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The Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force develops policy
to reduce excessive government spending and lower the overall tax
burden. Its legislative members have been at the forefront of developing
sound, free-market tax and fiscal policy. The Task Force has developed
budget reform policies, tax and expenditure limitations, supermajority
requirements for tax increases, dynamic revenue forecasting, and
legislation opposing Internet taxes. The Task Force has three
subcommittees that explore various issues in detail, including the
Internet Subcommittee, the Tax Reform Subcommittee, and the Tax and
Expenditure Limitation (TEL) subcommittee.
A recent survey of members indicated that tax policy
was their top concern. In the most recent legislative session, over 500
bills to lower the tax burden and curb excessive government spending
were introduced by ALEC members.
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Chairs
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Public Sector Chair: Senator Jim Buck, Indiana
Private Sector Chair: Bob Williams, Evergreen
Freedom Foundation
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April 21, 2010
Jonathan Williams of ALEC: Rich States, Poor
States
The American Legislative Exchange
Council (ALEC) recently released the third edition of Rich
States, Poor States, which provides the 2010
ALEC-Laffer State Economic Competitiveness rankings of states based on
their economic policies. The third edition examines why the economic
crisis has been so rough on the states, what states should do to
alleviate the fiscal pain, and what they should avoid. In this week's
podcast, Tax Foundation Staff Economist Kail Padgitt, Ph.D., interviews Jonathan
Williams, Director of ALEC's Tax
and Fiscal Policy Task Force and co-author of the report, discusses
the latest rankings.
