The Heartland Institute works with free market-oriented experts to discuss the good and bad of national, state and local government policies in the tax and spending arenas. Topics include income, sales and excise taxes, economic development, targeted tax incentives, government pension and health costs, and other influences on taxes and spending.
We favor policies that reduce the size and power of government and expand choice and freedom for citizens. We oppose government programs and tax regimes that favor some at the expense of others.
There are many approaches to achieving spending and tax reforms that would benefit businesses and individuals. These many ideas can be found here.
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Ohio Lawmaker Says to Save Money, End Project Labor Agreements
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IRS Scandal Brings Calls for Heads to Roll, Obamacare to be Delayed
– May 21, 2013 -
Kansas Town, Chinese Investors Feel Duped by Ethanol Plant Deal
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Detroit Emergency Manager Calls for 'Complete Restructuring' of City Operations
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Sacramento Keeps NBA’s Kings, But Gives Up Hundreds of Millions of $$$
– May 17, 2013
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Dear New FCC Chairman Wheeler, Please Stop the Attacks on the Internet
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‘Fair’: Government Taxing Businesses to Fund Competitors to Their Businesses
– May 9, 2013 -
Overreaching Internet Sales Tax Is Obama's Calculated Deception Of Gullible Voters
– May 7, 2013 -
Americans Bothered By The Way The Government Spends Taxes
– April 24, 2013 -
Federal Government Looking to Tax Internet – And Let States Do It Too
– April 23, 2013
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Research & Commentary: North Carolina Tax Reform
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Research & Commentary: Privatizing the Tennessee Valley Authority
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Research & Commentary: Maine Tax Reform
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Research & Commentary: National Infrastructure Bank
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Research & Commentary: Stockton, California and Municipal Bankruptcies
– April 15, 2013
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Heartland Institute Experts Comment on Senate Passage of Marketplace Fairness Act
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Heartland Institute Experts Comment on Obama’s 2014 Budget Plan
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Heartland Institute Experts React to President Obama’s Proposed Budget
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Heartland Institute Experts Comment on Marketplace Fairness Act Amendment in Senate Budget ‘Vote-A-Rama’
– March 22, 2013 -
Heartland Institute Expert Reacts to Gov. Pat Quinn’s Budget Speech
– March 6, 2013
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Obama Administration Supports Fracking and Natural Gas, Despite Environmental Opposition
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After Oklahoma City Tragedy, Shameless Politicians Unsheath Global Warming Card
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Mad, Mad, Mad World of Climatism on the Charlie Sykes Show
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Heartland Daily Podcast: Schools, Data-Mining, and Invasions of Privacy
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Q&A with Edmund Contoski: ‘The Impending Money Revolution, The Dollar and Gold’
May 23, 2013, 10:52 AM
In The News
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Sorry Liberals, We're Not Out of the Deficit Woods Yet - Investors.com
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Heritage Study: Gang of Eight’s Legalized Immigrants to Cost Taxpayers a Net $6.3 Trillion | National Review Online
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Obama Wants to Limit Housing Benefits | The Blog on Obama: White House Dossier
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Barro and de Rugy on Defense Spending and the Economy | Cato Institute
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Whoa! Is the US on the verge of running a budget surplus? | AEIdeas
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