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FISCAL POLICY
Getting fiscal policy right is the heart of getting government economic policies right. That means a pro-growth tax code which raises enough money for modest and well-designed government spending programs. Essential to fiscal policy is health care policy, which today dominates both tax and spending outlooks.
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U.S. House Needs to Pass the FY 2025 Continuing Resolution
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on a bill to keep the government operating for the remainder of the fiscal year (that...
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Congress Must Investigate California's Abuse of Medicaid Reimbursements
Dear Chairman Guthrie, Chairman Carter, Chairwoman Kiggans: In the wake of President Donald Trump’s sweeping mandate to increase...
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The Center for a Free Economy Urges Congress to Investigate California’s Abuse of Federal Medicaid Intergovernmental Transfers from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
WASHINGTON, March 4, 2025 –The Center for a Free Economy today sent a letter to Representatives Brett Guthrie, Chairman of House Energy...
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Business Salt and Tax Reform
Ryan Ellis February 24, 2025 I recently co-authored a piece with Stuart Leblang and Amy Elliott from Akin where we explored the current...
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Coalition Letter To FDA Commissioner Robert M. Califf M.D.
Conservative leaders and free market advocates representing associations across the country sent a letter to FDA Commissioner Robert M....
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Coalition Letter Opposing FCC Nomination of Gigi Sohn
Conservative leaders and free market advocates representing associations across the country sent a letter to the Chairs of the Committee...
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Coalition Letter To Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona
Conservative leaders and free market advocates representing associations across the country sent a letter to Department of Education...
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More Money to the IRS for Predatory Audits? Hell, No
(Jirapong Manustrong/Getty Images) By Ryan Ellis Every other week, it seems, the leftist tax-exempt nonprofit Pro Publica (which poses as...
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CFE Launches Video Series "So Here's The Good News"
On June 9, Center for a Free Economy (CFE) launched So Here’s the Good News, a video series designed to simplify tax policy with real...
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CFE President Ryan Ellis Featured on The Larry O’Connor Show
On May 14, CFE President Ryan Ellis was featured on The Larry O’Connor Show as a kick-off for Tax Day 2021. The two started by discussing...
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Coalition Letter Opposes H.R.3 to Protect American Patients
Conservative leaders and free market advocates representing associations across the country sent a letter to Leader Schumer, Speaker...
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Coalition Letter Opposes $15 Minimum Wage
Several conservative leaders and free market groups have joined a coalition letter rejecting proposals to increase the federal minimum...
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California protected the freedom to work, now it's time to go national
By Ryan Ellis Every election has lessons that can be drawn from the results. Some are more obvious than others. When historians look back...
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Joint Letter in Support of the Pandemic Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Act, S. 4708
Several conservative leaders and free market groups have joined a coalition letter supporting the Pandemic Preparedness, Response, and...
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Joint Letter Supporting Language to Protect Freelance Economy
Several conservative leaders and free market groups have joined a coalition letter supporting language in the Republican COVID-19 relief...
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86% of Seniors want Rebate Reform According to Polling by CFE
The Center for a Free Economy commissioned a poll by McLaughlin Associates of 1000 likely voters over the age of 65. We found that 86...
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Democrats try to sneak ‘Green New Deal’ through tax code
By: Ryan Ellis In recent weeks, House Democrats have begun to signal how they would govern if given unified control of the federal...
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Delay July’s Tax Day tidal wave
By: Ryan Ellis The month of July brings with it this year a tidal wave of tax payments owed by employers and families to the IRS and...
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Three simple rules for Congress in the new COVID-19 relief bill
By: Ryan Ellis Congress is usually not very good at basic lessons of economics. In fact, simple arithmetic is usually challenging for...
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Don’t let private health insurance be a coronavirus victim
By: Ryan Ellis No one will know until final reports are in, but our best guess at the moment is that about 36 million people have lost...
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