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By: Patrick Hedger, Policy Director-American Encore
Most of the state governments in the US are now under GOP control, with Republicans both in the governors' mansions and holding the gavels in the various legislative chambers across the country. This is great news and it bodes well for the health of our republic. The being said, Republicans at the state level of power should be...
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) has made his name by challenging the Washington establishment. This has so much so defined Senator Paul that his campaign for the presidency has launched under a banner that reads in part, “Defeat the Washington Machine.” Yet a vote cast by...
Today American Encore is announcing its membership in a coalition of 56 leading national conservative groups against the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank of the United States. The Ex-Im Bank is a New Deal-era policy that is simply another avenue for the federal government to pick winners and losers in the market. American Encore believes allowing the Ex-Im Bank's charter to expire is...
By: Patrick Hedger, Policy Director-American Encore
The Death Tax imposes a 40 percent tax on all the assets of a person upon their death. This is not a cash tax. It taxes the property and businesses someone has built throughout their entire life. Thus, this policy ends up destroying small businesses, the precious engines of entrepreneurship and innovation in our economy.
The...
