Budget and Tax News Podcast show

Budget and Tax News Podcast

Summary: The Heartland Institute podcast featuring libertarian and conservative scholars who advocate for lower taxes, less spending, less regulation, more economic freedom, and vibrant free markets.

Podcasts:

 Joe Milligan, Fundación Libertad: Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Crisis | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:25:20

The Puerto Rico government owes creditors over $70 billion in debt! How can free-market policies save the people of this tropical paradise?

 Robert Genetski: Rich Nation, Poor Nation | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:41:38

Heartland Institute Director of Communications Jim Lakely and Research Director S. T. Karnick speak with Robert Genetski, Ph.D., about his new book “Rich Nation, Poor Nation.”

 Jonathan Bydlak: The Omnibus Bill and Government Spending | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:18:41

Lawmakers have given President Trump a $1.1 trillion spending bill, and he says he’ll sign it. Why is spending out of control, and what people do to stop it?

 Dan Pilla: President Trump’s Tax Plan | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:36:51

Heartland Institute Director of Communications Jim Lakely talks with tax litigation consultant and author Dan Pilla about President Trump’s comprehensive tax reform plan.

 Jonathan Riches: The Right to Earn a Living | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:15:06

Heartland Institute research fellow Jesse Hathaway and Goldwater Institute general counsel Jonathan Riches talk about a new Arizona law requiring governments to defend the legitimacy of occupational licensing rules preventing people from earning a living.

 Baruch Feigenbaum: Urban Planning for Millenials (And Everyone Else) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:19:46

In this episode of the weekly Budget & Tax News podcast, Heartland Institute research fellow Jesse Hathaway is joined by Baruch Feigenbaum

 Mike Lee: Negotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:12:32

In this episode of the weekly Budget & Tax News podcast, Heartland Institute research fellow Jesse Hathaway is joined by U.S. Sen. Mike Lee to talk international trade and the U.S. Constitution.

 Joe Horvath, Yankee Institute: Raise A Glass for Pro-Consumer Proposals in Connecticut | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:21:04

Dannel Malloy's (D) surprising plan to bring free-market principles to the state's alcohol and liquor retail industry.

 Mark Mix: Fighting for Government Employees' Right to Work | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:19:10

The case, Janus v. AFSCME, could go all the way to the Supreme Court, and answer questions that a similar case SCOTUS failed to rule on, the Friedrichs case in 2016, did not.

 Jonathan Bydlak: Keeping Track of Federal Lawmakers’ Spending Votes | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:17:13

In this episode of the weekly Budget & Tax News podcast, research fellow Jesse Hathaway is joined by Jonathan Bydlak, president of the Coalition to Reduce Spending, talking about the effects of federal spending on taxpayers and consumers.

 Charles Steele on Murray Rothbard and American Exceptionalism. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:21:32

Economist Murray Rothbard, whose 91st birthday we celebrate this week, was one of the leading intellectual lights defending individual liberty and free markets in the 20th century.

 Steven Titch: Sports Betting and Daily Fantasy Sports | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:25:47

Hathaway and Titch talk about a new bill being proposed by Oregon lawmakers to legalize DFS, discussing the pros and cons of the bill—including proposed government restrictions on the number of entries a consumer can play.

 Stanley Greer: Right-to-Work Makes Sense (and Cents) for Workers | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:23:19

Labor unions in right-to-work states can actually have more members than similar organizations in forced-unionism states, as more jobs and higher worker incomes mean more union jobs to go around.

 Charlie Kirk and Brent Hamachek: Time for a Turning Point | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:35:03

Heartland Institute Director of Communications Jim Lakely speaks with Charlie Kirk and Brent Hamachek, co-authors of the book “Time for a Turning Point,” a roadmap on how to communicate the value of free-markets and individual liberty to Millennials.

 Scott Lincicome: #DBCFT | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:21:48

Lincicome encourages listeners to take a deep breath and ignore breathless reports about the latest outrage du jour, saying it’s too early to pass judgment on the merits of DBCFT.

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