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May 4, 2017
Imaginary Conflicts of Interest for Trump versus Actual Conflicts of Interest for Dems
By Jack Hellner

After the Trump Administration released its outline for tax reform I saw a lot of consternation that the tax plan may help Trump himself, and that could be a conflict of interest.  But if it is a conflict for Trump to reduce taxes and regulations because it may help him or his business, then it would be a conflict for all politicians and bureaucrats to ever propose reducing taxes or regulations, because that might help them or their family and friends. Therefore, the only thing politicians could ever do to prevent conflicts would be to increase taxes and regulations. Maybe that is what the media and Democrats want.

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