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Michael Hiltzik

Michael Hiltzik: Britain's prime minister followed the GOP's economic plan. She lost her job in record time

Fox Business talking head Larry Kudlow was over the moon on Sept. 23.

"The new U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss has laid out a terrific supply-side economic growth plan, which looks a lot like the basic thrust of Kevin McCarthy's 'Commitment to America' plan," he told viewers of his daily program that day.

What got Kudlow vibrating was Truss' release of a budget plan that included cutting corporate taxes and slashing the top tax rate on the wealthiest Britons to 40% from 45%.

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