Tag: Americans For Prosperity – Florida
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Drew WilsonJanuary 19, 2018
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Miami made the cut when Amazon announced its top-20 shortlist for its second headquarters Thursday, but Americans for Prosperity Florida says the retail giant shouldn’t get any state incentives if it chooses to set up shop in South Florida. “Miami would be a fantastic choice for Amazon’s HQ2, but not if it means having taxpayers […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 16, 2018
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Conservative group Americans for Prosperity-Florida released its priority list for the 2018 Legislative Session, giving favorable marks to legislation that would cut “corporate welfare” and regulations and voicing strong opposition to proposals that would add new regulations or incentives silos. “We believe that Florida lawmakers have an unprecedented opportunity to push through policy objectives that […]

Staff ReportsJanuary 15, 2018
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Legislation expanding workers’ rights is being pushed by a pro-free market, limited government spending watchdog this Session. Americans for Prosperity-Florida recently launched a new direct mail piece encouraging Florida voters to support recent bills that would require unions to hold regular elections and obtain 50 percent of their actively paying dues members in order to […]

Drew WilsonDecember 23, 2017
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Conservative group Americans for Prosperity-Florida is lauding President Donald Trump for signing the tax reform bill approved by Congress earlier this week. “It has been a long road, but today is a monumental victory for Floridians and hardworking taxpayers across America,” said AFP-FL Director Chris Hudson in a Friday news release. “A fairer, simpler tax code […]

Scott PowersOctober 18, 2017
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Americans for Prosperity is upping attention on Florida’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson for the congressional budget fight Wednesday by launching an internet commercial declaring that he is standing in the way of a “simple, fair tax system.” The conservative organization is including Nelson, through its Americans for Prosperity-Florida affiliate, as a target in a […]

Scott PowersOctober 16, 2017
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The conservative fiscal policy organization Americans for Prosperity-Florida Monday urged Florida’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson to vote yes on the U.S. Senate’s Republican budget bill. AFP-FL stressed that the bill contains a set of parameters for a tax reform package that could pass the U.S. Senate by a simple majority vote. The budget blueprint […]

Drew WilsonOctober 9, 2017
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Conservative group Americans for Prosperity Florida praised a House proposal that would relax regulations and fees levied on some professional licenses and nix certain requirements for registering new ventures with the state. “People want jobs, not roadblocks. Let’s free entrepreneurs to pursue their dreams and build better lives for themselves and their families by getting […]

Peter SchorschAugust 23, 2017
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Republican state Rep. Bryan Avila earned some praise from Americans for Prosperity-Florida for sponsoring a bill to kill Sunshine State stadium deals. The conservative group called the Florida Sports Development Fund, an incentive program greenlighted by lawmakers in 2014, “corporate welfare” and lauded Avila’s HB 6005, filed Tuesday, for attempting to repeal the “sports incentive […]


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