Gray RohrerOctober 12, 2022
3min0
'Diverting surpluses from being used to expand programs is good policy, but it would have been better to enact permanent tax reforms, such as cutting the corporate tax rate.'
Tag: Cato Institute
Gray RohrerOctober 12, 2022
A.G. GancarskiDecember 1, 2021
6min1534
Regulatory policy, 'personal freedom' could still improve though.
Renzo DowneyOctober 5, 2020
4min1764
In a recession year, Governors faced a dire economic test.
Associated PressFebruary 11, 2020
10min224
E-Verify could cost employers up to $24K in year one.
Mark BerginJanuary 20, 2020
5min510
The decision could impact the voting rights of more than 1 million Floridians.
Mitch PerryJanuary 11, 2017
5min320
As the race for Republican Party of Florida chair heads into its final days, Blaise Ingoglia and Christian Ziegler are proposing new plans to try to persuade fellow executive members to vote for them this Saturday. Ziegler is the 34-year-old Sarasota County Committeeman challenging Ingoglia’s re-election bid. He introduced a new website called The GOPExchange, a place Ziegler says […]
Mitch PerryNovember 23, 2015
7min1162
There’s been an increasing rise in reforming civil asset forfeiture laws around the country, with conservatives and libertarians (such as the Cato Institute) leading the cause in many cases. Civil asset forfeiture is the legal practice that allows law enforcement officials to seize private property and money that is suspected of aiding, or resulting from, […]
Associated PressOctober 30, 2015
7min219
In proposing the U.S. adopt a flat tax coupled with a levy similar to a European-style value added tax, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is contributing to a division in the Republican presidential field. Some simply want to cut existing rates. But others — Cruz among them — suggest scrapping the nation’s tax code entirely and […]
Guest AuthorOctober 5, 20157min183
I’ve always had a pet theory about when the long-awaited “libertarian moment” would happen. There would be a tipping point of sorts. Governmental debt, the logical victory of civil liberties arguments and a general realization that the American prison-industrial complex was too bloated, inefficient, and corrupt would converge to bring about some common sense solutions […]
Guest AuthorJuly 27, 20156min200
For decades, conservatives have lamented federal subsidies in American farm policy accruing to Big Sugar. Strangely, the wailing falls silent south of the Georgia border. In Tallahassee, the glad-handing and back slapping by Big Sugar for its supporters is ubiquitous. The application of sugar money to lobbyists’ and lawyers’ net worth statements, contributions to lawmakers, […]