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“We were headed towards the most harmful regulatory environment in the history of our state” describes AFP-KS State Director Elizabeth Patton. Businesses were fleeing Kansas, driven out by unelected bureaucrats who repeatedly bypassed the legislature to impose costly mandates on Kansas industry. In a democracy, elected officials should call the shots. However, in Kansas until […]
Runaway inflation has led to a cost-of-living crisis that’s devastated American families. Over the last four years, it’s cost Americans an average of $12,000 every year. Thankfully, there’s one policy that has helped us by keeping thousands of dollars in our pockets: The Trump tax cuts, formally known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Acts […]
A year ago, Javier Milei, an accomplished economist, occasional rock singer, and firebrand defender of free markets, was sworn in as president of Argentina. He campaigned with a chainsaw in hand, promising deep government cuts, a balanced budget, getting government out of the economy, and ending one of the world’s highest inflation rates. Argentines, facing […]
As we head into the new year, now the real work begins to improve people’s lives. Itis up to We the People to step up and hold our elected officials accountable to the promises they made on the campaign trail. Americans for Prosperity (AFP) volunteers are ready to seize the opportunity to advance limited government […]
The administrative state is out of control. Consider the case of Bill Bright, a fisherman from Cape May, New Jersey. In 2020, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), a federal agency within the Department of Commerce, demanded that Atlantic herring fishermen like Bright pay for government-appointed monitors to ride along on their boats — at […]
Just when Minnesota families thought they’d weathered the financial storm of 2023’s crushing tax increases, an even more devastating economic threat emerged from the 2024 legislative session – the Clean Transportation Standard (CTS). The law would make Minnesota’s fuel the most expensive in the entire country, delivering the final financial blow to struggling families and […]
For decades, many Florida residents had no idea they were bankrolling corporations that already made millions in revenue through Enterprise Florida—a program that turned working families’ tax dollars into handouts for some of the state’s wealthiest companies. At its core, Enterprise Florida was an agency created to attract businesses and jobs to the state. However, […]
Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) have the potential to drastically improve the affordability of health care for you and your family. Unfortunately, far too many Americans have never even heard of them. What is an HSA? A Health Savings Account, or HSA, is a powerful way to take control of your health care expenses, combining tax […]
Thanksgiving is the most underrated holiday. If I could only eat one kind of food for the rest of my life, I’d choose barbecue. But my second choice would be Thanksgiving food. Either way I probably wouldn’t make it very long, but what a wonderful way to go! And in addition to the food, you […]
