Veronique de Rugy, Author at The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
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Veronique de Rugy

Veronique de Rugy is a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.
by | Dec 31, 2025

There is something emotionally satisfying about watching a wealthy person call for higher taxes on people like himself. It feels…

by | Dec 25, 2025

The Christmas season is a time to reflect on what we have, which includes the kind of society that has…

by | Dec 17, 2025

For years, pointing out the obvious was considered impolite: America’s biggest, most distortionary transfer of wealth does not flow from…

by | Nov 26, 2025

Thanksgiving invites us to pause and consider the gifts we often overlook. This year, at a moment of rising political…

by | Nov 13, 2025

The Nov. 4 election results are a reality check for the Trump administration. Democrats didn’t just run up the score…

by | Nov 6, 2025

In Washington today, the word “emergency” is a magic key; it unlocks powers Congress never granted, suspends the discipline of…

by | Oct 30, 2025

In 1980, America’s publicly held debt reached more than $712 billion (about $2.8 trillion in 2025 dollars), or roughly 25…

by | Oct 22, 2025

When House Speaker Mike Johnson lashed out at last weekend’s “No Kings” rallies soon to arrive on Washington’s National Mall,…

by | Oct 1, 2025

The federal government just accumulated an additional $2 trillion in debt over the last 12 months. That’s the kind of…

by | Sep 17, 2025

The question of whether President Donald Trump has turned the United States toward a new “state capitalism” — one in…

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