Budget and Tax News Podcast

A Chicago small-business owner is fighting an antiquated ordinance that prohibits food trucks from operating within 200 feet of a restaurant and restricts the amount of time the trucks may serve customers in any given area.

Jason Mercier with the Washington Policy Center joins the show to explain how Seattle's sugar-sweetened beverage tax is leaving a bad taste in people's mouths.

After Congress passed tax reform in 2017, entitlement reform is the next big reform lined up in 2018. Heartland Institute senior fellow Peter Ferrara talks with research fellow Jesse Hathaway about what Congress can do to make work pay off for Americans.

University of Minnesota labor professor Morris Kleiner talks about how occupational licensing is a real drag for workers.

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Ajit Pai joins the show to separate the truth from fake news about net neutrality.

Jeff Rhodes from the Freedom Foundation talks about how taxpayers defeated Seattle’s efforts to soak the rich.

State legislatures will soon be returning to work in 2018, David Guldenschuh says, including 28 states with resolutions on file with Congress calling for new constitutional restrictions on federal spending.

Home mortgage backers, underwritten by taxpayers, could get $100 billion in taxpayer bailout money, according to Competitive Enterprise Institute’s John Berlau.

Heartland Institute Policy Advisor and taxpayer advocate Dan Pilla talks about the House Republicans’ Tax Cuts and Jobs Bill.

Manhattan Institute policy analyst Charles Hughes joins the show, to talk about New York State’s new e-cigarette ban.

Adam Michel, a federal tax policy expert with The Heritage Foundation, explains why President Trump and Congress’ proposed corporate tax relief could translate into higher wages for everyday workers.

Dan Johnson, executive vice-president of We Do Better, formerly known as the Tax Revolution Institute, talks about promoting voluntary service work and giving government more competition.

Kevin Dayaratna, a senior statistician with The Heritage Foundation, joins the show to talk about why cutting tax deductions is a good deal for taxpayers.

Bernie Sanders says bankers are bad, but money makes our dreams into reality. Ayn Rand Institute executive chairman Yaron Brook lays out the moral case for money-men.

Fundación Libertad executive vice president Joe Milligan cuts through the media spin and tells what’s really going on in Puerto Rico, an American territory devastated by Hurricane Maria.