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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...
Support Additional Choice in AZ by Voting YES on 305
For over two decades Arizona has led the nation in expanding popular school choice options for parents and students in our K-12 system. And the results speak for themselves—over 50% of parents in Arizona are opting to send their child to a school that is NOT their...
Arizona Free Enterprise Club Releases Additional Endorsements
Today the Arizona Free Enterprise Club announced three new endorsements for candidates running for the Arizona Legislature. The endorsed candidates represent individuals who align with the organization’s principles and key policy goals. Club President Scot Mussi...
Voters Have Golden Opportunity to End Taxpayer Money for Political Parties
Whether you’re a Republican, Democrat or Independent, it is safe to say most people would be aghast at the idea of their tax dollars being used to fund political parties. Yet that is exactly what the Clean Elections Commission has been permitting for years. In 1998...
Video Service Providers Take on Government Extortion—and WIN
One of the most underreported problems with local government in Arizona is how cities use their almost unfettered permitting, licensing and land use approval powers to exact goodies from businesses and private citizens. Most of the time the person asking for city...