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Clean Election System Abuse Continues as Candidates Funnel More Taxpayer Money to the Democrat Party
The Citizens Clean Elections Commission claims they care about keeping special interests out of the political process by providing candidates with taxpayer funds to run for office. But as was discovered in 2016 election cycle, politicians and political operatives know...
Proposition 126 Doesn’t Deserve Voter Approval
Proposition 126 is arguably the most difficult proposition to contend with on the November ballot for conservatives. On the one hand, the initiative shuts the door on a potential tax grab in the future – taxes on services. It creates predictability for...
AZ Free Enterprise Club Announces General Election Endorsements
Phoenix, AZ (October 15th, 2018) – Today the Arizona Free Enterprise Club announced its final slate of endorsements for the General Election. The endorsed candidates represent individuals who align with the organization’s principles and key policy goals. ...
Arizonans Should Retain Supreme Court Justices Clint Bolick and John Pelander
Since the 1970s, Arizona has appointed judges to the state Supreme Court based upon a merit selection system. An independent body of citizen-appointees recruit, interview, evaluate and select candidates for these higher courts and forward that slate of...
Reaction to Recent Supreme Court Rulings Prove Why Donor Privacy is so Important
If more evidence was needed to support the idea of donor privacy and anonymous speech in elections, the reaction by the left against the ‘Invest in Ed’ and ‘Outlaw Dirty Money’ court rulings should settle it. It’s been two weeks since the Arizona Supreme Court barred...
Prop 207 Includes Hidden $300 Million Conformity Income Tax Hike
The Washington DC Labor Unions financing Proposition 207 told voters that the tax increase on small businesses included in their measure would only be 4.46 percent. Turns out that the actual tax hike will be 98 percent and will give Arizona the 4th highest small...
Arizonans Will Regret Setting Tax Policy at the Ballot Box
By: Tom Patterson Initiatives are a poor way to craft public policy. Voters like them. They jealously guard their right to pass laws directly. But they rarely go to the trouble of informing themselves in any detail, so they’re susceptible to slogans like “clean...
2018 Free Market Champion Award Winners Announced
The Arizona Free Enterprise Club announced today the 2018 Free Market Champion Award recipients. The Free Market Champion Award is given to members of the Legislature that demonstrate leadership and a commitment...
Income Tax Initiative Would Impose 4th Highest Small Business Tax Rate in Nation
It seems every day more information emerges about the devastating impact the Washington DC financed ‘Invest in Ed’ initiative would have on Arizona taxpayers and small business owners. Recently it was revealed that the proposed measure would repeal the automatic...
Income Tax Initiative Includes Large Tax Increase on Low and Middle-Income Families
Since the proposition to double Arizona’s income tax was unveiled in early May, proponents of the measure emphatically promised voters that the only people affected by the tax increase was the “rich.” That promise has already expired. Last month after filing 270,000...
AZ Free Enterprise Club Announces Final Slate of Primary Endorsements
Today the Arizona Free Enterprise Club announced its final slate of candidate endorsements for the 2018 primary election cycle. The endorsed candidates represent individuals who align with the organization’s principles and key policy goals. Club President...
Small Business Owner Files Suit Against Major Tax Hike Initiative
An East Valley small business owner has filed suit against the initiative that would give Arizona one of the highest small business tax rates in the United States after the proponents filed enough signatures to qualify for November’s ballot. The suit challenges the...