Commentary
Dear Senator/Assembly Member: On behalf of our organizations and our membership, we respectfully urge the swift rejection of A-4066 and S-2907, companion bills to impose new occupational licensure requirements for dog training. While well-intentioned, the proposed legislation benefits politically-connected insiders by eliminating competition through unnecessary regulation and puts more dogs at risk of being sent […]
Lansing, Mich. – Americans for Prosperity-Michigan (AFP-MI) is ramping up its efforts in the Michigan governor’s race with an unconventional flair—touring the state in a 25-foot-long moving truck wrapped with a photo of Gretchen Whitmer helping move boxes out of an abandoned warehouse. “Gretchen Whitmer’s Moving Co: The Wrong Move for Michigan,” the truck proclaims, highlighting a […]
Talk about sticker shock. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ single-payer plan — a government-run health care scheme — carries with it a price tag north of $30 trillion over 10 years, according to several estimates. The Wall Street Journal editorial board authored an op-ed Oct. 11 on what paying for such a program would entail. The cost […]
Raleigh, NC – Americans for Prosperity – North Carolina (AFP-NC) today launched a six-figure paid digital and direct mail campaign urging voters to support the Income Tax Cap Amendment. This ballot initiative would permanently cap North Carolina’s state, personal, and corporate income tax rate at 7 percent. To view Direct Mail, please click here. To […]
A pair of recent studies confirm what many of us know. While far from perfect, things in Colorado are going well. The CATO Institute recently placed Colorado among the five freest states in the country ranking states by policies that shape personal and economic freedom. And earlier this year, U.S. News and World Report named Colorado the top state for economic stability […]
Senate Democrats accepted a Republican leadership offer Oct. 11 to allow for the confirmation of 15 judicial nominees to federal district and circuit courts. Essential to this deal was Sen. Chuck Grassley’s (R-Iowa) decision to waive the blue slip process, which allows senators from the home state of a judicial nominee to approve or raise an objection to the president’s choice. Blue slips – […]
Dear Chairman Danielson and Members of the Assembly Oversight, Reform & Federal Relations Committee: I write today in strong support of Assembly Bill 3578, to expand the scope of the New Jersey Regulatory Flexibility Act, which deals with the economic impact of regulations on small business. Over decades of accumulation, state and federal regulations have grown […]
Only a few months ago, in June, the Supreme Court of the United States affirmed the First Amendment rights of government union workers to freely choose whether to join a union and to refuse to pay non-union member agency fees. Janus v. AFSCME paved the way for government union workers in nearly half of states to freely choose how to spend their own […]
This fall, Nebraskans will be asked if they want to expand Medicaid to more recipients. The answer to that question should be a resounding no. Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion does more harm than good. Every state that has expanded Medicaid has put an undue burden on taxpayers. Enrollment in the programs is always higher than expected, […]
