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  • Moyers Documentary Slams Conservatives, Pushes Soros-Funded Group image

    Moyers Documentary Slams Conservatives, Pushes Soros-Funded Group

    From Newsbusters.org Moyers Documentary Slams Conservatives, Pushes Soros-Funded Group October 8, 2012 Bill Moyers is at it again. In a documentary entitled “The United States of ALEC” aired as…

  • The Need for Corporate Tax Reform image

    The Need for Corporate Tax Reform

    It’s no secret that the U.S. corporate tax rate is one of the highest in the world. However, a recent report released by the Cato Institute measured exactly…

  • Tech Sector and Organizations Tackle the Nation’s Skills and Talent Deficit image

    Tech Sector and Organizations Tackle the Nation’s Skills and Talent Deficit

    The United States faces yet another deficit, but this one is not a simple matter of red ink in a government budget. U.S. companies urgently need thousands of skilled professionals…

  • Intellectual Property: The Innovation Economy’s Engine for Growth and Job Creation image

    Intellectual Property: The Innovation Economy’s Engine for Growth and Job Creation

    Intellectual Property (IP) is work or an invention resulting from creativity and innovation and can be used to define anything from a piece of art to the…

  • Inside ALEC June 2012 image

    Inside ALEC June 2012

    “No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we’ll ever see on this…

  • An “Original” Solution to Taxation of  Online Sales image
  • Mobile Apps Market Making Moves for U.S. Economy image

    Mobile Apps Market Making Moves for U.S. Economy

    Notwithstanding the rest of the U.S. economy, experts believe the trajectory of growth in the mobile application (“app”) industry will reach new heights over the next five…

  • Stopping State Bailouts, Before They Start image

    Stopping State Bailouts, Before They Start

    First it was Wall Street, then it was General Motors, and now some expect that individual states will also seek a financial bailout from the federal government. Today, the…

  • The Pension Reform Battle in California image

    The Pension Reform Battle in California

    The unfunded liabilities that stretch across states and municipalities has transformed from a major problem into a full blown crisis. Stockton, CA recently filed for bankruptcy along with…

  • Cloud Computing Taking High-Tech Economy by Storm image

    Cloud Computing Taking High-Tech Economy by Storm

    What do Netflix, NASA and the Senegal Ministry of Finance have in common? They all operate in the cloud. Cloud computing is increasingly relevant to businesses, consumers, and even government,…

  • ALEC works with lawmakers image

    ALEC works with lawmakers

    ALEC op-ed in the San Francisco Chronicle this morning. “While Washington has become gridlocked and largely ineffective, the real legislative action is happening at the state level. Why? Because…

  • Safeguarding American Jobs by Protecting Intellectual Property image

    Safeguarding American Jobs by Protecting Intellectual Property

    The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) submitted a request to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last November urging them to properly enforce existing FTC laws to counter software piracy…

  • Teachers Union Failing Students and Community image

    Teachers Union Failing Students and Community

    Throughout the city of Chicago, hundreds of thousands of public school students remain at home; their schools closed while their union teachers protest in the streets and picket their classrooms.

  • Inside ALEC Takes on Taxes image

    Inside ALEC Takes on Taxes

    “No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we’ll ever see on this…

  • Taxes Push Firms Abroad image

    Taxes Push Firms Abroad

    More and more U.S. companies are moving their corporate headquarters abroad to seek more favorable tax treatment of corporate income, according to recent analysis from the Wall Street Journal.

  • Uber vs. City Hall image

    Uber vs. City Hall

    Hailing a taxi is one of the most frustrating experiences in modern city life. Unfortunately, city government seems intent on keeping it that way. Uber, a San Francisco-based company,…

  • Kansas Policy Institute: Debunking Junk Economics image

    Kansas Policy Institute: Debunking Junk Economics

    When looking at a state to state comparison, measurement is everything. Correct measures to test a state’s prosperity must be used to determine the actual economic growth (or non-growth) a…

  • Popular Good or Public Good? The Debate to Nationalize Facebook image

    Popular Good or Public Good? The Debate to Nationalize Facebook

    Despite what history proves about the transient nature of the social media sector—who still uses Friendster or MySpace?—Philip N. Howard’s recent Slate column calls for regulation of the newest social…

  • New Study Shows State and Local Business Taxes on the Rise image

    New Study Shows State and Local Business Taxes on the Rise

    The Council on State Taxation (COST) recently released a study revealing that businesses paid a total of $644 billion in state and local taxes in fiscal year 2011…

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    Regulatory Review and Rescission Act

    Regulatory Review and Rescission Act Purpose: Section 1 of this Act institutes a system allowing state lawmakers to examine the efficacy of regulations before implementation, reviewing costs, benefits,…