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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...
The Urge to Spend Is Out of Control—And Time Is Running Out to Reverse Course
By Dr. Thomas Patterson | Loma Verde, California is building a $24 million recreation center with a pool. Forest Lakes, Minnesota is getting a $1.5 million golf clubhouse, while San Antonio is purchasing a $15 million theme park. These may seem frivolous when...
Let’s Zero Out Arizona’s Income Tax—And End Tax Day Forever
By Matt Salmon | If Tax Day were held in early November instead of April 15th, I doubt Republicans would lose a close election again. The financial squeeze of the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) filing deadline always feels personal. But it especially hurts this...
Biden’s Billionaire Minimum Income Tax Is a Dangerous Slippery Slope
By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | “Punish the rich” tax proposals never seem to go out of style—at least for the Democrats. In the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries, it was all the rage for Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders. But after they both...
Arizona Should Conduct an Audit on Mesa Public Schools’ Hidden Spending
By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | For years now, we’ve heard the same old talking points from the left when it comes to our state’s schools. It always goes a little something like this: Education is underfunded in Arizona… Teachers aren’t paid enough… We need...
Biden’s Weakness with Iran Is Putting Us in a Dangerous Situation
By Dr. Thomas Patterson | Biden’s bungling of the Iranian nuclear negotiations may well go down as the most consequential error in the history of statecraft. He has granted concession after concession to coax Iran into doing what they want to anyway, which is to...
Legislature Passes Bill Ensuring Only U.S. Citizens Can Vote in Our Elections—And the Left Is Freaking Out
By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | Arizona voters received a big win yesterday. The State Senate passed HB2492 less than a month after the House did the same. And now this critical bill heads to Governor Ducey’s desk to be signed into state law. This is a big win...
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