Eric Boehm

Arlington

Pennsylvania native living in Virginia. Writes @Reason. Chronologically ambiguous. Stay hungry, stay free, and do the best that you can.

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Articles

Fake immigration crisis triggers actual violence

2 weeks ago | reason.com | Peter Suderman |Katherine Mangu-Ward |Nick Gillespie |Eric Boehm

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How tariffs are breaking the manufacturing industries Trump says he wants to protect

2 weeks ago | reason.com | Eric Boehm

Tariffs Most imports to the U.S. are raw materials, intermediate parts, or equipment—the stuff that manufacturing firms need to make things.
Virginia-based MicroKits is in limbo as owner sues over Trump's tariffs

3 weeks ago | reason.com | Eric Boehm

Free Trade Next week could be a pivotal one, as a federal appeals court could decide whether to restore an injunction against Trump's tariffs.
The 'Big Beautiful Bill' will add $2.4 trillion to the deficit

3 weeks ago | reason.com | Eric Boehm

Congress That total will rise to about $3 trillion once the interest costs of more borrowing are included.
It's Rand Paul and Elon Musk vs. Donald Trump over the 'Big Beautiful Bill'

3 weeks ago | reason.com | Eric Boehm

Politics Paul said he refuses to support "maintaining Biden spending levels," and Musk said the Trump-backed tax bill is "a disgusting abomination." | (Illustration: Eddie Marshall | CNP | AdMedia | Bill Clark | CQ Roll Call | Newscom | ChatGPT (edited) ) The intra-Republican fight over the future of a major tax and borrowing bill intensified on Tuesday, as President Donald Trump lashed out and former White House favorite Elon Musk offered a sharp criticism of the proposal. The whole thing...
J.D. Vance wants a free market for crypto. What about everything else?

3 weeks ago | reason.com | Eric Boehm

Vice President J.D. Vance is not ignorant about the power of the free market. He's just very selective about when that principle ought to apply. "What you shouldn't have is a dictatorial government that tells certain industries they're not allowed to do what they need to do," Vance said in an interview with Newsmax last week. "You've gotta let these people make decisions on their own. And that's sort of been our approach." When I saw that clip on Twitter, I did a double-take.
Congress must vote on Trump’s tariff policy

4 weeks ago | reason.com | Eric Boehm

Free Trade For both practical and constitutional reasons, this is the obvious way out of the chaos Trump's tariffs have created.
Did 'activist judges' derail Trump's tariffs?

4 weeks ago | reason.com | Eric Boehm

In the immediate aftermath of Wednesday's federal court ruling that blocked the Trump administration's tariffs on nearly all imports, the president's allies have turned to a predictable excuse for the sweeping legal defeat. "It is not for unelected judges to decide how to properly address a national emergency," said Kush Desai, the White House's deputy press secretary, in a statement.
A Federal Court Just Blocked Trump's Tariffs

1 month ago | reason.com | Eric Boehm

Free Trade The Court of International Trade ruled that Trump's emergency economic powers do not include the authority to impose tariffs on nearly all imports.
Elon Musk is right. The 'Big Beautiful Bill' is a bad deal.

1 month ago | reason.com | Eric Boehm

Congress Musk's opinion about the bill matters, since he is one of the few people in conservative politics who can get away with defying Trump.