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House Democrats Play Politics With Property Rights
Yesterday, in a very ironic twist of events, Democrats in House Judiciary argued against the very platform they purport to stand for. Criminal justice reform. In an astonishing display of intellectual dishonesty, Democrat members attacked legislation that...
Lawmakers Must Pass Business Protection Bill to Address COVID-19 Liability and Enforcement Concerns
This week the Arizona Legislature lurched back into action, coming together for the first time since March to pass a slate of bills before calling it quits. Normally more action (and bills) at the legislature means bad news for taxpayers, but this time there was a...
Arizona Free Enterprise Announces 2020 Candidate Endorsements
Today the Arizona Free Enterprise Club announced its first slate of candidate endorsements for the 2020 election cycle. The endorsed candidates represent individuals who align with the organization’s principles and key policy goals. Club...
Protecting Ourselves From Government Abuse During COVID-19 Pandemic
It is difficult amid the chaos and unpredictability surrounding our Country’s new COVID-19 reality to think about what life will look like when this crisis subsides. Yet it is during the most difficult of challenges when nations decide if they will surrender...
Managing the Coronavirus Crisis While Not Crashing Arizona’s Economy
Entering the second week of forced closures and social distancing to mitigate the spread of Coronavirus, Arizona small business owners and employers are doing their best to cope with the economic shutdown. It appears most in Arizona are following the restrictions...
Arizona Covid19 Update: State Budget and Executive Orders
Amid the chaos of the Covid19 pandemic, Arizona lawmakers have proceeded with conducting the state’s business. Monday March 23rd, the legislature officially passed an $11.8 Billion budget as well as a targeted Coronavirus relief package. They then...
Senator Kyrsten Sinema Pushes for Liberal Wish List in Coronavirus Relief Package
Over the weekend Republicans and Democrats in Washington were working toward an agreement on a Coronavirus relief package to assist businesses and employees being hammered by the economic shutdown. A bipartisan deal was close until at the last second Democrats moved...
HB 2409 Would Exempt Wealthy Investors from Paying Income and Capital Gains Tax
As usual, bad ideas at the legislature just don’t seem to die. Lawmakers are considering legislation to expand the “Angel Investment” Tax Credit Program, a scheme that would dole out millions to wealthy investors to subsidize their risky venture capital investments in...
Soak the Rich Income Tax Ballot Initiative is Back
In an attempt to capitalize on the Red4ED strikes in 2018, education advocates and teacher unions organized efforts to put a $700 Million income tax increase on the ballot. Dubbed the “InvestInEd” measure, the initiative purported to target this massive tax hike on...
APS Joins Forces with Tom Steyer to roll out Arizona Green New Deal
In 2018 Arizona Public Service spent over $30 million dollars fighting liberal billionaire (and Democrat Presidential Candidate) Tom Steyer and his effort to impose California-style green energy mandates on Arizona ratepayers. They weren’t the only ones fighting...
Swampy D.C Program Rampant With Fraud, Being Pushed in Arizona.
Every legislative session, lawmakers are duped by rosy tax credit programs, sold as either robust jobs programs or silver bullets to our social woes. This year HB2732, sponsored by Representative Ben Weninger, is being sold as both. The Low-Income Housing Tax...
New Study Shows Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program Fails at Delivering Affordable Housing in Arizona
Today the Arizona Free Enterprise Club released a new study evaluating the cost of Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) in Arizona and Washington and how LIHTC have performed compared to other government backed housing affordability programs. The review determined...