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Minnesota remains 6th worst state for tax burden despite promising budget forecast Minneapolis, MN – Americans for Prosperity-MN (AFP-MN) released the following statement after the Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) unveiled the 2019 November Budget and Economic Forecast. The underlying economic indicators included in today’s budget forecast appear to be good news for Minnesotans in spite of […]
Bipartisan rebuke of corporate welfare keeps more money in Wisconsinites’ pockets Madison, Wis. – Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin (AFP-WI) on Thursday applauded Governor Evers for signing into law Assembly Bill 73, which ends a more than twenty-year-old sales tax in southeast Wisconsin that was implemented to subsidize a professional sports stadium. AFP-WI has long opposed government […]
Year after year, Washington brings America to the brink of a government shutdown. These high-pressure situations are consistently used as political leverage by both sides to advance bad policy. Crisis scenarios caused by Washington’s broken budget process place unnecessary pressure on Congress to let wasteful spending and corporate welfare creep into must-pass legislation, giving lawmakers a license […]
New AFP report calls for automatic continuing resolutions to end the threat of government shutdowns. Arlington, VA— As Congress moves ahead with another continuing resolution (CR), Americans for Prosperity (AFP) released a new report today outlining an alternative to stop-gap funding bills and budgeting by crisis. Year after year, Washington brings America to the brink of […]
According a Treasury Department report published last week, taxes paid by businesses increased 12%, to $230 billion this year. Overall, federal revenue increased by 3.8% from last year. Meanwhile, the deficit ballooned by 26.4%, from $779 billion to $984 billion. We’re right on the edge of digging ourselves into even greater debt at a rate of $1 trillion per year. So, what happened? If we took […]
DENVER, Colo. – Americans for Prosperity-Colorado Issue Committee on Tuesday congratulated Coloradans for rejecting Proposition CC, which would have weakened Colorado’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) and expanded politicians’ power to take more of Coloradans’ money. The group also celebrated the incredible effort of its grassroots activists, who had mobilized across the state to urge […]
AFP challenges Congress to end the “Corporate Welfare Horror Show” Arlington, VA – Americans for Prosperity today will deliver each member of Congress with a Halloween treat, a horror movie poster urging them to oppose the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank and the renewal of the so-called “tax extenders.” As part of the multimillion-dollar effort […]
Americans for Prosperity New Hampshire State Director Greg Moore | Concord Monitor New Hampshire finally enacted a state budget last month, nearly three months after the last one expired. While there are many aspects, both good and bad, within the budget, there is one area that should concern every property taxpayer in the Granite State. […]
Happy Labor Day Weekend! Host Jason Flohrs chatted with Rep. Jim Nash about all the recent local and state scandals of waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer dollars. From cities overcharging for permitting fees and then pocketing the profits to DHS giving out tens of millions of dollars to the wrong people – it’s time […]
