Too often, politics is like bad theater. The mass media simplifies stories and personalities into their most basic, digestible and familiar bits. Listeners prefer songs they have heard before, after all. — Kevin Hassett Copy Share Image
When a totally offensive tax hits a few million people, Washington is prepared to look the other way. But when everyone is harmed, self… — Kevin Hassett Copy Share Image
I think that one of the things that we have to recognize is that the longer somebody doesn't have a job, the harder it is to get a new job. You know, the reality is that if you're out of job, and you're looking for a job, then the new employer's going to say, 'Well, why, you know, don't you… — Kevin Hassett Copy Share
There are folks who we have a moral responsibility to help, who are going to cost the taxpayers lots of money in the future,… — Kevin Hassett Copy Share Image
The most real characters in a great play are those who are so meticulously drawn that the audience could predict how many pairs of… — Kevin Hassett Copy Share Image
Socialized medicine allows a nation to exclude a U.S. product from its market if the U.S. firm does not make generous enough price concessions.… — Kevin Hassett Copy Share Image
Today we hear that the gains from economic growth accrue to the highest-income earners while the standard of living of the poor and middle… — Kevin Hassett Copy Share Image
The term 'business cycle' is imprecise. Economic fluctuations affect everyone, not just businesses, and they are, unlike astral cycles, anything but regular. — Kevin Hassett Copy Share Image
Liberalized trade - in broadly multilateral, regional, or bilateral agreements - is a key ingredient in the recipe for prosperity... An absolute prerequisite for… — Kevin Hassett Copy Share Image
For an American, as mad you may be about whatever the EPA or the IRS does, just imagine if you only had a one… — Kevin Hassett Copy Share Image
Historically, figuring out what to do to the tax code has been almost as contentious a political issue as judicial appointments. — Kevin Hassett Copy Share Image
