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The federal tax system’s complex and convoluted structure results in it costing far more than the $5 trillion it annually extracts from taxpayers’ pocketbooks. Each year it effectively imposes hundreds of billions in additional surtaxes on the American people in the form of excess burdens, compliance costs, and administrative expenses.
Over the past two months alone, audits and investigations published by Inspectors General have uncovered wasteful spending practices that cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars with little to no benefit and sometimes in direct violation of federal law.
Educational freedom, pro-growth tax reform, and personalized health care are among the most important priorities being held back by federal and state governments’ wasteful spending and excessive debt. Effective budget targets can help policymakers do better and unleash even more American potential.
Join American Potential host David From as he dives into a critical topic with Patrick Fleernor, a tax policy fellow at Americans for Prosperity: the far-reaching impacts of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) and its looming expiration in 2025.
In this episode of American Potential, host Jeff Crank sits down with Kurt Couchman, Senior Policy Fellow at Americans for Prosperity, to dive into AFP’s hard-hitting report, the “Bidenflation Blame Game.”
Reasonable budget targets like structural balance rules, applied to a comprehensive budget
without fear of shutdowns or a tilted playing field, can boost the legislature’s ability to deliver
freedom, prosperity, and opportunity to the people of Kansas.
Comments for the record on the September 11, 2024 hearing on “Congress and the CBO: Examining Ways to Improve CBO” Before the House Committee on the Budget
Upgrading federal budget and authorization practices can unlock doors to success and help Congress more efficiently exercise its proper powers.
Americans are frustrated with Congress. They see the festering bloat, discoordination, and waste and think Congress ignores obvious problems. The growing debt burden makes us poorer, crowds out other priorities, and threatens stagnation or worse.
