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Following the conclusion of the first presidential debate between Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Secretary Hillary Clinton, FreedomWorks CEO Adam Brandon commented:
What makes America an economically ingenious place is the competitive federalism model set forth by our Founding Fathers. They established our nation as the world’s largest ever free trade zone in which 50 states competing for jobs and people with varying economic and fiscal policies.
It was in 1916 — 100 years ago this year — that America made a big, big mistake that has done significant damage to our economy and the fairness of our tax system for an entire century. We are talking about the estate tax, more popularly known as the death tax.
One of the dumbest statements in modern times was Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s declaration that “the best way to stimulate the economy” is through food stamps and unemployment insurance.
It is easy to forget that bad policy ideas aren’t limited to one particular political party. Recently, Hillary Clinton proposed $275 billion in infrastructure spending over five years and $225 billion in loan programs through a national infrastructure bank. Not one to be outdone, Donald Trump pledged to double Clinton’s proposed spending, saying in an interview with Fox Business, “We need much more money to rebuild our infrastructure.”
Here are some thoughts from our friend, Dr. Arthur Laffer, on how economic concerns will factor into Americans' minds over the next several months. The brief can be downloaded here.
Legal scholars and American voters are grappling with FBI Director James Comey’s questionable rationale in failing to indict Hillary Clinton for mishandling classified documents during her tenure as secretary of state.
FreedomWorks Foundation, American Legislative Exchange Council, Tea Party Patriots and Committee to Unleash Prosperity in partnership with a coalition of conservative organizations and prominent individuals, launched the Save Our Country Task Force.