Tax Increases and Government Mandates Hurt Opportunity
Apr 23, 2019

ST. PAUL, MN – Americans for Prosperity – Minnesota (AFP-MN) today urged House members to reject HF2208, the Omnibus Jobs and Economic Development Finance Bill. The legislation would create a new entitlement program funded by a payroll tax on all employees and employers across the state, while also imposing a 100% carbon-free mandate. View the […]

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House Votes to Continue to Saddle Ratepayers with High Energy Bills
Mar 14, 2019

CONCORD, NH – Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire (AFP-NH) today urged the legislature to provide ratepayer relief following the defeat of House Bill 477, which would have rebated all of the proceeds of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) program, minus administrative costs, back to New Hampshire ratepayers. New Hampshire ratepayers face some of the highest […]

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Jason Flohrs on Justice & Drew Discussing Governor Walz’s Energy Plan
Mar 6, 2019

AFP-MN State Director Jason Flohrs joins Justice and Drew on am 1130 to talk about Governor Walz’s new 100% carbon free energy plan and the skyrocketing increases in electricity costs that will hurt Minnesota families. Click below and listen to Jason from 7:07 – 16:41.

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Energy Proposal Drives Up Costs for Minnesota Families, Stifles Innovation and Opportunity
Mar 4, 2019

ST. PAUL, MN – Americans for Prosperity-Minnesota (AFP-MN) today urged the Minnesota legislature to protect taxpayers and our state’s most vulnerable by rejecting Governor Walz’s new energy proposal that aims to use only carbon-free energy resources by 2050. AFP-MN State Director Jason Flohrs issued the following statement: “We’ve already seen proposals from the governor to […]

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AFP-NJ Comments to the Department of Environmental Protection on the RGGI
Feb 19, 2019

Commissioner McCabe: Through broad-based grassroots outreach, Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is driving long-term solutions to the country’s biggest problems. AFP activists engage friends and neighbors on key issues and encourage them to take an active role in building a culture of mutual benefit, where people succeed by helping one another. I write to express our disagreement with the […]

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Government Takes the Wheel—Where Will We Go?
Feb 13, 2019

DENVER, Colo. – Americans for Prosperity-Colorado (AFP-CO) released a statement after the Senate Health and Human Services committed defeated a bill that would have reversed a controversial executive order that will hurt Colorado’s auto industry. SB19-053, would have overturned former Gov. Hickenlooper’s executive order that forces automobile makers and dealers to adopt strict emission standards […]

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New Hampshire Rings in 2019 with Elimination of Electricity Tax and Business Enterprise Tax Reduction
Jan 2, 2019

Taxpayers start off 2019 with tax and energy rate relief CONCORD, N.H. – As of January 1st, Granite State employers are seeing a reduction in the business enterprise tax rates of more than 11 percent as well as a 2.5% reduction in the business profits tax and all ratepayers are now benefiting from the elimination […]

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Washington Should Eliminate Costly Boondoggles Like The Renewable Fuel Standard
Oct 9, 2018

Arlington, VA – In response to President Trump’s announcement this evening in Council Bluffs, IA that his administration will be promoting the use of ethanol by allowing year-round sales of E15, a fuel that is 15 percent ethanol by volume, Americans for Prosperity Chief Government Affairs Officer Brent Gardner issued the following statement: “President Trump has revitalized our […]

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ICYMI: American Taxpayers Shouldn’t Have to Subsidize Luxury Vehicles
Oct 9, 2018

Americans for Prosperity Policy Analyst Martin Rodriguez | Morning Consult According to a 2016 Reuters/Ipsos Election Day poll, a majority of Americans believe the economy is “rigged” to benefit wealthy insiders. … The latest example of how the well-connected are able to work out sweetheart deals at the expense of everyone else is legislation that […]

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