Issues
January 09, 2012 JLabor, Education & Pensions
Indiana state legislators are about to debate an important measure that will create jobs in our state and provide greater workplace freedom.
Please take action today to make Indiana the next Right to Work state!
What is Right to Work?
Right to Work simply allows workers to decide for themselves whether or not to join a union or pay union dues.
While workers should be allowed to unionize and collectively bargain, they should also be given the choice to not join a union. The right of association and the freedom to choose who you associate with is a fundamental American right.
Right to Work does nothing to limit or weaken collective bargaining. For example, Right to Work has existed for Indiana teachers for over 15 years, yet membership in the Indiana State Teachers Union remains strong.
The Benefits of Right to Work
January 04, 2012 JBudget & Spending
As we head into the 2012 Indiana Legislative Session, Americans for Prosperity Indiana has released our policy agenda to provide the public and policymakers with our view on the proper role of government and a few of our legislative priorities.
Here is a summary:
Protecting Taxpayers
??Promote Fiscal and Regulatory Restraint at All Levels of Government
??Repeal the Indiana Death Tax
??Address the States Public Pension Liability in a Pro-Taxpayer Manner
Reducing the Size of Government
??Establish a Sunset Commission to Eliminate Unnecessary Government Programs
??Give Localities the Tools to Reduce Government
Giving Taxpayers Control of their Tax Dollars
??Expand Educational Opportunities for all Hoosier Taxpayers
Empowering Hoosier Workers and Taxpayers
??Make Indiana a Right-to-Work State
Strengthening our States Constitutional Rights
??Carefully Evaluate All Federal Aid Programs
January 03, 2012
An excellent article on why free market capitalism, tax reform, and fiscally conservative policies are the way forward for America. Via Townhall.com:
The United States is at a fork in the road regarding which way we will go as a people. The 2012 election could be the most important in our lifetime, and conservative leaders have reached a consensus on how to channel the energy and concerns of the American people to realize historic change this year.
December 19, 2011
Over the weekend the world lost two figures that will undoubtedly be remembered in the history books: Vaclav Havel, an anti-communist playwright-turned-politician who led Czechoslovakia out from under an oppressive Soviet-style regime in 1989, and Kim Jong-Il, a brutal dictator who has enforced North Koreas Soviet-style police state and thereby led his country into famine. The contrast could not be greater between these two leaders, nor could the mark they left on the economies and the people of their respective countries.
December 08, 2011
Want to build grassroots activism in your community but aren't sure where or how to start? Check out our AFP-Indiana Citizen Action Handbook. This is our "how to" guide on grassroots activism. Please feel free to use this as resource for your local, free market grassroots efforts.
