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Will American Workers Get to Help Rebuild Puerto Rico?
As Puerto Ricans begin to clean up the rubble in the wake of Hurricane Maria, they are already looking to their fellow Americans on the… Read More
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Global Trade Volume Is Up, No Thanks to Protectionism
In a sign of improving economic health around the world, the World Trade Organization has strongly upgraded its forecast for the 2017 growth in world… Read More
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This Agency Wants to Shield a Select Few Solar Companies. Thankfully, Trump Can Reverse.
Last Friday, the International Trade Commission voted 4-0 in favor of SolarWorld and Suniva’s Section 201 petition, finding that imports of solar cells and solar… Read More
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Government Scorekeepers Are Wrong. Corporate Tax Reform Would Mostly Help Workers, Not the Rich.
Politicians who don’t want tax reform are busy making the case that cutting taxes for business will not help workers. Those politicians are backed up… Read More
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Obama’s ‘Julia’ Will Have Better Life Because of Tax Reform
Julia and her husband, James, are worried about their future. James lost his job and can’t find work. Julia has not received a raise in… Read More
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Union Leaders Tried to Bully This California Teacher Into Silence. She Didn’t Give In.
Rebecca Friedrichs, a California school teacher, took her battle with unions to the Supreme Court last year. Though the issue was unresolved due to a… Read More
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Our Tax Code Is a Self-Inflicted Injustice. The Time for Change Is Now.
America’s corporate tax code is like a heavy anchor holding a fast-moving ship at bay. The winds of opportunity are blowing—our economy could be more… Read More
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Tax Reform ‘Big Deal’ to Mom Who Wants to Keep Cattle Ranch in Family
What lawmakers do in Washington to overhaul the tax code is a “big deal” for a fourth-generation cattle rancher in North Dakota, she says. “Tax… Read More
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Conservatives Push for Tax Reform in 2017
As the end of the year nears, some conservative organizations are pushing for tax reform On Sept. 14, Americans for Prosperity, along with 87 other… Read More
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Underreported: What Happened When Government Tried to Fix a Coal Town
PAINTSVILLE, Ky.—When Ben Larrabee heard about a new government-funded job training program for the digital age that promised to turn “coal country” into “code country,”… Read More
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Higher Minimum Wage Laws Might Make You Sick
This news may not sit well with hipster foodies in the Pacific Northwest. In a classic case of good intentions paving the way to hell,… Read More
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Conservatives Call for Tax Reform to ‘Put Small Businesses Back at the Heart of America’s Economy’
Meaningful tax reform is about putting small businesses at a competitive advantage, the leader of a nonpartisan organization committed to limited government and economic freedom… Read More
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How the Current Tax Code Disfavors American Workers
The U.S. tax code is 4 million words long, so it’s no surprise that millions of Americans look for help every year just to keep… Read More
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Trump: Rich Would Pay Same or More Under Tax Reform
The wealthy would pay the same individual income tax rate, or possibly see an increase, under his tax reform plan, President Donald Trump said Wednesday…. Read More
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Cruz Highlights 7 Ideas for Tax Reform
Sen. Ted Cruz thinks tax reform can help the average American. Tax reform is all about “the promise to remodel our antiquated, bureaucratic, ineffective tax… Read More
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The National Debt Just Hit $20 Trillion. Here’s How Congress Can Restore Fiscal Sanity.
Our national debt just topped $20 trillion. That’s 13 zeros, or $20,000,000,000,000. This also means that the federal government now owes almost $1.5 trillion more… Read More
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A Debt Crisis Is Coming, and We’re All to Blame
The largest threat to our prosperity is government spending that far exceeds the authority enumerated in Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution. Federal spending… Read More
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Lawmaker Says Congress Will ‘Have to Be on Our Toes’ After Failing to Scrap $900 Million ‘Earmark’
After failing to stop what he called an “earmark,” one Republican lawmaker is preparing to fight the possible return of pork-barrel spending in Congress. Rep…. Read More
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Trump Is Right. ‘Our Tax Code Is a Giant, Self-Inflicted Economic Wound.’
In his second speech in two weeks on the need for tax reform, President Donald Trump again made a strong case, explaining that “our tax… Read More
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See How Your Senators Voted on the Pelosi-Schumer-Trump Debt Ceiling Deal
Senate lawmakers voted Thursday afternoon to advance a bill that would provide emergency relief funding to the victims of Hurricane Harvey and would temporarily raise… Read More
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New Study Shows Political Unrest Often Starts With Lack of Upward Mobility
In countries with higher levels of economic freedom, individuals are free to move up (or down) the socio-economic ladder because of the decisions they make… Read More
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Trump’s Budget Deal With Democrats Will Only Worsen Our Fiscal Situation
Late Wednesday night, the Senate released the text of legislation that would provide disaster relief funding and other federal aid for Hurricane Harvey and other… Read More
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Trump Stumps for Simplifying Tax Code in North Dakota
President Donald Trump took his crusade for tax reform to North Dakota Wednesday. Though he said the tax reform plan will boost prosperity and make… Read More
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House Republicans Unhappy That Trump Siding With Democrats on Debt Ceiling
President Donald Trump’s decision to side with Democrats in their push to attach a three-month debt ceiling increase to must-pass hurricane relief funding is not… Read More
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President Deploys Ivanka as Emissary on Tax Reform
Congress should at least double the child tax credit, Ivanka Trump urged Tuesday, as the president’s daughter and key White House adviser stressed the administration’s… Read More
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House Spending Bill Is Too Bloated. Congress Should Stick to the Budget Caps.
This week, the House of Representatives is expected to vote on the eight remaining annual appropriations bills. The House will combine the four-bill Make America… Read More
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Trump Can Aid the Irma Relief Effort by Issuing Special Waiver
As Hurricane Irma bears down on Puerto Rico, home to 3.4 million U.S. citizens, President Donald Trump should prepare the way for a rapid relief… Read More
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Lawmaker Seeks to Derail $900M for Amtrak Project as Earmark
A North Carolina congressman is working to stop $900 million in a transportation funding bill bound for an Amtrak project in New Jersey that he… Read More
