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Opponents of tax reform repeatedly use the same tired arguments: they claim tax cuts only help the wealthy and will lead to a decrease in federal revenue. The truth is, these claims are unfounded. History shows just the opposite. The Kennedy, Reagan and Bush tax cuts have all led to increased federal revenues and increased […]
The group will be key voting Thursday’s House vote on the Financial CHOICE Act Arlington, Va. – Today Americans for Prosperity’s Vice President of External Affairs Christine Harbin sat down with Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling to discuss the importance of the Financial CHOICE Act ahead of Thursday’s vote on the bill. The conversation […]
No vote on gas tax hike in House after strong opposition from Louisianans, real work just beginning. BATON ROUGE – Americans for Prosperity – Louisiana (AFP-LA), the leading grassroots advocate working against raising the gas tax, is claiming victory for halting a proposed gas tax hike. AFP-LA volunteers made their opposition clear to lawmakers by […]
It’s official: Kentucky just joined the right-to-work revolution. With the support of Americans for Prosperity, and despite union bosses’ desperate last-minute actions, right-to-work legislation was just passed by the Kentucky legislature and signed into law by Gov. Matt Bevin. This new law frees every employee from being forced to join a union and pay part […]
Eight years ago, employment numbers were in freefall. The housing bubble burst, and Americans witnessed the federal takeover of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the collapse of the financial services firm Lehman Brothers, and the bailout of insurer AIG. The coming recession would only get worse, Congress thought it could fix this mess […]
Our staff and volunteers have been hard at work making phone calls and knocking on doors to spread the ideas of economic freedom, and it’s paying off! Here’s a list of all the victories we’ve had in the states so far this year: Alaska Initiated and successfully passed a ballot initiative that restored the Anchorage […]
By now, you’ve heard that the Obama Administration’s “Clean Power Plan” would cut carbon emissions. What you probably haven’t heard is that emissions already have been dropping – mostly thanks to market forces. The administration’s agenda to vastly expand control of the energy grid would cut carbon emissions by a third by the year 2030. […]
It’s official – there are now more right-to-work states in the U.S. than union shop states. West Virginia officially became the 26th right-to-work state Friday when state lawmakers overrode the Governor’s veto of the legislation passed earlier in the week. Now that the law is on the books, mandatory union dues or fees as a condition of […]
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