An economics columnist explains how the GOP’s new plan could ‘permanently hobble’ the federal government

An economics columnist explains how the GOP’s new plan could ‘permanently hobble’ the federal government: Some Republicans, including President Donald Trump and White House Senior Adviser Kevin Hassett, have recently proposed a holiday on capital gains taxes — which, they claim, would stimulate the U.S. economy. But economics columnist Catherine Rampell, in a new Washington Post piece, explains why such