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Does Idaho really have a Budget Crisis?

A Conversation with IFF President Ron Nate & Tea Party Bob Podcast Notes by Bob Neugebauer Bottom Line: Idaho’s $141 million budget “shortfall” represents excellent news for taxpayers, with collections 4.5% above last year and a $278 million surplus remaining, exposing how government officials view taxpayer money as their property rather than citizens’ earnings. Idaho […]

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Idaho Faces Growth and Ideological Challenges

A Conversation with IFF President Ron Nate & Tea Party Bob Podcast Notes by Bob Neugebauer Bottom Line: Idaho stands at a crossroads where explosive population growth and infiltrating woke ideology threaten the conservative values that attracted newcomers in the first place, requiring expanded vigilance across judicial, bureaucratic, and local government spheres. Idaho’s conservative movement […]

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Of Course We Can Afford More Tax Cuts

Republished, with permission, from the Idaho Freedom Foundation Three tax-cut bills — four, if you include an education tax credit bill — are before the Idaho Legislature. And yes, they are all affordable. A Little History Over the past five years, ongoing and one-time tax cuts have reduced the tax take by $4.6 billion, of […]

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John Livingston

Taxation Without Representation

When I decided to write my two articles about taxes and local government I wondered if there would be any interest in the subject. I have received more e-mails and comments personally and on the phone from more people—including local legislators and politicians, than I have for any of my previous articles. It seems Idaho […]

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Want Tax Cuts? Stop the Spending

This article is courtesy of the Idaho Freedom Foundation One of the favorite phrases of conservative budget hawks in the Idaho Legislature is “starve the beast.” What they mean is that if you want to control or even reverse outrageous government growth, then you need to stop appropriating (spending) so much money. Government agencies will […]

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John Livingston

Taxation and Federalization

When I decided to write my two articles about taxes and local government I wondered if there would be any interest in the subject. I have received more e-mails and comments personally and on the phone from more people—including local legislators and politicians, than I have for any of my previous articles. It seems Idaho […]

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Fulcher Introduces Legislation to Eliminate Income Taxes on Overtime Pay

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher introduced the Keep Every Extra Penny (KEEP) Act to address the ongoing labor shortage by eliminating income taxes on overtime pay. This legislation, which has never been attempted at the federal level, comes as inflation remains above the Federal Reserve’s target rate for the 38th consecutive month. […]

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Suggestions for the Idaho Legislature

Greetings Idaho State legislators: cc: Governor Little and Lt. Governor Bedke: Some items to consider: TAXES: The Idaho Tax Commission is canceling the Circuit Breaker Program for many seniors on fixed incomes because the inflated property values has disqualified them. A friend with a home that has been paid for years lost her Circuit Breaker […]

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Bob's Words of Wisdom

Bend over Taxpayers, Here it comes Again

So once again Governor Little and his puppet masters at IACI have screwed the taxpayers of Idaho. As I had said a couple of weeks ago, this was a done deal lame-duck session of the legislature and there was no changing it. If the citizens of our state don’t realize after this special session that […]

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John Livingston News

Render Unto Caesar, Don’t Tax our Wealth

Senator Phil Graham is the Former Chairman of the US Senate Banking Committee. Prior to going into politics he was an economics professor at Texas A&M. I follow his writings in various news outlets including the Wall Street Journal. Yesterday he wrote about the story that broke last week in ProPublica about billionaires in our […]

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Why You’re Better off Not Working

Two common cries often heard in liberal progressive quarters are that capitalism produces inequalities and inequities and the corollary argument that income inequality has been growing over the past 30 years because of capitalistic policies. Many years ago University of Chicago economist Casey Mulligan began addressing these issues by pointing out that we should not […]

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Crapo, Risch Introduce “State Fiscal Flexibility Act”

Crapo, Risch Introduce “State Fiscal Flexibility Act” Bill would prevent federal government from banning state tax cuts WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, and U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) have introduced the “State Fiscal Flexibility Act,” a bill to eliminate a provision in the American Rescue […]

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