Economist, April 15, 2009
"Resenting the Rich - Rebutting Thomas Piketty," Economist, April 10, 2009
"Resenting the Rich," Economist, April 7, 2009
"Revenge of the Tax Code," Washington Post, February 8, 2009
"Barack Obama's Keynesian Mistake," by Ike Brannon and Chris Edwards, National Post, January 29, 2009
"Not Keen on Keynes," National Review (Online), December 15, 2008
"Jumping off the Government Bridge," by Chris Edwards and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), December 9, 2008
"Grading the Governors," National Review (Online), October 20, 2008
"Standing Still and Falling Behind," National Review (Online), October 6, 2008
"Stimulus Stupidity," New York Post, January 22, 2008
"FREDeralism!," TCSdaily.com, September 13, 2007
"Air Traffic Control," Cato@Liberty, July 23, 2007
"The Madness of American Milk Prices," OCRegister.com, June 29, 2007
"Ten Reasons to Cut Farm Subsidies," Examiner.com, June 28, 2007
"Why Congress Should Repeal Sugar Subsidy," IBDEditorials.com, June 20, 2007
"It's Not Luck," National Review (Online), March 16, 2007
"Real Tax Cuts for Real Investments," New York Post, January 15, 2007
"Will Democrats Raise Taxes?," Tax Notes, January 8, 2007
"Bonds Hit Our Budgets Just as Hard as Higher Taxes," Cato.org, November 1, 2006
"A $2-Trillion Fiscal Hole," by Chris Edwards and Jagadeesh Gokhale, The Wall Street Journal, October 12, 2006
"Tax Policy Under President Bush," Fraser Forum, August 14, 2006
"Federal Pay: Myth and Realities," WashingtonPost.com, August 13, 2006
"Who Gets Your Tax Dollars?," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, July 30, 2006
"Mushrooming Muni Bonds," Investor's Business Daily, July 7, 2006
"Overtaxing," Cato.org, April 16, 2006
"The Simple (Tax) Life," Salt Lake Tribune, April 6, 2006
"Time for “Wise and Frugal”," National Review (Online), March 22, 2006
"How to Fight a Tax Hike," Washington Times, March 19, 2006
"Look Who's Counting," National Review (Online), February 8, 2006
"Busting the State Tax-Revenue Boom," National Review (Online), February 1, 2006
"Potomac Fever," National Review (Online), December 12, 2005
"U.S. Tax Reform Needs Rate Cuts," National Post, November 1, 2005
"Tax Panel Omission," Washington Times, October 27, 2005
"Know Thy Place," National Review (Online), September 26, 2005
"Offset Opportunity," Washington Times, September 19, 2005
"Where's the Opposition?," Washington Times, August 22, 2005
"Both Parties Find Trough to Their Liking," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, August 18, 2005
"Will Tax Reform Be an Increase?," Washington Times, August 8, 2005
"Dual Option," Washington Times, April 15, 2005
"The Spirit of 1994," by John Samples and Chris Edwards, American Spectator, March 17, 2005
"A Little Less Is Still a Lot," by Chris Edwards and Alan Reynolds, The Wall Street Journal, February 8, 2005
"Salami Strategy on Federal Costs," Washington Times, January 9, 2005
"Kerry's Position(s) on Corporate Welfare," National Review (Online), October 28, 2004
"Making Choices: Exploring The Tax Issue," The Star-Ledger, October 20, 2004
"VAT Caveats," National Review (Online), October 7, 2004
"Corporate Tax Reform: Kerry, Bush, Congress Fall Short," Cato.org, September 14, 2004
"Bloomberg Tarnishes GOP Tax-Cutting Image," Cato.org, August 31, 2004
"Reformed to Death," by Chris Edwards and Tad DeHaven, Cato.org, August 1, 2005
"Democrats' Challenge on Tax Complexity," Washington Times, July 23, 2004
"Corporate Tax Tangle," Washington Times, July 11, 2004
"The Economic Policies of Bush and Kerry," Nightly Business Report, June 18, 2004
"Reagan’s Small-Government Vision," National Review (Online), June 9, 2004
"Cut Federal Aid to States," Cato.org, May 22, 2004
"Tax Code Kills Civil Liberties," Washington Times, April 15, 2004
"Spender vs. Spender," National Review, March 29, 2004
"Spending Control Strategy," Washington Times, March 22, 2004
"Republicans Become the Party of Big Government," by Chris Edwards and Tad DeHaven, Cato.org, February 2, 2004
"The Era of Big Government," The Wall Street Journal, February 2, 2004
"A Golden Opportunity for Every State," Investor's Business Daily, January 27, 2004
"The Warner Tax Plan: Better on Marketing than Economics," Virginia Business, January 1, 2004
"Corporate Taxes Now More Sexy," Investor's Business Daily, November 11, 2003
"Government Just Can't Contain Itself," Los Angeles Times, September 23, 2003
"Warner's Wrong Way On Tax Reform . . .," Cato.org, August 17, 2003
"State Tax Hikes Aided By Deductibility Rules," Investor's Business Daily, August 4, 2003
"Bush Administration Embraces Welfare State," by Chris Edwards and Tad DeHaven, Cato.org, July 23, 2003
"Bush’s Bigger, Fatter Welfare State," by Chris Edwards and Tad DeHaven, National Review (Online), July 18, 2003
"States Need to Tighten Their Belts," Cato.org, July 17, 2003
"Drugs for the Elderly, Taxes for the Children," National Review (Online), June 24, 2003
"Holding the Line on State Taxes," Cato.org, June 9, 2003
"Welfare in the Tax Code," New York Post, June 5, 2003
"Modest & Potent," National Review (Online), May 14, 2003
"10 Outrageous Facts About the Income Tax," Cato.org, April 15, 2003
"War Makes Spending Reform Even More Important," Cato.org, April 8, 2003
"A Plea to the Moderates," Cato.org, April 2, 2003
"Tax Hikes Are Still Ballot Losers," by Patrick Basham and Chris Edwards, Cato.org, February 11, 2003
"Proposals for Economic Growth and Job Creation," Cato.org, February 11, 2003
"Bush's Overspending Problem," National Post, February 6, 2003
"Bush Budget Reveals Serious Overspending Problem," Cato.org, February 4, 2003
"Corporate Accounting: Still Evolving After All These Years," Freeman, February 3, 2003
"Dividend Tax Relief:," Tax Notes International, January 20, 2003
"Dividend Taxation: U.S. Has the Second Highest Rate," Cato.org, January 17, 2003
"Dividend Tax Relief: Long Overdue," Fox News (Online), January 8, 2003
"Nearly All Major Countries Provide Dividend Tax Relief," Cato.org, January 7, 2003
"Turning Roth IRAs into Universal Savings Accounts," Cato.org, December 10, 2002
"Averting War Between the Generations," Trenton Times, November 26, 2002
"Moving Public Work to the Private Sector," Philadelphia Inquirer, November 24, 2002
"Federal Government Should Increase Firing Rate," by Chris Edwards and Tad DeHaven, Cato.org, November 10, 2002
"Balkanizing Virginia Government," Cato.org, November 4, 2002
"Bush Firm on Labor Flexibility," by Chris Edwards and Tad DeHaven, Fox News (Online), October 10, 2002
"Tax Cuts on Savings are the Rx for Strong Growth," by Edward H. Crane and Chris Edwards, Investor's Business Daily, October 4, 2002
"State Fiscal Fictions," Cato.org, August 22, 2002
"Now It's Time for Government Reform," Cato.org, August 12, 2002
"Virginia Sales Tax Referenda: The Big Picture," Northern Virginia Journal, August 1, 2002
"Private Sector Can Do the Job," USA Today, July 24, 2002
"Border Security Not Borders Books," Daily News of Los Angeles, June 24, 2002
"Full Disclosure for Corporate Welfare," by Chris Edwards and Tad DeHaven, Cato.org, June 5, 2002
"Ending Immortality in Government," Cato.org, May 30, 2002
""Sunsetting" to Reform and Abolish Federal Agencies," Cato.org, April 26, 2002
"Top Ten Civil Liberties Abuses of the Income Tax," Cato.org, April 11, 2002
"2009: A Tax Odyssey," Cato.org, April 7, 2002
"Fourth Highest Corporate Tax Rate Means Time for Reform," National Review (Online), April 1, 2002
"Failing the Taxation Test: U.S. Tax Policy Is Second-rate on the World Stage," National Review (Online), April 1, 2002
"Bush Budget Reads Well, Numbers Disappoint," Liberty, April 1, 2002
"Save the Farms -- End the Subsidies," by Chris Edwards and Tad DeHaven, Cato.org, March 3, 2002
"Reducing Business Tax Penalties to Spur Growth," Cato.org, February 13, 2002
"Sen. Daschle Knows What Every American Needs," Cato.org, January 30, 2002
"Economic Stimulus Proposals," Cato.org, December 17, 2001
"The Grapes of Graft," by Chris Edwards and Tad DeHaven, New York Post, December 12, 2001
"Three Cheers for Three Corporate Tax Breaks," Cato.org, November 13, 2001
"In Praise of (Some) Corporate Lobbyists," Cato.org, November 5, 2001
"Real Emergencies and Farm "Emergencies"," by Chris Edwards and Tad DeHaven, Cato.org, October 8, 2001
"Business Tax Cuts Crucial in a Slowdown," Washington Times, October 2, 2001
"How Much Reform Can Taxpayers Afford?," Washington Times, September 11, 2001
"The Stubborn Seeds of U.S. Farm Subsidies," by Chris Edwards and Tad DeHaven, Washington Times, August 23, 2001
"New Budget Surplus Projections Indicate Room for More Tax Cuts," Cato.org, August 22, 2001
"Plenty of Budget Room," USA Today, August 7, 2001
"A Large Tax Cut? It's Actually Small, As Bracket Creep Eats Into Salaries," Investor's Business Daily, July 2, 2001
"The Tax Cut: Not as Big as Advertised," Investor's Business Daily, July 2, 2001
"Cut Tax Rates, Cut Government Waste," Cato.org, May 24, 2001
"Cut Taxes, But Simplify Them Too," Cato.org, May 17, 2001
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