Texas Lawmakers Defy Governor Perry’s Veto of Internet Sales Tax
Texas lawmakers are including an Internet sales tax provision in SB1, a revenue generating bill; defying Governor Rick Perry’s veto on the Internet sales tax bill last month. Governor Perry…
A New Internet Sales Tax in Tennessee?
Tennessee lawmakers are pushing SB 0529, which would force Internet retail giant Amazon to collect state sales taxes that would be passed along to consumers. Amazon has threatened not to…
The Death of the ‘Defined Benefit’
Democracy and Power 103: Government money In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one party…
FreedomWorks Letter Support Freedom Flat Tax Act
Dear FreedomWorks member,…
Instant Analysis: Obama’s Budget Speech
Watch below as Max Pappas and Dean Clancy of FreedomWorks discuss Obama's 4/13/2011 Budget Speech. …
GE’s Crony Capitalism: The Saga Continues
The other week, I blogged here about G.E.'s crony capitalism tactics that take advantage of tax code loopholes and other special treatment for big corporations by big government. FreedomWorks…
GE Cronies Cuddle Up to Tax Code
Business Week does a great job of outlining GE's tax code shenanigans. In sum, the company has laid out big money to powerful DC lobbyists to take advantage of…
Scorecard on Government Spending
Recently, President Obama reiterated the necessity for increased government “investing” in our economy. The way the President’s argument is shaped it seems like government has been standing out of the…
Think Tank Studies in Real Life
It's not everyday that we get to see the hard work of free market researchers and analysts demonstrated so vividly. That's why this post is so special. Because, on the…