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The Grassroots Corner - Week Beginning 9/18/23: “Meet Jeff Minch” Read More.

All of us who have owned a home understand that the property tax we pay is based on the appraised value of the home. We can live in a home for 20 years and be taxed more each year based on the increase in value of the home. Read More.

Opinion: Congress needs to make permanent a 20% business income deduction that it OK'd in 2017, write Matt Everson and John Hendrickson. Read More.

State lawmakers are returning from their summer break, and the GOP's priorities include property tax reform, utility rates and higher education. Read More.

Although the 2017 GOP tax law proved unpopular, the former president is eyeing deeper cuts to the corporate rate. Read More.

The Grassroots Corner - Week Beginning 9/11/23: “How would my district do under the FAIRtax?” Read More.

Most of us naively think the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) is intended to raise the income needed to fund the operations of the U.S. government. Most of us don’t like the income/payroll tax system and want to replace it with the FAIRtax. Read More.

Today’s Chairman’s Report is written by Tom Patterson. Tom is a graduate of Yale and obtained his M.D. at the University of Nebraska. In addition to being an emergency room physician, Tom served in the Arizona State Senate as both the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader. He also served as the Chairman of the Goldwater Institute for thirteen years. Read More.

Student debt is sky-rocketing, but there may be some relief available for those who are working. An educational assistance plan can allow employers to help pay down debt. Read More.

Starting Friday, groceries statewide will be 1% cheaper. That’s because the legislature this year passed a bill reducing the state’s 4% food tax to 3% this September. Read More.

Republicans in the Wisconsin Assembly proposed an almost $3 billion tax cut that targets the middle class. Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a similar bill last month. Read More.

The Grassroots Corner - Week Beginning 8/28/23: “The IRS needs to get better - we have an idea!” Read More.

While there is an understandable lack of trust in a tax filing system designed and run by the IRS, does anyone think that H&R Block and Intuit are spending millions of lobbying dollars opposing the IRS free file system because of their concern for taxpayers? Read More.

The Grassroots Corner - Week Beginning 8/21/23: “Meet Canadian Attorney John Richardson” Read More.

In an article in the August 10, 2023 Wall Street Journal, former Senator Phill Gramm and Jodey Arrington discuss how the Biden administration wrongfully allocated money to the IRS, and how they have made practically no effort to recover money stolen during the pandemic. Read More.