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September 3, 2019
Price Gouging Laws Are Knowledge Embargoes That Should Be Repealed
Category 4 Hurricane Dorian, with winds reaching 140 miles per hour, is creeping toward Florida.
Government Spending
August 29, 2019
More Force Won’t Fix the American Diet
Two nutritionists (Dariush Mozaffarian and Dan Glickman) have sounded the alarm about the American diet, saying bluntly what most of us know intuitively to be true.
Taxes
August 12, 2019
IRS Roadmap Illustrates Complexity of Federal Tax System
“Subway map” illustrates the tangled taxpaying process, from getting answers to tax law questions up through audits, appeals, and litigation
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Taxes
July 29, 2019
U.S. Treasury Rule Foils States’ Attempts to Circumvent Tax Deductibility Cap
The U.S. Treasury has stymied efforts by high-tax states to circumvent the cap on the deductibility of state and local taxes (SALT) on federal tax returns.
Taxes
July 23, 2019
The Future is Bright at Heartland
The Heartlander, Summer 2019
Taxes
July 15, 2019
Time Runs Out for Proposed Louisiana Fantasy Sports Tax
The Louisiana State Legislature adjourned before final passage of a proposed tax on fantasy sports players.

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September 3, 2019
Price Gouging Laws Are Knowledge Embargoes That Should Be Repealed
By Art Carden
Category 4 Hurricane Dorian, with winds reaching 140 miles per hour, is creeping toward Florida.
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August 29, 2019
More Force Won’t Fix the American Diet
By Jeffrey Tucker
Two nutritionists (Dariush Mozaffarian and Dan Glickman) have sounded the alarm about the American diet, saying bluntly what most of us know intuitively to be true.
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August 12, 2019
IRS Roadmap Illustrates Complexity of Federal Tax System
By Vivian E. Jones
“Subway map” illustrates the tangled taxpaying process, from getting answers to tax law questions up through audits, appeals, and litigation
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July 29, 2019
U.S. Treasury Rule Foils States’ Attempts to Circumvent Tax Deductibility Cap
By Bonner R. Cohen
The U.S. Treasury has stymied efforts by high-tax states to circumvent the cap on the deductibility of state and local taxes (SALT) on federal tax returns.
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July 23, 2019
The Future is Bright at Heartland
By Jim Lakely
The Heartlander, Summer 2019
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July 15, 2019
Time Runs Out for Proposed Louisiana Fantasy Sports Tax
By Jake Grant
The Louisiana State Legislature adjourned before final passage of a proposed tax on fantasy sports players.
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July 10, 2019
Is A New Tax Needed for Taxing Times?
By Walter Starck
Our existing political systems evolved at a time of much more gradual social, economic and technological change and to restrain excessive government they were designed to be cumbersome.
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July 9, 2019
Colorado Voters Could End TABOR Refunds
By Owen Macaulay
The state’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) requires the state and local governments to refund excess revenues to residents.
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July 8, 2019
New Hampshire Gov. Sununu Vetoes Paid Leave Mandate
By Sarah Quinlan
The New Hampshire General Court is considering budget funding proposals that would raise business taxes, tax capital gains, and impose a payroll tax for paid family leave.
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July 5, 2019
Pennsylvania Governor Says He Will Veto Education Tax Credits Expansion
By Joe Barnett
H.B. 800 would raise the tax credit cap by $100 million and the ceiling on the income of families qualifying for the scholarships.
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