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Tim Phillips: The IRS as your M.D.

Americans have entrusted the IRS with a tremendous amount of power, and that power has been systematically abused over the course of months and years. While this fact is chilling enough for many of us, it’s actually about to get much worse.

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Wall Street Journal: Uncle Sam Helps Indie-Rock Bands Drum Up Fans Abroad

May 07, 2013

As U.S. Sales Shrink, Small Labels Look Abroad for Revenue; Seeking Countries Where Listeners Still Pay for CDs The federal government has helped American exporters sell telecommunication systems to Macedonia, tractors to Chad, and elevators to Japan. Now, the U.S. government is helping push a different kind of export: rock music. For the first time, [...]

Group Protests Flight Delays at Reagan National Airport

April 25, 2013

(WASHINGTON) — More than a dozen grassroots activists with the group Americans for Prosperity held a small protest at Reagan National Airport Thursday morning blaming President Obama for the flight delays at airports across the country. “We’re here today to stand up for passengers all around the country with the delays and the long lines [...]

Bloomberg: FAA Has Room for Furloughs Without Flight Delays

April 25, 2013

(Bloomberg) — The Federal Aviation Administration has more than enough air traffic controllers to manage furloughs without flight delays, according to a Bloomberg Government analysis of the agency’s staffing data. The FAA, with the consent of the controllers’ union, could keep sequestration from affecting flights by targeting furloughs at airports with excess numbers of controllers, [...]

Wasteful Programs that Make You Want To Pull Your Hair Out

April 19, 2013 J,

This week we finally reached Tax Freedom Day – the day after which American workers begin to make money for themselves and their families instead of the government. While no one begrudges making a reasonable contribution for necessary services, how many of us are confident that our wages earned over the past 108 days are [...]

Americans worked 108 days to reach Tax Freedom Day

April 18, 2013 J

Arlington, VA – Today, Americans for Prosperity (AFP), the nation’s leading grassroots organization dedicated to growing economic freedom across the country,  released the following statement from AFP President Tim Phillips regarding Tax Freedom Day.  Tax Freedom day is the day every year when Americans will begin to make money for themselves and their families instead [...]

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