Kansas Policy Institute to Host Public Forum on Proposed Job Development Fund
Wichita Eagle: NCPA Senior Fellow Pam Villarreal will discuss the best ways to create dynamic local economy at a Kansas Policy Institute event, reports The Wichita Eagle.
Obamacare's Device Tax Grows More Devious
Forbes: The Obamacare device tax isundercutting sales for major medical device companies says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a Forbes article.
Will paychecks get fatter? Economists think so
Yahoo Finance-Bankrate.com: NCPA Distinguished Fellow Robert McTeer agrees there’s reason for economic optimism
Surprising Results in National Teacher Pay Study From NCPA & MacIver Institute
NCPA: How much teachers are paid really depends on the salaries’ worth after they are adjusted for cost of living, and many of those paid the most wind up at the bottom of the adjusted pay scale, according to a new study from the National Center for Policy Analysis and the John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy.
A Critical Election for Wisconsin's Economy Will Be Decided By Wafer-Thin Margins
Forbes: Wisconsin voters should consider the problems with the tax code outlined in the NCPA and MacIver joint publication in the upcoming election, warns a Forbes commentary.
Bob McTeer on CNBC’s Nightly Business Report
NBR: NCPA Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer predicted a rise of interest rates in March and discussed Janet Yellen’s monetary policy in an interview with CNBC’s Nightly Business Report.
Stop the Income Drain; Reform Taxes
Green Bay Press-Gazette: Wisconsin is losing millions a year due to its high tax rates, according to a Green Bay Press-Gazette commentary which utilizes the NCPA’s State Tax Calculator.
The Pacific Alliances’ Free-Market Focus Breeds Success
NCPA: The Pacific Alliance’s focus on free trade over politics has increased foreign direct investment, stability, and tourism throughout the participating nations, according to a new report by National Center for Policy Analysis Research Associate Nicolas Lopez.
Bob McTeer on Economic Recovery
CNBC: NCPA Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer discusses the recent slow economic recovery on CNBC.
Texas Looks to Decrease Occupational Licensing
Mackinac Center: The movement to cut occupational licensing in Texas would help the poor and boost economic growth, says NCPA Senior Fellow Pam Villarreal in a Mackinac Center post.
Why Moving To MN Could Save Wealthy Wisconsinites Money
Twin Cities Business: Wisconsin is losing residents – and income – due to its high taxes, according to a report by NCPA Senior Fellow Pam Villarreal featured in Twin Cities Business.
Wisconsinites Moving to a Neighboring State Would Have Tax Advantage
NCPA: Wisconsin’s high tax rates could encourage many to leave the state, particularly high-income residents who pay the greatest share of taxes, says a new study from the National Center for Policy Analysis and the John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy.
Many Wisconsinites Moving to Other States for Tax Breaks
NCPA: Wisconsin’s high tax rates could encourage many to leave the state, particularly high-income residents who pay the greatest share of taxes, says a new study from the National Center for Policy Analysis and the John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy.
Wisconsin’s Tax Climate is Improving, But Still Lags Behind Most Neighbors
The Daily Caller: Wisconsin is losing millions over its high taxes, according to Senior Fellow Pam Villarreal’s report featured in a Daily Caller article.
Is the Tax Code Driving Taxpayers From Wisconsin?
On average, Wisconsin loses $136 million a year in adjusted gross income (AGI) from residents moving to other states. That is equal to nearly $2.5 billion over the past two decades. Money leaving the state means less investment in local businesses, less revenue for state and local governments and less being spent on Wisconsin goods and services.
Tax Free Weekend Brings Out the Shoppers
WOAI: Tax-free weekend starves state and local governments of needed tax revenues, says NCPA Senior Fellow Pam Villarreal in a WOAI article.
Abolishing Corporate Income Tax Benefits Workers: NCPA Report
NCPA: Eliminating the U.S. corporate income tax would dramatically increase domestic investment, GDP, real wages, and national saving, according to a new report by National Center for Policy Analysis Senior Fellow Laurence J. Kotlikoff.
Abolishing the Corporate Income Tax Could Be Good for Everyone
The U.S. corporate income tax produces little revenue — only 1.8 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), or about $288 billion in 2013. Yet the compliance, collection and avoidance costs of collecting this tax are huge.
Why Corporations Shouldn’t Pay Taxes – Zero, Zilch, Nada
The Week: There is a strong, worker-based case for eliminating the corporate income tax, says NCPA Senior Fellow Laurence Kotlikoff in an article at The Week.
Economist: Social Security Is Insolvent, In Worse Shape than Detroit’s Pension Funds
CNS News: Social Security’s twenty-three trillion dollar debt, which “swamps” the $13 trillion of official debt in the hands of the public, will only keep growing unless reforms are made, warns NCPA Senior Fellow Laurence Kotlikoff in a CNS News article.
Why the “Rich” Get Richer Quicker than the “Poor”
NCPA: Important explanations for the income gap between the “rich” and the “poor” make the growth in income disparity “practically inevitable,” explain National Center for Policy Analysis Senior Fellow Richard McKenzie and Kathryn Shelton in a new study.
Texas Beats California: No Income Tax, Booming Economy, Friendly Folks
The New American: Toyota employees moving with the company from California to Texas will save big, regardless of their income, said NCPA Senior Fellow Pam Villarreal in a piece at The New American.
Income Inequality
McCuistion: NCPA Senior Fellow Pam Villarreal discusses the causes and solutions to income inequality with NCPA interim President and CEO Dennis McCuistion on KERA’s McCusition.
Benefits to the Poor of Texas Franchise Tax Repeal
Texas continues to grow, even in the face of a recession and the weak recovery. From 2008 to 2014, real gross domestic product per person in the United States did not grow, but in Texas, per capita GDP rose 4.7 percent. This has swelled public coffers and offers Texas the opportunity to eliminate the most counterproductive part of the tax code: the franchise tax.