Issues
May 16, 2013 JTaxes, Health Care & Entitlements
Last summer, Americans for Prosperity analyzed the disappointing Medicare reforms in the President’s signature health care law. In February, the President suggested additional so-called reforms to Medicare in his State of the Union speech. Just like his reforms in 2010, these proposals fail to address the underlying issues in Medicare. One reform in particular, Medicare [...]
April 11, 2013 JLabor, Education & Pensions, Taxes
Today, Americans for Prosperity’s Florida chapter released the following letter of support for S.B. 534, a bill that will require improved transparency and accountability for municipal pension plans.
April 04, 2013 JLabor, Education & Pensions
AFP-FL Policy Director Abbie MacIver sent the following letter to the Florida House of Representatives, ahead of their floor vote on HB 867, the Parent Empowerment Act, urging support for the good legislation and notifying members that the bill would be included in AFP-FL’s 2013 Session Scorecard. HB 867-Parent Empowerment-Support Letter
February 13, 2013 JBudget & Spending, Taxes
Last week, AFP jointly released a report with Integrity Florida titled “Enterprise Florida: Economic Development or Corporate Welfare?” This report is a scathing look into the failings of Enterprise Florida to meet its stated goals, the utter lack of transparency and accountability of the tax payer funded organization, the use of public dollars to pick [...]
January 04, 2013 JBudget & Spending, Health Care & Entitlements
The start of 2013 has already been a shaky one with the painful fiscal-cliff negotiations and the unfortunate outcome that continued Washington’s bad habit of increasing taxes without addressing their outrageous spending habits, all while pandering to a few favored constituents with messages of success. Well Floridians need to get ready because Washington is [...]