by CF&P | May 15, 2012 | News, Press Releases
Center for Freedom and Prosperity For Immediate Release Tuesday, May 15, 2012 202-285-0244 www.freedomandprosperity.org Today’s Treasury Hearing on FATCA Conducted in Vain, Law Must Be Scrapped, Says CF&P President (Washington, D.C., Tuesday, May 15, 2012)...
by CF&P | May 3, 2012 | Letters
Sample letter PDFs to conference chairs [Senator Barbara Boxer] and [Representative John Mica] Dear <Conference Member>: As you prepare to reconcile the Senate and House versions of the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill, I hope to bring to your...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 30, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
Last year, I came up with a saying that “Bad Government Policy Begets More Bad Government Policy” and labeled it “Mitchell’s Law” during a bout of narcissism. There are lots of examples of this phenomenon, such as the misguided War on Drugs being a precursor to...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Dec 1, 2011 | Blogs, Taxation
Peter Dunn, warning of the many issues with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, has written a great article at American Thinker called “FATCA: A Ticking Time Bomb for the Economy.” Lawmakers clearly need to reconsider the law and its accompanying...
by Brian Garst | Nov 9, 2011 | Blogs, Financial Privacy, Taxation
As CF&P has consistently warned, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act passed last year is driving foreign investment out of the US, which means less capital investment for the economy and thus fewer jobs for Americans. A group of Taiwanese banks fed up with the...