Club Ballot Initiative Recommendations for 2018
With early ballots scheduled to be mailed later this week, the Free Enterprise Club has released our recommendations for each of the statewide initiatives on the November ballot. There are…
Arizonans Should Retain Supreme Court Justices Clint Bolick and John Pelander
Since the 1970s, Arizona has appointed judges to the state Supreme Court based upon a merit selection system. An independent body of citizen-appointees recruit, interview, evaluate and select candidates for…
Reaction to Recent Supreme Court Rulings Prove Why Donor Privacy is so Important
If more evidence was needed to support the idea of donor privacy and anonymous speech in elections, the reaction by the left against the ‘Invest in Ed’ and ‘Outlaw Dirty…
Vote Yes on Prop 306 to Stop Taxpayer Money for Political Parties
Currently, politicians can receive taxpayer funding for their political campaigns through a program operated at the Clean Elections Commission. Last election cycle it was discovered that politicians financing their campaigns…
Prop 207 Inflation Tax Estimated to Exceed $1.2 Billion Dollars
Budget analysts have completed their projections of the tax increase Proposition 207 will trigger by eliminating inflation indexing, and it’s not a pretty picture for low income families and seniors.…
Prop 207 Includes Hidden $300 Million Conformity Income Tax Hike
The Washington DC Labor Unions financing Proposition 207 told voters that the tax increase on small businesses included in their measure would only be 4.46 percent. Turns out that the…
Arizonans Will Regret Setting Tax Policy at the Ballot Box
By: Tom Patterson Initiatives are a poor way to craft public policy. Voters like them. They jealously guard their right to pass laws directly. But they rarely go to…
2018 Free Market Champion Award Winners Announced
The Arizona Free Enterprise Club announced today the 2018 Free Market Champion Award recipients. The Free Market Champion Award is given to members…
Income Tax Initiative Would Impose 4th Highest Small Business Tax Rate in Nation
It seems every day more information emerges about the devastating impact the Washington DC financed ‘Invest in Ed’ initiative would have on Arizona taxpayers and small business owners. Recently it…
Liberal Joanne Osborne Wants to Take Her Tax and Spend Agenda to State Legislature
Among the candidates running to become a member of the state legislature, Joanne Osborne may be the most dangerous one for taxpayers. Prior to being a candidate for the House…