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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Talmadge Heflin of the Texas Public Policy Foundation recently spent more than one hour testifying before and answering questions from a state panel regarding a proposal to end the property tax in read more
Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson explains how the Federal Reserve's "quantitative easing" policies are damaging international trade.
Investment adviser Michael Lebowitz says there's plenty of reason for people to be nervous about the Federal Reserve's recent announcement of unlimited money creation that goes under the nam read more
A taxpayer group in Connecticut has created a great new Web site that presents practices that are helping school districts, cities, villages and other local governments around the cou read more
Mallory Factor wrote the new best-selling book, "ShadowBosses: Government Unions Control America and Rob Taxpayers Blind," and he joins us to explain why this is happening and what citizens read more
Jeffrey Bell and others advocate a return to sound money by tying the dollar to a tangible asset such as gold. read more
Certain persons could find themselves subject to a new tax in 2013: a federal income tax on real estate and other investments that was buried in the Obamacare law. read more
The market isn't free, says economics and political writer and editor Sheldon Richman. It's corporatist. read more
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires Americans to report to the IRS and even their insurance companies information we've never had to divulge, and government agencies wil read more
Puerto Rico has instituted some of the most pro-growth tax reforms of any US state or territory, with no tax on passive income for high net-worth individuals, and, to boost exports, almost read more
Momentum appears to be building in Congress for the Marketplace Fairness Act, which would allow states to collect sales tax from online sales even when a retailer has no physical presence in read more
Mattie Duppler of Americans for Tax Reform tells us about Cost of Government Day, an annual report that looks at the combined costs of taxes, fees and regulations. read more
Who'd have thought the personal mandate in ObamaCare is a tax? read more
A new group calling itself the Coalition to Reduce Spending has come together to pressure federal legislators and candidates for office to cut federal spending. read more
Illinois has more than doubled its cigarette tax, with most of the money pledged to Medicaid. read more
