Newsroom
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, [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
April 19, 2013 JBudget & Spending, Taxes
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 [...]
April 18, 2013 JTaxes
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 [...]