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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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Death Tax Repeal Is Key To Tax Reform’s Political And Economic Future
By Ryan Ellis When the GOP released their “Framework” for tax reform last month, official Washington got excited that they could finally...
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Why Rand Paul Should Vote For The Tax Reform Budget
By Ryan Ellis The U.S. Senate this week is considering the FY 2018 budget resolution, a document which is wholly meaningless except in...
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Rand Paul’s Giant Tax Cut Misunderstanding
By Ryan Ellis When it comes to the conscience of liberty in the United States Senate, no one beats the intellectual honesty of Senator...
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GOP Tax Framework Is A Pay Raise For Middle Class Families
By Ryan Ellis There has been a lot of talk recently about a Tax Policy Center analysis of the GOP tax framework. The report language says...
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GOP Tax Reform Plan Is The Right Mix Of Pro-Growth And Pro-Middle Class Tax Relief
By Ryan Ellis A framework for tax reform was released this week by the “Big Six” who will have a hand in writing the final legislative...
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Club for Growth Leads Coalition Urging Trump to End Taxation of “Phantom Income;” Encourages Executi
By Rachael Slobodien Washington, DC – Today, Club for Growth along with nearly 30 other conservative groups sent a letter to President...
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Tax Reform Won’t Happen Without A Budget Resolution
By Ryan Ellis Summer has turned to autumn in our nation’s capital. Everyone is back to work, Beltway traffic is as bad as normal, and...
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Low Rates Shouldn’t Compete With Full Business Expensing In Tax Reform
By Ryan Ellis In recent weeks, there has been a disturbing trend in conservative tax reform circles. At issue is a supposed tension...
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Index capital gains for inflation, Mr. President
President Donald Trump's pledge to "Make America Great Again" requires nothing less than reigniting economic growth and prosperity....
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NTU's Pete Sepp Outlines Tax Reform
By Pete Sepp To: The Honorable Steven Mnuchin Secretary, United States Department of the Treasury 1500...
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Big Six Kill The Border Adjustable Tax And Full Business Expensing
By Ryan Ellis A long-awaited statement came out today from the “Big Six” negotiating comprehensive tax reform (House Speaker Paul Ryan,...
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New Senate Healthcare Bill Slams Small Business Owners And Savers
By Ryan Ellis Senate Republicans today released version 2.0 of their Obamacare “repeal and replace” bill, the Better Care Reconciliation...
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Gas Tax Hikes vs Public Private Partnerships Heat Up in Summer Driving Season
By Ryan Ellis All across America, people are paying more at the pump. A cursory search of “gas tax hike” on Google News revealed higher...
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Moderate GOP Senators Threaten To Kill Capital Gains Tax Cut In Healthcare Bill
By Ryan Ellis There has been a lot of loose talk recently both in the conservative healthcare policy community and in the GOP Senate...
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Paul Ryan Lays Out His Game Plan To Pass Tax Reform This Year
By Ryan Ellis House Speaker Paul Ryan today delivered a keynote-style speech on tax reform before the National Association of...
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Three Tax Notes On The Trump Budget
By Ryan Ellis President Trump revealed his first full budget Wednesday morning, and most of the attention rightly focuses on the very...
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Obamacare Repeal Sweetened to Include Retroactive Capital Gains Tax Cut
By Ryan Ellis Big news tonight broken by Jennifer Haberkorn, Rachael Bade, and Josh Dawsey of Politico. Over the weekend, the House...
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Obamacare Repeal and Replace Bill Cuts Taxes by Nearly $1 Trillion
By Ryan Ellis The official score of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) was released today by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). It’s...
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Tax Relief In Obamacare Repeal Threatened By Elizabeth Warren Power Grab
By Ryan Ellis One of the best conservative elements of Obamacare repeal in general and the House-passed “American Health Care Act” in...
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Senate Should Not Leave Taxpayers Behind In Obamacare Repeal
By Ryan Ellis Where’s Jack Kemp when you need him? Heck, for that matter where is Bill Roth or Phil Gramm? The biggest tax cut the U.S....
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