A growing economy creates jobs, raises living standards, maintains global competitiveness, and thus engenders positive attitudes and optimism about the future.
While many policymakers seem intent on focusing on either economic stimulus or austerity, IPI believes that the economy can grow consistently and at higher rates than we’ve experienced in the last decade, and we reject the idea that economic growth contains within itself the seeds of its own demise through inflation, the business cycle, and erroneous Phillips Curve assumptions. Therefore, economic growth should be elected officials’ primary policy goal at the federal, state and local levels, and it’s the organizing principle of our policy work at IPI.
Whatever limitations may exist on economic growth, they should not be self-imposed through counterproductive tax policy, overbearing regulations, ill-conceived monetary policy, trade protectionism, or hostility toward skilled and ambitious immigration.
Giovanetti: Obama Should 'Unchain Economy' in State of the Union
In tomorrow night’s State of the Union address, President Obama should put forward proposals to unchain the economy from high taxes, out-of-control spending, and burdensome regulations, said Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI) president Tom Giovanetti.
Next Up for Big Government - Raise Your Taxes, Destroy Tax Software Industry
The IRS blames tax preparation software for "tax gap"
I'm From the IRS and I'm Here to Help You
The IRS has a new idea to extract more tax dollars out of your pocket without having to pass a tax increase.
Medicare Plans Quash the Liberal Vision for Health Care
Liberals are expressing their disappointment that the mostly for-profit health plans have found a subtle way to attract healthier seniors.
How Obama Sucker Punched Republicans on the Budget
Santorum Manufactures an Unfair Tax
Using tax code to accomplish social goals is unfair whether you come from the Left or Right.
Does the Fed Want Another Housing Crisis?
Here we go again. The Federal Reserve Bank has released a report to top lawmakers on the congressional banking committees encouraging Congress to get more involved in housing policy.
Protecting Property Rights on the Web: Thoughts on the Protect IP Act
Because intellectual property protection is critical to the U.S. economy and serves the interests of a secure and content rich Internet ecosystem, it is reasonable and within the realm of sound policy to discretely target rogue websites through a Protect IP Act that preserves due process and other legal protections while not creating undue compliance burdens and legal liability for third parties.
A Municipal Communications Network in Longmont--Still a Bad Idea
The City of Longmont, Colorado is considering providing not only Wi-Fi but also a whole package of telecommunications services, from voice to broadband to video, which would put the municipality in direct competition with multiple private companies. But market-oriented solutions are more efficient and less risky. Adopting the failed model of municipal networks is a mistake, as many municipalities across the country can attest.
Coalition Letter Regarding Aviation Industry Taxes
Americans for Tax Reform, joined by a strong coalition of groups representing millions of concerned citizens and taxpayers, urged Members of Congress to reject any effort to increase fees on the aviation industry.
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