Stephen Moore
Columns by Stephen Moore
Sorry Fannie Mae: We won’t be fooled again
Does anyone remember back in 2008 when the housing market collapsed and the stock market crashed, with many tens of millions of Americans seeing their lifetime savings nearly wiped out? Published April 21, 2025
Washington’s latest tax assault on private equity and venture capital industries
What is it about politicians in Washington that they can't stand progress or the thought of anyone getting rich? Published April 15, 2025
Big tax cuts should offset any tariff increases
President Trump has predicted that his tariffs could raise as much as $6 trillion in federal tax collections over the next decade. Published April 10, 2025
Why Democrats hate DOGE
If you haven't watched the Bret Baier interviews on Fox News with Elon Musk and the other executives who have given their time and expertise to exposing rampant fraud, I urge you to do so. Published April 6, 2025
Trump should end the Biden era war on small business partnerships
President Trump has promised to create millions of new high-paying jobs. One easy first step is to repeal Biden regulations on America's 4 million business partnerships, which are prolific job creators. Published March 26, 2025
The FDA can save lives by keeping copycat drugs off the market
The United States has led the world in pharmaceutical innovation for decades by developing drugs that combat cancer, heart disease, AIDS, diabetes and other killer diseases. Published March 18, 2025
Want to soak the rich? Tax university endowments
Republicans are searching for ways to "pay for" their tax cuts. Democrats want the rich to pay more taxes. Here is a solution that should make everyone happy. Published March 11, 2025
Trump is right: Fire bad federal employees and reward good ones
All of Washington is acting like their hair is on fire in response to the DOGE requirement that federal employees list what they accomplished last week. Published March 2, 2025
Get ready for America’s ‘Little Tech’ revolution
It's a tribute to American tech dominance that the companies -- Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla -- have a combined net worth greater than that of all the companies in Europe. Published February 18, 2025
Flush with freedom: Trump’s appliance order wipes away decades of regulations
This is a day I've been waiting at least 20 years for. With a stroke of the pen, President Trump has declared that you are now once again the king or queen of your castle. Published February 17, 2025
A smart way to pay for the Trump tax cut: Auction government assets
The federal government owns multiple trillions of dollars of federal assets, from land to buildings to patent rights to mineral rights to immigrant visas to oil fields and unused office furniture equipment. Published January 29, 2025
Trump’s ‘folly’ of trying to buy Greenland could turn to gold
The media and the intelligentsia are laughing at President Trump's idea of the United States acquiring Greenland from Denmark. At first hearing of what seemed to be an outlandish idea, I guffawed, too. Published January 26, 2025
Europe takes a bite out of America’s Apple
Envy is an ugly thing -- one of the seven deadly sins. Published January 14, 2025
Just say no to runaway government spending
There aren't many problems in America that can't be traced back to the growth of a big and incompetent government. Published January 7, 2025
Trump and Musk are right: Legal immigrants a boon to U.S. economy
The media have been playing up the "civil war" inside the GOP between what Politico calls the "MAGA Republicans and Big Tech." Published January 1, 2025
10 New Year’s ideas to make America’s economy great again
Here's my wish list for the incoming Trump administration: to make America healthy, prosperous and great again in 2025. Published December 26, 2024
End the weaponization of the IRS
How ironic is it for taxpayers to learn that the vast amount of the $80 billion Democrats awarded to the IRS to recover new "savings" is instead on pace to serve as a massive cost to the U.S. Treasury? Published December 17, 2024
Trump ignites worldwide revolt against arrogant elites
Buckle your seat belts: President-elect Donald Trump has ignited a worldwide revolt against the arrogance of global elites. Published December 13, 2024
Trump should call for a new American patriotism
It's hard to believe it was just four years ago that President Biden was elected with a promise to unite the country. Published December 7, 2024
The nuclear moment: Clean energy source produces minimal greenhouse gases
One thing Hollywood is very good at is scaring the bejesus out of Americans -- even when it is merely spreading false fears. Published December 2, 2024