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Hassett familiar, grin, 2017 - Something missing from Trump's Cabinet: Economists
Jeff Cox | @JeffCoxCNBCcom
Published 9:36 AM ET Fri, 10 Feb 2017 Updated 1:53 PM ET Sun, 12 Feb 2017
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/10/something-missing-from-trumps-cabinet-economists.html

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Trump advisor Kevin Hassett explains the most surprising thing about working with the president

* White House advisor Kevin Hassett says he was surprised to learn how much he enjoyed spending time around President Donald Trump.

* The economist says Trump has a good understanding of tax issues.

* Hassett said he believes the GOP tax plan may be able to pay for itself over time.
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/05/trump-advisor-kevin-hassett-on-working-with-president-donald-trump.html

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The Schlock Of The New
October 8, 2017 12:41 pm October 8, 2017 12:41 pm

I’m still thinking about Kevin Hassett’s appearance at the Tax Policy Center .. https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/will-corporate-rate-cut-really-increase-us-jobs-and-wages , where he repaid his hosts’ graciousness by gratuitously impugning their integrity. But insults aside, he offered a new analysis of corporate tax incidence – an approach that is novel, innovative, and completely boneheaded. Oh, and it just happens to say what his political masters want to hear.

As I see it, this is part of a broader pattern.
https://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/10/08/the-schlock-of-the-new/

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Puerto Rico, Trump and Taxes
October 11, 2017 8:34 am October 11, 2017 8:34 am

Brad Setser has a really interesting post on Puerto Rico’s balance of payments .. https://www.cfr.org/blog/what-puerto-rico-tells-us-about-global-trade .. - unlike states, the territory keeps track of exports and imports both to the U.S. mainland and the rest of the world. As it happens, his analysis bears pretty much directly on Howard Gleckman’s critique of Kevin Hassett’s disgraceful performance .. https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/will-corporate-rate-cut-really-increase-us-jobs-and-wages .. at the Tax Policy Center.

GRIN - HEAPS more - https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=137143676

2016 - an F6 big effort - Trump’s repellent inner circle
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=124815255

A weeks reading. A horror tale.