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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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![75 Conservative Groups Urge Congress Not to Adopt Price Controls to Reform Healthcare](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/47188a_bdf38be67d1c436bb5b548dc7b1dcb55~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_514,h_386,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/47188a_bdf38be67d1c436bb5b548dc7b1dcb55~mv2.webp)
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75 Conservative Groups Urge Congress Not to Adopt Price Controls to Reform Healthcare
The Center for a Free Economy, along with 75 other conservative groups, this week sent a letter to Congressional Republicans urging them...
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![CFE joins five organizations opposing bailout for renewable energy](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/47188a_f8f124dbc851493d9f9cd252fe0da32a~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_514,h_386,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/47188a_f8f124dbc851493d9f9cd252fe0da32a~mv2.webp)
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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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![House conservatives offer seniors better healthcare options with nothing taken away](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/47188a_3d9ac662e73d4a70831d8d9e7f7b0da0~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_514,h_386,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/47188a_3d9ac662e73d4a70831d8d9e7f7b0da0~mv2.webp)
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House conservatives offer seniors better healthcare options with nothing taken away
By: Ryan Ellis An emerging axiom in politics is that the political party that is trying to take healthcare choices away from people...
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![A healthcare tax cut for seniors every politician should love](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/47188a_ac41154f287d447d927a4f1a2a2b18ac~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_514,h_386,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/47188a_ac41154f287d447d927a4f1a2a2b18ac~mv2.webp)
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A healthcare tax cut for seniors every politician should love
By: Ryan Ellis When it comes to any issue, especially healthcare, there is very little bipartisan commonsense cooperation in Washington...
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![Indexing capital gains would be a game changer](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/47188a_cd9a86fbb2a24dcc90611b7ffe4cf97d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_480,h_320,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/47188a_cd9a86fbb2a24dcc90611b7ffe4cf97d~mv2.webp)
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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](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/47188a_002f32420e4d44a990493f2b1009928b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_514,h_298,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/47188a_002f32420e4d44a990493f2b1009928b~mv2.webp)
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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](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/47188a_84e03ca7eff844ccb5fd66138cc759cf~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_514,h_386,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/47188a_84e03ca7eff844ccb5fd66138cc759cf~mv2.webp)
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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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![3 easy ways for conservatives to improve health savings accounts](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/47188a_c73a9b914c4248f29b80721184ecd726~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_514,h_386,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/47188a_c73a9b914c4248f29b80721184ecd726~mv2.webp)
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3 easy ways for conservatives to improve health savings accounts
By Ryan Ellis The White House this week is hosting a listening session with conservatives on “Building Great Healthcare in America.”...
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![If you’re in the middle class, Joe Biden wants to raise your taxes](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/47188a_c73a9b914c4248f29b80721184ecd726~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_514,h_386,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/47188a_c73a9b914c4248f29b80721184ecd726~mv2.webp)
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If you’re in the middle class, Joe Biden wants to raise your taxes
By Ryan Ellis Presidential front-runner Joe Biden has made a startling promise if he’s elected president: repeal the entirety of the Tax...
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![75 Conservative Groups: “We oppose any carbon tax.”](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/47188a_4f05776111ff4badae5b1140e3a86b51~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_514,h_386,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/47188a_4f05776111ff4badae5b1140e3a86b51~mv2.webp)
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75 Conservative Groups: “We oppose any carbon tax.”
Dear Members of Congress, We oppose any carbon tax. A carbon tax raises the cost of heating your home in the winter and cooling your home...
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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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![The Senate Tax Reform Bill Cuts Rates For Small Businesses And Flow Through Firms](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/47188a_e20019b9e62f472f87f9760a404dfe53~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_514,h_386,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/47188a_e20019b9e62f472f87f9760a404dfe53~mv2.webp)
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The Senate Tax Reform Bill Cuts Rates For Small Businesses And Flow Through Firms
By Ryan Ellis This week, the U.S. Senate will consider their version of fundamental tax reform. A key area of debate here has been the...
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![Larry Kudlow Should Get President Trump to Index Capital Gains to Inflation](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/47188a_d47a7546a9ea429e9a2d7b9be252fa6f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_514,h_386,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/47188a_d47a7546a9ea429e9a2d7b9be252fa6f~mv2.webp)
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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](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/47188a_c170d8aec91f4e5bafc2acbe969b697e~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_500,h_211,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/47188a_c170d8aec91f4e5bafc2acbe969b697e~mv2.webp)
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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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![Bill Burr Is Right About Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Socialist Tax Rates](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_1eefa19e8dbe4488bbc5b27e831ec5c0~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_514,h_386,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/nsplsh_1eefa19e8dbe4488bbc5b27e831ec5c0~mv2.webp)
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Bill Burr Is Right About Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Socialist Tax Rates
By Ryan Ellis Comedian Bill Burr this week went off on a totally not safe for work rant about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s plan to...
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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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