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We believe an open government is key to unlocking progress in many areas of public policy. Information empowers individuals to engage on issues they’re passionate about and hold those in power accountable. Consider the alternative: a government that operates largely behind closed doors. Without access to records, researchers can’t effectively study our criminal justice system. […]
PHOENIX, AZ—Americans for Prosperity-Arizona today released a statement supporting Governor Doug Ducey’s fiscally responsible budget proposal that includes important steps to make Arizona’s tax structure flatter and fairer. This budget proposal also includes the phasing out of the onerous vehicle licensing tax, efforts to address debt reduction, and shoring up rainy day funds. AFP-AZ State […]
PHOENIX, AZ – Americans for Prosperity-Arizona (AFP-AZ) today joins a national grassroots effort urging Congress to focus on comprehensive reforms to prioritize financing on roads and bridges, streamline regulation and permitting processes, and reject increases to the federal gas tax. Just this session, the Arizona legislature rejected a state increase to the gas tax and […]
Proponents of the Export-Import Bank claim that the bank’s issuance of loans and guarantees to large companies is essential to international competitiveness and a thriving American economy. According to a new study from the Mercatus Center, that claim isn’t true. The bank has shrunk — for the better While the Senate confirmed new directors — which are necessary to approve massive loans — to the Ex-Im Board this month, the bank has […]
A new analysis from the Mercatus Center examining the Export-Import Bank and the aftereffects of a years-long lending cap confirms what we’ve known all along: businesses do not need the Export-Import Bank to compete in the marketplace. Since 2015, when Ex-Im last had the required number of board members to approve deals larger than $10 million, the Bank’s lending portfolio (both at […]
The latest report on Medicare and Social Security isn’t good. In fact, the trustees of the programs found that both are in a dire situation if substantial reforms are not made. Here are the three main takeaways from Monday’s Trustees Report: Social Security will be insolvent by 2035. Trustees said that at the current pace, the program will only […]
In 2017, Congress let an unfair set of corporate welfare policies – known as tax extenders – expire. They were right to do so. Tax extenders are special-interest handouts lobbied for by politically-connected industries, giving them an unfair advantage over others at the expense of everyone else. Government shouldn’t be in the business of picking winners and […]
PHOENIX, AZ – Americans for Prosperity-Arizona (AFP-AZ) today launched a new campaign advocating solutions for improving America’s infrastructure without imposing new burdens on consumers through a 25-cent per gallon gas tax hike, which would impact virtually every aspect of the economy. In the first phase of this campaign, AFP is releasing an updated state-by-state analysis of the real-life […]
An occupational license is a permit from the government that allows you to work in the profession of your choice. Many are entirely unnecessary. You shouldn’t need permission from the government to braid hair, work as a florist or as an interior designer. Some states have even issued occupational licenses for fortune telling. The costs of occupational licensing […]
