114. Rewarding Revolutions: School Choice, Flat Taxes, and Responsible Budgets
In this newsletter, I discuss how the revolutions of school choice, flat taxes, and responsible budgets will provide many rewards and other issues that will let people prosper.
Hello Friend,
I hope you’re having a prosperous week. It’s been a busy couple of weeks. I’ve been thrilled to see so many states moving forward with universal school choice bills being passed or moving through legislatures. I’m hopeful that Texas and all other states will do the same soon. The liberty and prosperity gained from the revolutions of school choice, flat taxes, and responsible budgets is extraordinary and must be expanded to have more opportunities that let people prosper. Let’s get to the content. Please subscribe, share, and leave a comment. Thanks!
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Here are the latest two episodes
The new episode this coming Tuesday will be with U.S. Representative Chip Roy (R-TX) on the debt ceiling fight and the need to cut spending to deal with the tyranny of government. Upcoming episodes will also include Dr. Tyler Goodspeed, who is the former chair of the Council of Economic Advisors at the White House, and Dr. Vincent Geloso, who is an assistant professor of economics at George Mason University. You won’t want to miss these episodes so be sure to subscribe today to the podcast on your favorite platform.
Check out these 1-minute short videos where you’ll hopefully learn something and see which longer episodes you want to watch.
Watch the full episode with Grover Norquist, who heads up Americans for Tax Reform.
Watch the full episode with economist Dr. John B. Taylor, who created the Taylor Rule and works at the Hoover Institution.
Latest Interviews and Other Efforts
Don’t miss my latest television and radio interviews and past speeches here.
I had the great opportunity to testify before the Alaska Legislature on the benefits of spending limits. Watch it here.
Check out this article on Louisiana’s tax system.
TAKE ON STATE ECONOMIES & POLICIES
The Responsible State Budget revolution is happening! Here’s my work on this important issue to give people more opportunities to flourish. Daniel Mitchell had a good post on this here. And check out the newly published Conservative Iowa Budget by my good friend John Hendrickson at Iowans for Tax Relief Foundation.
Louisiana’s income taxes are highly progressive and are in need of substantial reform. Here’s why and how.
The burden of occupational licensing must be reduced. Here’s my latest research on the benefits of universal licensure in Arizona.
Don’t miss my research on a 3-step path to eliminating property taxes in Texas which starts with spending less.
Texas and other states shouldn’t be giving out corporate welfare with taxpayer dollars, or at all, and instead, put property taxes on a path to elimination.
Here are the facts for what Texas is considering to do with its massive surplus which should primarily go to provide property tax relief. See more data here.
TAKE ON U.S. ECONOMY & POLICIES
Check out my latest update on the U.S. economy and policy situation.
My recent commentary explains the benefits of legal immigration and free trade despite what you hear from many who are more interested in politics than sound economics and reality.
Inflation still remains elevated despite President Biden taking a victory lap and GDP remains weak.
There’s work to do with the U.S. tax code to make America more competitive.
The initiatives to empower bureaucrats to protect kids on social media instead of parents and to make “Big Tech” more powerful are bad moves.
CLOSING TAKE
We need less government planning for us to have more ways to flourish.
The family is doing well. I recently attended an excellent unconference (look up what that means) in Miami with a great group of free-market folks who are working together to fight big-government efforts by the left and many on the new right. This is a valiant effort that must be won through sound ideas, basic economics, and continual outreach. I’ll keep doing my part and I hope you will, too. I’ll be busy over the next couple of weeks attending the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Policy Summit in Austin, Texas from March 1-3 and then the Pelican Institute for Public Policy‘s Tech Summit on March 8 and Solutions Summit on March 9 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Please leave me a comment if you’ll be attending these as it would be great to connect. I’m excited about the upcoming research, outreach efforts, bills to be passed, podcast interviews, and, most importantly, time with my family. Keep us in your prayers. Here’s a good memory that I had recently from my time at the White House.
I’m praying that we understand this every day. Amen!
Let people prosper.