FreedomTalks

I think that the presidential candidates, as well as the Bush Administration, should take a few econ classes. At the very least though, they should read the Wall Street Journal.
If they looked today, they’d find Alan Reynolds’ great op-ed about their stimulus packages.
Reynolds discusses the fact that the economic stimulus packages proffered both by President [...]

The Republican Study Committee, comprised of more than 100 conservative Representatives, has released a statement on the fiscal stimulus package. The key bit:

Conservatives know that it is never a bad time to let families keep more of their own money. We are, in fact, the ones who have been leading that charge [...]

FreedomWorks president Matt Kibbe recently wrote a much-discussed column on the problems with Gerson’s politics. And today, the former Bush speechwriter is at it again: Michael Gerson’s attack on Fred Thompson in the Post today is both misleading and indicative of pretty much everything that’s wrong with Gerson-style politics.
Gerson’s beef is with Thompson’s [...]

Here’s the Fox News report on that conference the FreedomWorks PAC co-hosted with the Club for Growth Wednesday, including a bit from our own Dick Armey:

To all of you following the effort to get Jeff Flake on the House Appropriations Committee, there is some good news to report. Our efforts have connected thousands of constituents with their congressional offices via phone and email. Because of grassroots pressure, the vote to decide who will sit on the House Appropriations Committee has [...]

Ezra Klein and I disagree on a great many things (though we found much to talk about in our recent Bloggingheads.tv discussion).  But one thing we can agree on is that the FairTax is a terrible, terrible idea. His column on the FairTax is up at The American Prospect today, and it’s well worth a [...]

MakeItFlake.com is making it big.  We’ve had a great amount of success getting the word out that Jeff Flake is the man for the open seat on the Appropriations Committee, and just recently, the White House released this:
Boehner Says House GOP Must Draw Line On Earmarks Or Prepare For Permanent Minority.
House Minority Leader John Boehner [...]

FreedomWorks Chairman Dick Armey appeared at an even FreedomWorks cosponsored with our friends at the Club for Growth in South Carolina.  The purpose was to warn conservatives in the state to be wary of the misguided fiscal policies being peddled by Republican primary candidate Mike Huckabee.  The New York Times has the scoop (and a [...]

Free trade can be a tough issue sometimes, in large part because free trade — even that which produces an unambiguous positive overall good — can cost some individuals jobs and wages in the short term. When this happens rapidly in some sectors, vocal minorities make their opposition known, and they can often produce [...]

Cato’s Dan Mitchell points us to this IMF report indicating that, in a few instances, lowering taxes really can result in an increase in government revenues.  Either way, as Mitchell has pointed out previously, there’s ample evidence worldwide that a simple, low flat tax can produce huge economic benefits.
Meanwhile, over at Heritage, Brian Reidl goes [...]