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.
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At the start of this year makers of medical devices became subject to a federal excise tax on their products. read more
Steve Stanek discusses chained CPI and other aspects of President Obama's 2014 budget on The Take with Charles Butler.
The Tax Foundation's annual Tax Freedom Day report is out, and it shows federal tax increases that took effect this year will move the date back five days from last year. read more
In May, banking industry consultant Patrick Barron will be addressing the European Parliament and lobbying for Germany to exit the Eurozone, reestablish the Deutsche Mark as its official currency read more
Future of Freedom Foundation President Jacob Hornberger discusses the lessons Americans should take from the banking bailout crisis in Cyprus. read more
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) has announced plans to assign an emergency manager to take over Detroit city government, which is on the verge of insolvency. read more
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has delivered his proposed budget for the next fiscal year. read more
Automatic cuts in federal spending are supposed to occur March 1 unless Congress and the president agree to avoid them. read more
Heartland Senior Fellow Peter Ferrara was a guest on the Dennis Prager show, where he discussed his recent column in the American Spectator, "Sequester Hysterics."
Political leaders in Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska and North Carolina are working toward the elimination of their states' income taxes. read more
Gary E. MacDougal, a former business consultant and executive, advised Gov. read more
Economist and former Federal Reserve Bank Vice President Randall Pozdena says "progressive" politicians are spreading many "myths" concerning taxes and economics. read more
The federal income tax has just turned 100 years old. read more
Professional sports teams have received billions of taxpayers dollars in deals most independent economists say do little or nothing to improve local economies. read more
Cate Long of Reuters' Muniland talks with Ben Domenech about how California's funny math results in a "balanced" budget.
