The Case Against Higher Taxes
While the 2000s may have been a lost decade for the American dream, a revival of our model’s advantages is still a real, worth-desiring possibility. by Ross Douthat Because…
A Sadder and Poorer Tax Day
Obama’s tax increases have diminished America’s spirit and prosperity. by Grover Norquist With the arrival and passing of yet another April 15th Tax Day, the federal government will consume 20.5…
Statement of George Landrith on Senate Finance Committee’s Tax Increase Negotiations
Statement of Frontiers of Freedom President, George Landrith, on Senate Finance Committee’s work on tax code “extenders”: Our corporate tax rates are far too high. The rate kills investment and…
New ObamaCare fees and taxes coming in 2014
by S.A. Miller and Geoff Earle Here comes the ObamaCare tax bill. The cost of President Obama’s massive health-care law will hit Americans in 2014 as new taxes pile up…
Here come the Obamacare taxes
First came the compliance burdens. Then came the expensive website woes, millions of policy cancellations and skyrocketing premiums. But if you thought Obamacare couldn’t be less popular, guess again. Here…
Fixing California: Higher taxes don’t mean a better life
Move to low-tax state of Tennessee a real eye opener by Arthur Laffer In June of 2006, I deserted my long-time friend and love of my life, California, for the…
The 100 Year Anniversary of the Income Tax
Many unhappy returns began a hundred years ago, in October 1913. by John Fund Amid all the attention paid to the government shutdown — more of a “slimdown,” as 83…
Debt v. Spending
by Gordon S. Jones Since getting the boot from the United States Senate, Bob Bennett has been writing a weekly column in the Deseret News, one of Utah’s two daily…
The Family, the Pursuit of Happiness, and Tax Reform
Remarks by Senator Mike Lee to the American Enterprise Institute on September 17, 2013: I am here today because I believe the public policy status quo in Washington – and…
Middle class left behind by Obamanomics
by Timothy P. Carney “Even though our businesses are creating new jobs and have broken record profits,” President Obama said in his economics address last week, “nearly all the income…
Obamacare is slowing economic growth and costing Americans jobs
With the recent news that the Obama Administration will postpone the healthcare mandate on employers (but not on individuals) until after the mid-term elections, a new Gallup poll of 603…
Tax day reminds Americans that federal spending and taxes are too high
George Landrith, president of Frontiers of Freedom, made the following statement on tax day, April 15th: Will Rogers once said, “It is a good thing that we do not…
Americans Are Migrating to States with Lower Taxes and Less Regulation
by John Merline Americans are migrating from less-free liberal states to more-free conservative states, where they are doing better economically, according to a new study published Thursday by George…
The Red-State Path to Prosperity
Blue states with high taxes are struggling to compete for businesses and workers. by Arthur B. Laffer and Stephen Moore You can tell a lot about prosperity in America by…
Will U.S. Senate vote to Impose State Taxation of Internet Sales
by Grover Norquist Politicians have fantasies. Not Woody Allen “normal” fantasies about Swedish stewardesses. No. Politicians fantasize about being able to raise taxes on people who cannot vote against…