Tax cuts and fiscal hypocrisy: how the deficit hawks always change their tune

The American right wing's flimsy dedication to balancing the books can also apply to Canadian actors.

U.S. Senator Bob Corker has said he's 'disheartened' over his party's flip-flop on fiscal restraint. Photograph courtesy of the U.S. Embassy in Moldova

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

October 11, 2017

OTTAWA— U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest internal party feud has broken out in spectacular fashion with prominent Republican Senator Bob Corker. After Trump repeatedly slammed former ally Corker on Twitter, saying he was personally responsible for what the president called the United States...

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