EconomyCommentary
The Inanity of Liberals’ Fearmongering on Tax Reform
On Monday night, the GOP tax bill took another step toward President Donald Trump’s desk when Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., named nine… Read More
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The Differences House, Senate Will Have to Resolve to Advance Tax Reform Bill
Following the Senate’s 51-49 early Saturday morning vote to pass Republicans’ tax reform overhaul, the legislation will move to conference where the House and Senate… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The Senate Voted to Kill Obamacare’s Individual Mandate. Why That Was a Wise Call.
Obamacare’s individual mandate to buy federally standardized health insurance is a tax, courtesy of the Supreme Court’s elaborate exercise in creative writing: National Federation of… Read More
EconomyNews
These 229 Businesses and Groups Support Tax Reform
Hundreds of businesses and organizations have publicly declared their support for the Senate’s tax reform package, one of the many factors that led to the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
In 1 Chart, the Differences Between the House and Senate Tax Reform Bills
The House and Senate have now each passed different versions of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Both bills are a big improvement to America’s out-of-date… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Problematic Assumption Underlying 2 Estimates Showing Weak Growth From GOP Tax Reform
There’s a key reason two estimates of the economic effects of the GOP tax bill show only small effects: they’re largely ignoring the primary mechanism… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Senate Should Repeal Regressive Tax on the Uninsured
Senate Democrats who fret over the distributional effects of tax cuts should thank their GOP colleagues for giving them the chance this week to vote… Read More
EconomyCommentary
4 Ways the Senate Could Ruin Good Tax Reform
The Senate version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has successfully passed both the Finance and Budget committees and is now on the Senate… Read More
EconomyNews
Trump Frames Tax Vote as Swamp Drainers vs. Swamp Dwellers
As the Senate prepares to vote on a tax reform package, President Donald Trump called the vote a “moment of truth.” “In the coming days,… Read More
EconomyNews
As Vote Nears, Where GOP Senators Are on Tax Reform
With no Democrat senators signalling support for the tax reform bill and 51 votes needed to pass the measure, every Republican senator’s vote matters. With… Read More
EducationCommentary
No, Tax Reform Will Not ‘Decimate’ Colleges or ‘Hurt’ Students
Liberal elites at universities, who rarely meet a tax they don’t like, finally seem to have found one tax proposal that is unacceptable to them…. Read More
EconomyNews
Why This Owner of a Personal Training Business Is Ready for Tax Reform
SPRINGFIELD, Missouri— Noah Alldredge, a small business owner in America’s heartland, is speaking out about how he and his employees could benefit from tax reform.
EconomyCommentary
Don’t Believe the Democrat Attacks on Tax Reform. Here Are the Facts.
As president of the State Financial Officers Foundation, I have the privilege of working with some of the nation’s sharpest financial officers. They are not… Read More
EconomyCommentary
After Months of Inaction, Senate Republicans Must Seize Chance to Pass Tax Reform
After nearly 11 months of careening from one disappointment to another, Congress is on the verge of a major breakthrough on tax reform. I won’t… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Why Eliminating Obamacare’s Individual Mandate Should Be Part of Tax Reform
Obamacare’s individual mandate survived the Supreme Court’s 2012 ruling on the Affordable Care Act solely because the court interpreted the insurance requirement as a “tax.”… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
In Charts, How These 7 Taxpayers’ Bills Would Change If Tax Reform Were Enacted
How will you fare if the GOP tax plan is enacted? Well, on net, most Americans will see a significant tax cut under the proposed… Read More
EconomyNews
Tax Cuts Could Boost GDP by Up to 5%, Trump Economic Adviser Says
The chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers says if corporate tax cuts are signed into law, the gross domestic product of the United States… Read More
EconomyCommentary
No, Republicans Are Not Leaving Small Businesses Behind
The Senate Finance Committee passed a version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act last week, which now heads to the full Senate floor for… Read More
EconomyCommentary
How Tax Reform Became a Fast Track to Drain the Swamp
Republicans have long been known as “the stupid party.” They do stupid things, such as waiting until mid-November to push a must-pass tax cut that… Read More
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As GOP Looks to Eliminate State Tax Deduction, New Jersey Democrat Wavers on Millionaires Tax
New Jersey is potentially holding off hiking its income tax due to the possibility of the state and local tax deduction being eliminated in the… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Democrats in Meltdown Mode as Obamacare Individual Mandate Moves Toward Extinction
Democrats, of course, oppose the tax cuts moving through Congress. They believe government knows how to spend your money better than you do. But what… Read More
EconomyCommentary
We Hear You: ‘High-Tax Paradises Such as New Jersey and California Better Wake Up’
Editor’s note: With tax reform now in the Senate’s hands following passage of a House bill to overhaul the tax code, it’s a good time… Read More
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Q&A: Rep. Jim Banks Talks About the Benefits of Tax Reform
Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., spoke to The Daily Signal’s Genevieve Wood earlier this month, before the tax reform bill passed the House, about how eliminating… Read More
EconomyCommentary
How the GOP Tax Bill Will Affect the Economy
The House passed its version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on Thursday, a bill that would reform the tax code by lowering marginal… Read More
EconomyNews
It’s the Senate’s Turn After House OKs GOP Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Following the House’s 227-205 vote Thursday to pass its version of the Republicans’ tax reform bill, all eyes now move to the Senate, where a… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
In 1 Chart, the Differences Between the House and Senate Tax Reform Bills
The House has now passed its version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The Senate is still working on the final details of its… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
Podcast: Understanding Tax Reform
How would tax reform change your life? Does the bill that passed the House today have a chance in the Senate? What would tax reform… Read More
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On Tax Reform, This Communications Giant Puts $1B Where Its Mouth Is
One of the nation’s largest wireless broadband providers has committed to investing $1 billion in the economy if Congress cuts corporate taxes. “By immediately lowering… Read More
EconomyCommentary
6 Ways the Senate Improves the House Tax Reform Bill
The House version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is a long-awaited step toward updating America’s tax code. If you’re a middle-class taxpayer, the… Read More
