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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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80 Conservative Groups Unite in Opposition to 95% Tax on Prescription Medicines
Ryan Ellis 80 national and state conservative organizations today came together in opposition to a proposed 95 percent excise tax on...
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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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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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An Aluminum Tariff Reprieve
By The Editorial Board The Trump Administration announced Tuesday that it will lift its 10% tariffs on Canadian aluminum for the last...
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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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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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Tax Pros Worry Lack of Filing Extension Will Confuse Taxpayers
Tax preparers who hoped upcoming tax filing deadlines for individuals and businesses would be delayed due to the new coronavirus were...
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CFE joins five organizations opposing bailout for renewable energy
This week, the Center for a Free Economy joined five other free market champions to demand that Congress not give a bailout to renewable...
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Indexing capital gains would be a game changer
By Grover Norquist It is wrong to tax inflation. Last week, President Trump agreed. He endorsed the idea of indexing capital gains so...
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The USMCA trade deal is a big tax cut
By Ryan Ellis Congress has been sitting on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, for months. A badly needed update to...
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Joe Biden is a tax loophole hypocrite
By Ryan Ellis Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden this week released several years of income tax...
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Fund infrastructure by popping the inflation tax
By Ryan Ellis President Trump and congressional Democrats last month pledged to commit $2 trillion in infrastructure projects over the...
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Larry Kudlow Should Get President Trump to Index Capital Gains to Inflation
By Ryan Ellis It was reported today that Larry Kudlow will be named the new director of the National Economic Council at the White House....
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IWF Leads Coalition Letter Against a New Payroll Tax and New Paid Leave Entitlement Program
Independent Women’s Forum today led a coalition of 33 freedom movement organizations and activists united against a new payroll tax and...
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