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Pat Buchanan: Trump’s National-Emergency Power Grab Is the Latest in a Long Line By U.S. Presidents

John Cronin

Autocrats are replacing democrats worldwide because people are concluding that the centrist parties they turned to for years aren't delivering on basic services like protecting national borders, columnist Patrick Buchanan writes.

President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency on Friday, February 15 to take money appropriated for the U.S. military to extend the wall along America's southern border with Mexico may be pushing the bounds of the U.S. Constitution, Buchanan writes, but presidents have been doing that since at least Thomas Jefferson and later been praised for it.

Governor’s Tax Increases Raise Eyebrows of Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation Head
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Governor’s Tax Increases Raise Eyebrows of Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation Head

NBP Staff

The size of Governor Charlie Baker's proposed tax increases has the head of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation concerned.

"I would say we're not anti-tax, which is an important distinction. But we do want to make sure that your tax dollars are spent appropriately and efficiently. And I have to say I was surprised by the size of the tax increases. In total it's about $600 million in new revenue that's proposed in the governor's budget," said Eileen McAnneny, president of the pro-taxpayers organization, during an appearance Sunday on Keller at Large on WBZ-TV Channel 4 in Boston. "… These are $600 million in new taxes that come on the heels of tax increases last year, as well."

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