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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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Don’t listen to Kamala Harris about your tax refund
By Ryan Ellis 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., on Monday tweeted out that the middle class got their...
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New Tax Withholding Tables Are a Down Payment on Big Middle Class Tax Cuts
By Ryan Ellis The new IRS payroll withholding tables are out, and they are predictably being downplayed by the same mainstream media that...
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Trump’s middle-class tax cut election surprise
By Ryan Ellis Tax nerds in the Beltway went wild this past weekend with President Trump’s announcement of a new middle-class tax cut....
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Conservative Coalition Supports Tax Reform 2.0 Legislation
Americans for Tax Reform today led a coalition of 58 conservative groups and activists in support of the Tax Reform 2.0 legislation set...
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Blue states whined about tax reform, but they’re actually being helped
By Ryan Ellis The House of Representatives will soon consider what has come to be known as “ Tax Cuts 2.0.”Among other things, this...
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Trump Needs to Stop Taking Bad Trade Advice from Liberal Dem Peter Navarro
By: Ryan Ellis Earlier this week, I had the privilege of participating in a telephone town hall with Congressman Peter Roskam and callers...
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Not just Mr. Moneybags: Ending the capital gains inflation tax helps ordinary Americans too
By Ryan Ellis In the past week, there has been a flurry of press accounts that President Trump has directed the Treasury Department to...
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House Democratic Tax Plan Foreshadowed in Sixth District of Illinois
By Ryan Ellis House Democrats may be running on a tax platform consisting of uncapping the SALT deduction for wealthy households,...
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Marco Rubio and Supply Siders Need to Work Together to Successfully Pass Tax Laws
By Ryan Ellis It’s fair to say that comments made by Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) about the corporate tax reform in the Tax Cuts and Jobs...
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Top Ten IRS Reforms the U.S. House of Representatives Will Consider During Tax Week
By Ryan Ellis This week, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on a series of bipartisan IRS structural reform bills. While many of...
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CBO Confirms That Mandatory Spending Drives The Budget Deficit
By Ryan Ellis The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) this week released their new “Budget and Economic Outlook” for 2018. As usual, it has...
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Congress Should Make Middle Class Tax Extenders Permanent
By Ryan Ellis The House Ways and Means Committee today will conduct a hearing on tax provisions which expired at the end of 2017. Because...
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Stock Buybacks Make Your 401(k) Bigger
By Ryan Ellis In recent weeks, Americans have begun to realize that Congress and President Trump have cut their taxes. According to a...
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New Tax Withholding Tables Are a Down Payment on Big Middle Class Tax Cuts
By Ryan Ellis The new IRS payroll withholding tables are out, and they are predictably being downplayed by the same mainstream media that...
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There Is No Last Minute Real Estate Perk in Tax Reform
By Ryan Ellis In the last couple of days, a rumor has swirled around the tax world that a special eleventh hour windfall was given to...
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There Is No “California Problem” To Fix in Tax Reform
By Ryan Ellis In recent weeks, some House Republicans have said there is a “California problem” in tax reform. They are mistaken. The...
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Ted Cruz’s 529 Education Savings Amendment to Tax Reform Is A Big Win for Families
By Ryan Ellis On Friday night, the United States Senate passed their version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, better known as tax reform....
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Marco Rubio’s Criminally Negligent Child Credit Amendment to Tax Reform
By Ryan Ellis This evening, the U.S. Senate voted along party lines to proceed to consideration of fundamental tax reform. This kicked...
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Nine In Ten Will Claim The Standard Deduction Under Tax Reform According To New White House Study
By Ryan Ellis One quick side dish for Thanksgiving Week: the percentage of Americans who itemize their deductions will go way down under...
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Senate Tax Reform Bill Results in a More Progressive Tax Code Than Today
By Ryan Ellis The most important tax reform metric for liberals and Democrats, besides perhaps the total level of federal taxation, is...
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