Proposal: Sweeping Tax Reforms Needed to Create Job and Economic Growth

Bethany Blankley - Watchdog.org
January 13, 2019 4:55 AM

Louisiana has for many years fallen near or at the bottom of studies ranking the states’ fiscal health. In response, the nonprofit free market Pelican Institute launched its first comprehensive tax reform proposal of 2019, called Jobs and Opportunity Agenda for Louisiana.

Dem Candidate Calls For Corporate Tax Rate to Be Increased to ’38 or 39 Percent’

Cameron Cawthorne
October 29, 2018 2:25 PM

Democratic Congressional Candidate: Tax Cuts Should Be ‘Completely Eliminated’

Andrew Kugle
October 22, 2018 12:19 PM

Baldwin Slams Corporations for Stock Buybacks, Continues to Take Their Money

Accepted over $86,000 from corporations that used profits to reacquire their own stock

Haris Alic
August 9, 2018 3:20 PM

Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D., Wisc.) has accepted over $86,000 from corporations that have used profits to reacquire portions of their own stock—the practice was denounced by Baldwin as "wrong" and a driving force behind "wealth inequality."

Obama Economic Adviser: There Is ‘Faster Wage Growth at the Bottom Than at the Top’

Cameron Cawthorne
August 3, 2018 1:53 PM

Sen. Brown Hasn’t Yet Committed to Tax Cut Debate

Brown told NYT he would be willing to devote an entire debate to the issue

Todd Shepherd
July 30, 2018 4:46 PM

Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown's campaign hasn't yet committed to a debate focused exclusively on the 2017 tax cuts enacted by the GOP and President Trump, despite telling the New York Times he would be willing to devote an entire debate to the issue.

Americans for Prosperity Ad: McCaskill Says One Thing, Does Another

Jeffrey Cimmino
July 18, 2018 2:08 PM

Obama Economic Adviser: Economy Growing Faster Than What Government Figures Show

Conor Beck
July 12, 2018 1:18 PM

Small Business Optimism Jumps to Second Highest Level in Measure’s 45-Year History; Tax Cuts Credited

Conor Beck
June 12, 2018 11:21 AM

The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) in May determined small business enthusiasm to be at its second highest point since it started tracking the measure in 1973.

Costco Raises Its Starting Minimum Wage to $14 an Hour, Credits Tax Cuts

Conor Beck
June 1, 2018 11:24 AM

Costco announced Thursday it would raise its starting minimum wage to $14 an hour, an increase of $1 from its current $13 wage for entry-level positions.