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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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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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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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 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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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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Don’t bail out Big Insurance in coronavirus legislation
By: Ryan Ellis Millions of people have found a simultaneously grim yet welcome surprise in their mailboxes of late: rebate checks from...
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Trump’s socialist drug-pricing proposal remains on ice. It should stay that way
By: Ryan Ellis When President Trump delivered his annual State of the Union address in early February, there was a universal expectation...
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The shortsightedness of big government conservatism
By: Ryan Ellis Over the past week, conservatives and libertarians online have been fighting over whether it’s a good idea for the federal...
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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
By: Ryan Ellis When it comes to any issue, especially healthcare, there is very little bipartisan commonsense cooperation in Washington...
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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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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
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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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
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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