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Grassroots group urges the Lincoln City Council to focus on spending taxpayer dollars responsibly rather than increasing taxes LINCOLN, NE – Americans for Prosperity-Nebraska today urged the Lincoln City Council to abandon Mayor Chris Beutler’s proposal to include a $13 million annual sales tax hike on the April 9 primary ballot. “At some point, Mayor […]

Leading grassroots group supports controlling government spending, property tax reform LINCOLN, NE – Americans for Prosperity-Nebraska (AFP-NE) today reacted to Governor Ricketts’ State of the State address, in which he called for property tax relief and keeping the rate of spending growth to 3.1 percent. “Governor Ricketts’ budget proposal lays the groundwork for the start […]

Eight teams played in last weekend’s divisional round of NFL playoff games. The winners — the Kansas City Chiefs, the Los Angeles Rams, the New Orleans Saints and the New England Patriots — are now headed to the championship round to play for a spot in the Big Game on Feb. 3 in Atlanta. But […]

Grassroots group praises governor for pledging to work on policies that increase opportunity, improve Granite Staters’ lives CONCORD, N.H. – Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire (AFP-NH) commended Governor Sununu for pledging to provide further business tax relief in his 2019 inaugural address. This week, a 2.5% reduction in the business profits tax and the elimination of […]

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 […]

In business, nobody should have a government-created advantage over their competition. Businesses should compete with each other on a level playing field. But in Tennessee, an excessive tax puts many small businesses at a disadvantage. The “amusement” tax is a tax that applies to events and entertainment. In Tennessee’s case, the amusement tax applies to […]

ARLINGTON, Va. – In response to reports of tax extenders being removed from year-end tax legislation Americans for Prosperity Chief Government Affairs Officer Brent Gardner issued the following statement: “Tax extenders have no place in a post-tax reform world, and we’re encouraged to see Chairman Brady remove them from his year-end tax legislation. Corporate welfare and cronyism unfairly rig the system in […]

SIOUX FALLS, SD—Americans for Prosperity-South Dakota (AFP-SD) today filed an initiated measure proposal to reduce the sales tax rate in conjunction with the Wayfair Supreme Court case decision. This effort comes in response to legislation passed in the 2016 legislative session that called for the reduction of the sales tax by 0.1% for every $20 […]

Americans for Prosperity Policy Analyst Martin Rodriguez | Morning Consult Advocates of the carbon tax claim it isn’t like those other bad taxes. It’s “market driven,” they say. It will actually help the economy. And it’s a great way to reduce dangerous emissions. If Americans only understood how great this tax was, they’d be clamoring to have one […]