The Big Beautiful Conservative Bill
There’s a popular myth — pushed by many in the legacy financial press — that today’s Republican Party has abandoned its fiscal conservative roots. The narrative goes like this: once upon a time, conservatives were flinty-eyed budget hawks. Then along came Trump, and Republicans traded Paul Ryan’s spreadsheets for populist spending and electoral sugar highs. The latest reconciliation bill — packed with tax cuts, investment incentives, and pro-family benefits — is just another sign, we’re told, that fiscal restraint is dead.
But this story is upside-down. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act isn’t a break from conservative economic thought. It’s a return to first principles: a belief that growth, not austerity, is the engine of prosperity.
Growth First,
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