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USPS’s Promised Business Plan: More than 100 Days Late and Counting

Post author:Ross Marchand
Post published:October 18, 2019
Post category:Postal Reform

In a hearing on April 30, the American people were promised a 10-year business plan by Postmaster General Megan Brennan to outline steps toward financial stability for the United States Postal Service (USPS). Brennan said the plan was in final review by the board and would be submitted to the committee in 60 days, establishing a July 1st deadline. Summer has come and gone, and Postmaster General Brennan is stepping down from her perch. But hundreds of millions of taxpayers and USPS consumers are still waiting to see this long-anticipated plan. New USPS leadership must reassure the millions of Americans in limbo that they will soon see a plan that will hopefully allow the Postal Service to rise from the fiscal ashes.

TPA President David Williams Testifies Before Congress Regarding FCC Spectrum Auctions and C-Band

Post author:Taxpayers Protection Alliance
Post published:October 17, 2019
Post category:Comments and Testimony Telecommunications

TPA President David Williams will testify before the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government regarding FCC spectrum auctions and C-Band. The hearing will take place in 138 Dirksen Senate Office Building at 10am, starting with testimony from FCC Chairman Ajit Pai.

Section 230 Delivers for Conservative Voices on Digital Domain

Post author:Taxpayers Protection Alliance
Post published:October 16, 2019
Post category:Technology

Social media platforms have only existed for a short period of time, but their reach has grown leaps-and-bounds over the past decade. This has especially benefitted conservatives, allowing the Tomi Lahren’s and Charlie Kirk’s of the world to enter millions of households and devices through the digital domain.

No need for duplication with music venue

Post author:Ross Marchand
Post published:October 15, 2019
Post category:Government Waste State Issues

Duplication is the enemy of efficiency, but don’t tell that to the logic-challenged officials of Hamilton County. County commissioners want to build a music venue on Cincinnati’s riverfront, and they’ll even spend $30 million in hard-earned taxpayer money to help make that project a reality. There’s just one problem: there’s already another music venue under construction right across the river in Newport, Kentucky.

Pelosi’s Plan for Drug Pricing Is Not What the Doctor Ordered

Post author:Ross Marchand
Post published:October 11, 2019
Post category:Healthcare

Presidential candidates and members of Congress are always among the first to propose a “solution” to some pressing issue, but the last to lead on actual reforms. Case in point: America’s drug pricing system, which seemingly every politician knows how to fix. The most recent proposal comes from House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who suggests that medication costs can be lowered by the sheer force of federal fiat. Speaker Pelosi’s proposed “negotiations” with pharmaceutical companies would end in disaster, slashing medical innovation and compromising care for millions of Americans. Government price-fixing is the wrong prescription for lowering healthcare costs.

Watchdog Slams Proposed D.C. Beverage Tax

Post author:Taxpayers Protection Alliance
Post published:October 9, 2019
Post category:Press Taxes

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) slammed Washington, D.C. councilmembers for proposing a special excise tax on “sugary beverages.” The Healthy Beverage Choices Act of 2019, introduced to the D.C. Council by Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau and Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh, would impose an onerous 1.5 cent-per-ounce tax on these products across the District. Shortly after the proposal was released, TPA sent a letter to the D.C. Council urging members to oppose the measure.

TPA Leads Coalition of 31 Groups Telling Sen. McConnell to Oppose Any “Green New Deal” Legislation

Post author:Taxpayers Protection Alliance
Post published:October 8, 2019
Post category:Coalition Energy Green Energy

Today, TPA and 30 additional free-market groups sent a letter to Senator McConnell urging him to oppose any legislation containing language that would implement aspects of the "Green New Deal." According to the American Action Forum, the "Green New Deal" plan would cost Americans anywhere from $51.1 trillion to $92.9 trillion, or $316,010 to $419,010 per household, over ten years.

Taxpayer Watchdog Announces Fort Dodge, Iowa Ad Campaign Highlighting Broadband Boondoggles

Post author:Taxpayers Protection Alliance
Post published:October 7, 2019
Post category:Broadband Press Telecommunications

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) announced the start of a TV and online advertising campaign in and around Fort Dodge, Iowa highlighting the high costs and myriad issues associated with taxpayer and ratepayer-funded government-owned broadband networks (GONs). The move follows Fort Dodge City Council’s proposal to establish a taxpayer-funded broadband “utility,” to be decided via referendum on November 5. Politicians and administrators of similar networks have typically promised residents fast, reliable internet access, but these projects have often resulted in significant taxpayer expenses and poorly-targeted services. The ad campaign features “Mr. Sluggish,” a new character that illustrates the expense and slowness of GONs.

A vote for a broadband utility is a vote for a blank check

Post author:Chip Baltimore
Post published:October 6, 2019
Post category:Uncategorized

This article was originally published in the Fort Dodge Messenger on September 17, 2019. Recently, the Fort Dodge City Council decided to put a referendum proposal to allow the Council to establish a new government-controlled broadband utility on the Nov. 5 ballot, doing so under the guise of a purported need for faster, cheaper, more reliable internet service in the City of Fort Dodge.

Watchdog Condemns Bill that Would Weaken Key Intellectual Property Protections

Post author:Taxpayers Protection Alliance
Post published:October 4, 2019
Post category:Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) expressed alarm at Rep. Cicilline’s (D-RI) proposal to limit critical intellectual property (IP) protections for medications. Recently introduced, “The Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Promoting Competition Act” would embolden the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to quash “anticompetitive” practices by drug companies outside of due process and the rule of law. Rep. Cicilline’s bill would make it considerably more difficult for drug producers to make critical improvements to medications subsequent to Food and Drug Administration approval.