This post appeared on the Property Rights Alliance blog on July 13, 2017. Today the 2017 International Property Rights Index was released. This yearly publication of the Property Rights Alliance provides a measurement and…
The Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) stands strongly behind Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai’s decision to roll back Title II internet regulations. Two days ago, TPA joined onto a coalition…
This article appeared in RealClearPolicy on July 5, 2017. On a recent trip to the upper Midwest and Great Plains Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai met with rural broadband providers, local officials, and…
With healthcare reform sputtering in the Senate, warring lawmakers are endlessly arguing over what’s broken and how to fix the problems. The debate over reforming Medicaid is particularly heated, with…
Taxpayers have grown accustomed to astronomical spending figures tossed around matter-of-factly at the Department of Defense (DoD). The Pentagon, for instance, is expected to pour an astounding $1.5 trillion into the F-35…
The release of the President’s budget has ruffled many feathers, angering many that would lose funding for pet programs. In particular, the Administration has taken heat over their proposal to…
This article appeared in The Hill on July 2, 2017. On June 20, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) delivered a speech on comprehensive tax reform that should delight citizens across the country fighting to downsize…
To an increasing number of smokers in Japan and Korea, tobacco urges needn’t be fulfilled with a pesky lighter. Smokers in these countries need only to pull out a black box,…
Since its formation, the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) has strongly supported the opening up of trade with other nations. Now, as TPA President David Williams visits Cuba this week, our…
Congress has seen more than its fair share of Pentagon budget kurfluffles over the past decade, ranging from sequester showdowns to the dysfunctional (and expensive) F-35 program. But, members of Congress across the ideological spectrum can agree that the string of forlorn, nearly-vacant military bases across the nation ought to be shuttered or consolidated. Talk has increased of another round of Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC), in which a commission studies military bases and recommends closures subject to congressional approval. The notion of taxpayers footing the bill for nearly-abandoned installations is an unpopular one, and for good reason. A letter signed by the Taxpayers Protection Alliance and 44 other groups across the political spectrum reinforced the bipartisan idea of closing more bases.
