Robert Romano

Robert Romano is the Executive Director at Americans for Limited Government Foundation and Americans for Limited Government and can be reached at robert@getliberty.org. He grew up in a suburban Long Island township. He studied and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Stony Brook University with the Class of 2008. In his free time, he composes music on piano, paints oil on canvas, and writes fiction.

Robert lives in Virginia, is married and is a father of two.

Robert Romano
05.15.2025

As Producer And Consumer Prices Collapse, Didn’t Anti-Tariff Democrats Say Prices Were Supposed To Go Up?

By Robert Romano For the second consecutive month, both consumer and producer prices slowed down, according to data compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, to 2.3 percent and 2.4 percent annually in April, respectively. This despite President Donald Trump’s levying of tariffs since the beginning of his second […]

05.13.2025

Winning: Inflation Slowed To 2.3 Percent In April, Lowest Since February 2021 Despite Tariffs

By Robert Romano The annual consumer inflation rate for April slowed down to 2.3 percent, the lowest since February 2021 , according to the latest data compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, despite the imposition of reciprocal tariffs by President Donald Trump on April 2 that all of Washington, D.C.’s experts arrogantly projected would increase prices. […]

05.12.2025

Where’s No Tax On Tips, Overtime And Social Security?

By Robert Romano One consistent theme by President Donald Trump on the campaign trail in swing states like Nevada, Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania was his tax proposals to not only extend the 2017 Trump tax cuts that are due to expire Dec. 31, 2025, but […]

05.09.2025

As Other Central Banks Around The World Cuts Rates And Prices Collapse, The Federal Reserve Holds Rates High

By Robert Romano The Bank Of England cut its interest rate on May 8 by 0.25 percent to 4.25 percent. The Bank of China cut its rate on May 6 by 0.1 percent from 1.5 percent to 1.4 percent. The European Central bank cut its rate on April 16 by 0.25 percent to 4.25 percent. The Bank of Korea cut its rate on Feb. 25 by 0.25 percent to 2.75 percent. All […]

05.08.2025

Art Of The Deal: U.S. And United Kingdom Conclude Reciprocal Trade Deal That Wouldn’t Have Happened Without The Reciprocal Tariffs

By Robert Romano President Donald Trump and United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister Keir Starmer have concluded a reciprocal trade agreement between the U.S. and the UK on May 8, the first big deal since the President’s announcement of reciprocal tariffs on April 2, without which the agreement would have never happened. Like other trade deals including the […]

05.07.2025

Budget Bill Wisely Includes Debt Ceiling Reducing What Republicans Would Have To Give Up Later To Democrats To Get It

By Robert Romano In Washington, D.C. there are a few facts of life and one of them is that since its inception more than a century ago, the debt ceiling one way or another will be increased. Often that will be done on a bipartisan basis under […]

05.06.2025

Poll: 80 Percent Say Now Is A Bad Time To Raise Taxes. But That’s Exactly What Will Happen If Republicans Fail To Extend The Trump Tax Cuts.

By Robert Romano A Public Opinion Strategies-Americans for Prosperity poll conducted April 10 to April 14 has unsurprisingly found that 84 percent think that the current tax rates from the 2017 budget reconciliation measure signed into law by President Donald Trump should remain in place and that 80 percent of voters think it would […]

05.05.2025

Trump Approval Still Above His Entire First Term As Democrats Cling To Narrow Congressional Ballot Lead

By Robert Romano “I am confident that we will bring Trump’s popularity numbers and strength down if we keep at it and keep at it and keep at it.” That was Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on March 19 on PBS News Hour outlining the singular goal of Democrats who are in opposition […]

05.01.2025

Go Big Or Go Home! Weekly Jobless Claims Reminder For Congress To Extend Tax Cuts Plus Factory Expensing And No Tax On Tips, Overtime And Social Security

By Robert Romano The latest weekly jobless claims reported by the Department of Labor are a reminder for Congress to extend the 2017 Trump tax cuts and then some. In perhaps another sign that the economic cycle could be turning and that we are past peak employment, initial weekly unemployment claims increased 241,000 (18,000 more than the […]

04.30.2025

After Trump’s First 100 Days, The Best Is Yet To Come On Taxes, Trade And Immigration As President Promises Biden ‘Overhang’ Will Pass

By Robert Romano “I didn’t take over until January 20th. Tariffs will soon start kicking in, and companies are starting to move into the USA in record numbers. Our Country will boom, but we have to get rid of the Biden ‘Overhang.’ This will take a while, […]

04.29.2025

Treasury Secretary Bessent Is Right. Congress Needs To Enact Factory And Equipment Expensing To Help Insourcing In New Trade Environment.

By Robert Romano “I wouldn’t think that we would have supply chain shocks, and I think retailers they have managed their inventory in… front of this… and they know that President Trump is committed to fair trade and have planned accordingly.” That was Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at the White House on April 29 briefing reporters on what […]

04.28.2025

After Brief Honeymoon For Trump, GOP Congress Has Limited Window To Act On Tax Cuts, Border Security

By Robert Romano President Donald Trump in a post on Truth Social on April 28 blasted a recent New York Times poll take April 21 to April 24 that showed a negative approval rate, with 42 percent approving and 55 percent disapproving, noting that it had undersampled Americans who had voted in the last election. The President has got a point, when […]

04.25.2025

President Trump And Republicans Would Have Never Won Pennsylvania, Michigan And Wisconsin Without The Trump Trade Agenda

By Robert Romano In 2016, Americans for Limited Government teamed up with the late, great Pat Caddell to test President Donald Trump’s trade agenda in a national poll performed Feb. 23, 2016 to March 3, 2016 during the heart of the Republican primary. It tested a critical […]

04.24.2025

Congress Should Expand Scope Of Expedited Removals To Include Mass Deportation That Majority Supports

By Robert Romano One thing that President Donald Trump has proven since taking office is that to secure the border, all it takes is a president with the political will to do what is necessary, with encounters on the southwest border in March down to 11,017, a […]

04.23.2025

The Supreme Court Upheld Expedited Removals Of Illegal Aliens Without Hearings 7-2 In 2020. But Is It A Suitable Mechanism For Mass Deportations?

By Robert Romano The U.S. Supreme Court upheld by a 7-2 majority expedited removals of illegal aliens without a hearing under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 in the case Department of Homeland Security v. Thuraissigiam in 2020. Writing for the majority, Justice Samuel Alito noted that the entire intent of the legislation was to expedite removals: “In 1996, […]

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