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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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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 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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CFE Supports the Tax Gap Reform and IRS Enforcement Act
The Center for a Free Economy is proud to support the Tax Gap Reform and IRS Enforcement Act. Congressional Democrats' answer to...
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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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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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Coalition Letter Supports SEC Review Of Quarterly Reporting, in favor of Tri-Annual Reporting
Several conservative leaders and free market groups have joined a coalition letter supporting the Securities and Exchange Commission’s...
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The Economy We Lost
By ROBERT VERBRUGGEN This year has been an awful one, and we’re all fully aware of that fact. But what too few of us appreciate is how...
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How much is Amazon worth to you?
By Jesus Fernandez-Villarverde and Lee E. Ohanian Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and owner of about 11 percent of Amazon stock, recently...
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Conservative groups urge Congress to avoid expanding government run healthcare
The U.S. Senate continues to work through policy responses to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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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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Joint letter opposing Green New Deal in COVID package
Several conservative leaders and free market groups have joined a coalition letter opposing House Democrats plan to sneak all or parts of...
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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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Supply Chain Fears Bolster Medical Manufacturing Tax Break Push
Pandemic-induced concerns about the international supply chain for face masks, pharmaceuticals, and other medical supplies are stoking...
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The case for no more tax delays
By Bernie Becker IT’S ALMOST JULY 15: It’s certainly understandable why state and local governments wouldn’t want to deal with another...
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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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Trump pushes $2 trillion infrastructure package in next coronavirus bill
By Jeff Stein and Seung Min Kim President Trump said Tuesday that a $2 trillion infrastructure package should be part of Congress’s next...
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