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Using tax code to accomplish social goals is unfair whether you come from the Left or Right.

Here we go again. The Federal Reserve Bank has released a report to top lawmakers on the congressional banking committees encouraging Congress to get more involved in housing policy.

Broadly speaking, a “beggar thy neighbor” policy in economics is one in which one group tries to improve its economic position in a way that tends to harm the economic position of another group.

The media often portray “gridlock” and political disagreement as driven by partisan politics, as if politics is simply about “my team” versus “your team.

Regardless of one’s views on the deficit, our national debt and the various “solutions” being proposed, and regardless of one’s views on the spectrum (radio frequencies allocated to various uses) debate (how to find “more” spectrum), what should be obvious is that spectrum policy cannot merely become a subset of budget policy.

Now that we’re finally beginning to talk about tax reform to stimulate economic growth, the “flat tax vs. sales tax” debate has resurfaced.

Competition among the Republican Presidential candidates has resurrected talk of tax reform.

Rumor has it that the Wireless Tax Fairness Act may be up for a vote this month in the US House of Representatives.

The City of Longmont, Colorado is considering providing not only Wi-Fi but also a whole package of telecommunications services, from voice to broadband to video, which would put the municipality in direct competition with multiple private companies. But market-oriented solutions are more efficient and less risky. Adopting the failed model of municipal networks is a mistake, as many municipalities across the country can attest.