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The Threat of White Supremacy Is a Sham
By Dr. Thomas Patterson | According to President Biden, “Terrorism from White supremacy is the most lethal threat to the homeland today,” as he put it in an address to Congress. Attorney General Merrick Garland agreed, noting that “racially or ethnically motivated...
Red4ED Is One of the Most Expensive Failures in Arizona Political History
By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | Push a sympathetic message. Drum up a bunch of misguided support. And then aim for a ridiculous tax increase. That was the strategy from Red4ED after it launched a little over four years ago. In that spring of 2018, the color...
What Should We Do with the D and F Letter Grade Schools?
By John Huppenthal | In 2008, I introduced and passed legislation to grade schools in Arizona on the A through F letter grading system. The system was to be based on the test scores and academic gains of students. If I were king, I would abolish the system which I...
Our Schools Aren’t Competitive, but Money Is Not the Problem
By Dr. Thomas Patterson | America’s schools, including Arizona’s, are stuck in mediocrity. Our academic achievement indicators trail 20 of our Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) peers in every subject. It’s not getting better, either. It...
Proposed Earned Income Tax Credit Is a Trojan Horse for Universal Basic Income
By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | Last year, the legislature passed historic tax cuts. The package was fair, lowering rates for all Arizonans across the board. Despite an effort funded with out of state millions to block the package and place it on the ballot, the...
The Scheme to Bring a Commuter Rail to the East Valley Shows the Lengths Government Will Go to Waste Your Dollars
By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | If there’s one entity that specializes in giving people something they don’t need—or aren’t even asking for—it’s the government. So, naturally, while the country faces sky-high inflation and Arizonans make sacrifices in their...
Schools That Require Teachers to Attend Grooming Training Must Be Held Accountable
By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | Once upon a time, teachers were measured by their ability to teach reading, writing, and arithmetic. And schools did everything they could to ensure that the teachers they hired were trained properly in these critical subjects....
The Border Invasion Is an Existential Crisis for America
By Dr. Thomas Patterson | The invasion crisis on our southern border is baffling. How could this outrage be happening? The White House wants you to believe that they’re powerless to stop it. They’re willing to appear negligent and/or stupid to keep the wheels turning....
Now Is Not the Time for a Legislative Pay Raise
By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | Inflation is through the roof, gas prices are higher than ever before, out-of-state money was being used to put historic tax cuts on hold, and now lawmakers want a pay raise. Yes, while the Bidenflation tax is cutting deeply into...
A New Sales Tax for Fire Districts Is Unfair and Unnecessary
By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | The last thing the people of Arizona need right now is a sales tax increase. But leave it to state lawmakers to try to push one through by proposing a referral to put a tax hike on the ballot to fund fire districts. The bill...
Where Does Arizona’s K-12 Education System Rank Nationally?
By John Huppenthal | Mainstream media loves to disparage Arizona's kindergarten through 12th grade education system. State rankings are often the source of this disparagement, invariably ranking Arizona 47th, 48th, or 49th. Over the past year, U.S. News and World...
SB1643 Would Give Large Companies Billions in Taxpayer Dollars to Fund Liberal Causes
By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | It is no secret that the Club is critical of special interest tax credit programs that distort our tax code and pick winners and losers in the market. Though a few of these tax credits have been enacted by the legislature over the...
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