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Taxpayers Brace for Impact of Midterms Ballot Measures: Jonathan Williams and Lee Schalk in the Daily Caller
In their latest op-ed for the Daily Caller, ALEC EVP of Policy and Chief Economist Jonathan Williams and VP of Policy Lee Schalk break down the most significant ballot…
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Colorado Offers the Gold Standard for Fiscal Restraint: Jonathan Williams and Nick Stark in National Review
Jonathan Williams, ALEC’s Executive Vice President and Chief Economist, and Nick Stark, ALEC’s Director of Tax and Fiscal Policy, wrote in The National Review about…
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Colorado Offers Gold Standard for Fiscal Restraint: ALEC in National Review
NATIONAL REVIEW By Jonathan Williams and Nick Stark, Nov. 3, 2022 Today marks the 30th anniversary of Colorado’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR), one of the best-known state tax…
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ALEC in the Daily Caller: Biden Pops Champagne Corks While The Economy Pummels Americans
DAILY CALLER September 18, 2022 By Jonathan Williams and Lee Schalk Americans are not buying the White House spin on the state of the economy. As the markets…
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ALEC on Ed Dean Radio Show: Spending Bill Pours More Fuel on the Inflation Fire
Jonathan Williams, ALEC Chief Economist and Executive Vice President of Policy, is a regular guest on the Ed Dean radio show on WBOB radio in Florida. This week Williams reacted…
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VIDEO: Counting Down the Top States for Economic Outlook – #2 North Carolina
Our Policy Hour series on the top states for Economic Outlook continues with North Carolina. ALEC’s Jonathan Williams and Lee Schalk spoke with North Carolina Representative Jason Saine, Senior Chairman…
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VIDEO: Counting Down the Top States for Economic Outlook – #3 Arizona
Our Policy Hour series on the top states for Economic Outlook kicked off with Arizona. ALEC’s Jonathan Williams and Lee Schalk spoke with the Chair of the ALEC Tax and…
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Americans Get Thrown Under the Omnibus Again
The massive omnibus spending bill barreling through Congress brings to mind the book Thrown Under the Omnibus by the late humorist P.J. O’Rourke. Unfortunately, not much has changed…
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ALEC in the National Review: Utah, Low Taxes, and the Rewards of Economic Freedom
Writing in National Review, ALEC EVP of Policy and Chief Economist Jonathan Williams explains Utah’s 14-year streak of being ranked number one in Rich States, Poor States. Incredibly,…
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ALEC in the Sioux City Journal: Iowa Gov. Reynolds’ Tax Reform Ideas are Pro-Growth
In a recent op-ed, ALEC EVP of Policy and Chief Economist Jonathan Williams and John Hendrickson from the Iowans for Tax Relief Foundation discussed Governor Kim Reynold’s plan…
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Tax Cuts Didn’t Lay the Federal Debt Trap
Writing in National Review, ALEC EVP of Policy and Chief Economist Jonathan Williams and Center for State Fiscal Reform Policy Analyst Nick Stark explain how reckless spending, not tax…
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Taxing Times in Washington: What Every State Legislator Needs to Know
In our Nation’s Capital, there are unprecedented attempts are underway to remake America, with countless dangerous policy ideas being discussed. Unfortunately, many have not learned from the mistakes of the…
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40th Anniversary of Reagan’s Economic Recovery Tax Act
This week marks the 40th anniversary of the Economic Recovery Tax Act. President Ronald Reagan signed this groundbreaking tax legislation into law on August 13, 1981 from his beloved Rancho…
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OPEB: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Center for State Fiscal Reform at the American Legislative Exchange Council recently released “Other Post-Employment Benefit Liabilities: The Continuing Need for OPEB Reform,” the latest in a series of ALEC annual publications examining growing state financial liabilities.2 Our report continues to find that states with some of the highest tax rates (for example, California, Illinois, New Jersey, and New York) have some of the highest unfunded OPEB liabilities as well.
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Arizona Lawmakers Approve Historic Tax Relief
Policymakers in Arizona just approved a historic state budget that will allow hardworking taxpayers across the state to keep more of their hard-earned paychecks. The net tax cut of…
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Jonathan Williams and Thomas Savidge in The Hill
Writing in The Hill, ALEC EVP of Policy and Chief Economist Jonathan Williams and Center for State Fiscal Reform Research Manager Thomas Savidge explain how the expanded unemployment insurance…
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States Continue to Lead on Policies for Economic Recovery
NOTE: In the video above, ALEC CEO Lisa Nelson, Executive VP of Policy and Chief Economist Jonathan Williams and Senior Director Lee Schalk hosted a webinar with economists Stephen Moore…
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New Census Report: Americans Continue to Vote with Their Feet in Favor of Economic Opportunity
The U.S. Census Bureau just announced its long-anticipated list of state winners and losers from the official 2020 apportionment count. With good reason, this is a huge news item for…
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A Bipartisan Win on Property Taxes for Kansas Taxpayers
After passing in the Kansas House and Senate by overwhelming bipartisan margins, Governor Laura Kelly, a Democrat, signed into law the “Truth in Taxation” property tax reform, which is…
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Were Future State Tax Cuts Just Cancelled by Uncle Sam?
The newly-minted American Rescue Plan Act includes $350 billion for State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds. This is despite early reports that show total state and local revenue…