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Washington Post
09-07-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
Throwing out the garbage? Did you ask your local union first?
Dominic Pino is the Thomas L. Rhodes journalism fellow at National Review Institute and host of the American Institute for Economic Research podcast 'Econception.' The behavior of public-sector unions is enough to make you puke. This is true figuratively, when, as a matter of course, these groups bankrupt cities and states with unsustainable contract demands and tie the hands of elected officials to run the governments voters chose them to lead. But it was also true literally in Philadelphia, where an eight-day strike caused trash to pile up across the city.
Washington Post
26-06-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
What politicians can learn from a stunning win in New York (over trash)
Dominic Pino is the Thomas L. Rhodes journalism fellow at National Review Institute and host of the American Institute for Economic Research podcast 'Econception.' The people of New York City have been dealing with some garbage choices. And I'm not talking about the candidates for mayor. The nation's largest city has finally decided to throw out its old ways and put trash in — get this! — containers. One of the shocking things that tourists from the rest of the country would discover when visiting New York is that, until recently, bags of trash accumulated on the sidewalks. Parents would be guiding their children around stinking piles of garbage while walking to the Lego or American Girl stores.
Washington Post
11-06-2025
- Business
- Washington Post
Republicans rediscover the one weird trick that actually cuts spending
Dominic Pino is the Thomas L. Rhodes journalism fellow at National Review Institute and host of the American Institute for Economic Research podcast 'Econception.' Well, this is awkward. After the relationship between President Donald Trump and businessman Elon Musk very publicly soured, Congress is considering action on the primary product of that relationship: spending cuts suggested by the U.S. DOGE Service.
Washington Post
13-05-2025
- Business
- Washington Post
The GOP has a chance to improve Medicaid. Trump is making it harder.
Dominic Pino is the Thomas L. Rhodes journalism fellow at National Review Institute and host of the American Institute for Economic Research podcast 'Econception.' Republicans should reform Medicaid in their 'one big, beautiful bill' that includes extending Donald Trump's 2017 tax cuts. Trump's trade policies are going to make that difficult task even harder.
Washington Post
30-04-2025
- Business
- Washington Post
Pain from Trump's tariffs is arriving at the speed of a container ship
Dominic Pino is the Thomas L. Rhodes journalism fellow at National Review Institute and host of the American Institute for Economic Research podcast 'Econception.' Donald Trump moves fast. Boats, however, are really, really slow. That basic disconnect is the key to understanding how the president's tariffs are playing out. Fast: The president and his administration keep changing their plans on tariffs, seemingly by the hour — a policy whiplash that has caused chaos in the financial markets.
