Beacon Center joins effort to provide tax relief to seniors and job creators
NASHVILLE – The Beacon Center of Tennessee today joined with other tax reform groups and legislators in support of phasing out the Hall Income Tax on stocks and bonds. House Finance Chairman Charles...
View ArticleWhy TN’s zero-tax street cred comes with an asterisk
This recent Forbes column exposes Tennessee’s income tax secret and notes Beacon’s success in telling the stories of those impacted by the Hall Income Tax. …But, more importantly, tax policy affects...
View ArticleUnion bosses threatened by homegrown freedom-fighters
In a recent article, the New York based Olean Times Herald highlights the work of Beacon to stop the infiltration of Tennessee’s workforce by the United Auto Workers. When executives at Volkswagen’s...
View ArticleWarnings to a Young Conservative
Many of you have likely heard of conservative author Dinesh D’Souza’s breakout book, Letters to a Young Conservative. Written in 2002, Letters was meant to help encourage budding leaders in their...
View ArticleWant more jobs? Stop paying people not to work
Do extended unemployment benefits perpetuate joblessness? In theory, this makes sense. If you pay people not to work, they’re incentivized to stay home. After all, as Reagan once said, “If you want...
View ArticleUAW Shows the Ugly Face Behind Its Friendly Mask
News broke yesterday that the United Auto Workers has begun aggressively bullying workers at the General Motors plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee. The union released a list of “scab” workers and called...
View ArticleHumanizing the Minimum Wage
Many cities and states throughout the country have raised their minimum wage well above the federally mandated level. It’s important that we not be enticed by the rhetoric of a so called “living wage.”...
View ArticlePresident Obama Is Working Overtime To Obstruct The Economy
It seems the Obama administration becomes more economically illiterate with every passing year. President Obama only has 8 months left in his presidency, but he is working overtime to obstruct the...
View ArticleBeacon’s Christmas Wish List
As we get ready to celebrate Christmas, now is a good time to think about what our policy wishes are for 2017. The start of the 110th General Assembly is right around the corner, and when lawmakers...
View ArticleWhat’s A Job Worth?
Tennessean writer Mike Reicher recently published an excellent piece that shined light on the true cost of corporate welfare in Tennessee. The most offensive and shocking part of the story was the...
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