budget

Group applauds governor’s call for $1 billion income tax cut NAPERVILLE, IL – Americans for Prosperity-Illinois (AFP-IL), the state’s leading free market grassroots organization, applauded Governor Rauner for delivering a budget address that suggested reforms that would provide much needed relief to beleaguered taxpayers. The group commended the governor for setting the stage for future […]

Harrisburg, Pa. – Americans for Prosperity-Pennsylvania (AFP-PA) on Friday thanked Senator Pat Toomey and Representatives Scott Perry, Keith Rothfus, Lloyd Smucker, Bob Brady, and Brendan Boyle for voting against the two-year budget, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018. This deal blows up spending caps enacted by the Budget Control Act of 2011 and massively increases spending by over $300 […]

Nebraska state legislators are considering a bill that would allow local governments to increase spending beyond set budget limits. The bill, LB 943, could lead to even higher property taxes to pay for any budget increases. Nebraskans already pay the 12th highest property tax in the country (The Tax Foundation). We can’t afford even higher taxes. Budget decisions at the state level […]

President Ronald Reagan once said “The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.” That simple quote rings true at all levels of government: from  towns, cities and state capitols across the country, as well as in the federal government. Politicians and agencies are always eager to spend […]

No vote on gas tax hike in House after strong opposition from Louisianans, real work just beginning. BATON ROUGE – Americans for Prosperity – Louisiana (AFP-LA), the leading grassroots advocate working against raising the gas tax, is claiming victory for halting a proposed gas tax hike. AFP-LA volunteers made their opposition clear to lawmakers by […]