Are there good (economic) times ahead? By Andrea Widburg

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November 16, 2025
Are there good (economic) times ahead?
By Andrea Widburg

Ben Shapiro is worried. He likes Trump and, as a conservative, desperately wants him to succeed. However, he thinks (correctly) that the upcoming midterms will turn on the economy. If the economy is good, Republicans can probably hold Congress; if it’s bad, they will almost certainly lose it. What worries him is that Trump isn’t doing enough to turn the economy around.

I happen to think that Trump is doing everything possible to turn the economy around. If he fails, it will be because Democrats will have destroyed the economy—as they tried to do with the shutdown, which will have far-reaching ripple effects, and which they’re still trying to do through lawfare—not because of anything he’s doing. What’s interesting is that two of Trump’s chief economic advisors—National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent—share my optimism.

I’m no economics maven, but it doesn’t take a genius or a scholar to figure out that the policies Democrats and their Uniparty allies have implemented don’t work.

If the government prints money, you get inflation, which is a purely monetary problem. With more dollars circulating, the actual value of things doesn’t change, but the candy bar that once cost $1 will now cost $2, because the market will adapt to the influx of cash.

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[DefiantMassRINO]

There could be good economic times ahead if Congress acts swiftly to pass supply-side deregulation and tax incentives to make it more competitive to grow, build, and manufacture things in the US.

Also, Congress should lower payroll taxes (Federal income tax) while reducing spending.

The Godlilocks scenario is GDP growth, price and labor stability, increased productivity, and reduced (or more stratgeically allocated) Federal spending.

Congress can pass LAWs that allow for greater access to resources on Federal lands for cattle grazing, timber production, and mining.

Congress can also pass LAWs that allow for quicker construction of manufacturing and electrciity generation facilities in the US.

The US could have a global strategic advantage of lower-cost energy if it fastracked inceasing the supply or output of pipleines, transmission lines, electricity generation facilities, petroleum refining facilities, and mid-stream nautral gas facilities.

For America to reach its full potential, we need to get as much Government out of the way as possible without endangering public health.