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Club Releases 2013 Legislative Scorecard
The Arizona Free Enterprise Club today released our 2013 Legislative Scorecard, grading each member on their votes and actions during the past legislative session. Over two dozens votes were included in the scorecard, covering a wide range of issues from tax policy,...
Commission Fails to Address Net Metering Subsidies
The Arizona Free Enterprise Club today released the following statement following the 3-2 vote against meaningful net metering reform: “The vote by the Commission today codifies that non-solar customers will continue to subsidize solar ratepayers,” Executive Director...
Why No Ceremonies for the Other 35,000 Jobs Created?
Last week it was announced with great fanfare that Apple is moving to Arizona, buying the abandoned First Solar factory plant in east Mesa. And just like the First Solar project in 2011 that produced similar jubilation, politicians and special interest groups seem...
Delay is not an Option with Fixing Net Metering Program
We are nearing a decision by the Corporation Commission on whether or not they will finally end the solar subsidies under the current Net Metering program, a policy at the Commission that provides credits to ratepayers that put energy back on the utility grid. While...
Council Should Reject Sham Pension Spiking Reforms
The Arizona Free Enterprise Club today released the following statement on the efforts by the Phoenix City Council to address the ongoing pension spiking abuse: “The council is expected today to try to approve meaningless reforms that do not address the issue of...
Thanks to Our Supporters
Since our first session in 2006, the Club has successfully lobbied to reduce personal income taxes (10% cut for all brackets), cut the corporate tax rate (from 7% to 4.9%), reduce both residential and commercial property taxes, and now cut the capital gains tax rate...
Session Ends with Capital Gains Tax Cuts
The House and Senate sent to Gov. Brewer a bill to cut Arizona's capital gain tax. Brewer is expected to sign the bill this week. The capital gains tax cut would allow taxpayers a 25% subtraction from how capital gains are currently taxed (as regular wages). So if...
Session Ends and Film Tax Subsidies Fail
The legislative session came to a close and the legislature saw fit not to send a film subsidy package to Gov. Brewer, who was expected to veto.
Movie Subsidies Still Breathing
The film tax credit bill (aka subsidies for movie producers) is still alive, even if barely. Seems some in the legislature are sympathetic to Sen. John Nelson's desire to ensure one industry become the beneficiary of massive tax breaks at the expense of everyone...
Club Opposes New Property Tax
The Club opposed HB2060, which would have allowed Paradise Valley and Litchfield Park (among other small towns) to implement a new property tax. The bill, pushed by the town of Paradise Valley, initially would have allowed the Town Council to implement the tax without...
Statement on Quality Education and Jobs Initiative
March 9, 2012 In response to the initiative filed today that would establish a new one-cent sales tax increase (once the temporary one-cent tax expires), Steve Voeller, president of the Arizona Free Enterprise Club released the following statement: “This initiative is...