Budget and Taxation

Government has grown too large and takes too much from the American people in taxes. IWF analysts focus on how less government spending, a balanced budget, and lower taxes would lead to a more prosperous economy and free, secure society.

Recent Articles:

The Fight for the Soul of the Single Woman


Julia and Julia


Attacks on Job Creators


Add Government-Worker Retirement to Your Taxpayer Tab


Is America Up To Solving The Coming Fiscal Crisis?


Hadley Heath on "The Willis Report"


Another View on Income Inequality


Esquire is Right - and Wrong - about "War Against Youth"


Women Are Taxpayers??


Wouldn’t You Like to Know Where Your Money Goes?


Medicaid Flexibility for States - A Real Possibility?


The Farm Bill’s “Growing” Problem


Payroll Tax Déjà Vu


Explaining the Budget


$26B Foreclosure Pact to Create Problems


The Valentine's Day Budget


Missing from the Budget: Quality Education Options


Forget Profits?


Is 'Fusionism' Still Alive?


CPAC Live Blog: It's the Spending, Stupid!


Read My Lips… Just Kidding!


Color It In Please


Groundhog Day… on the Debt


We Do Need to Care About the Very Poor


We Don’t Need No Stinking Housing Refinance Scheme!


Shocker: President Obama May Be Trying To Raise Buffett Secretary's Taxes!


Move Along...No Class Warfare To See Here...


The Debt Rhetoric Never Changes...


Ron Paul, Legislative Hero


Yeah, Unemployment Still Stinks


Real Capitalism Isn't the Problem


Debt > GDP


Before and After: The Payroll Tax Holiday Season


Pilot Medicaid Reforms in Florida See Success


My Candidate for Person of the Year: Rep. Paul Ryan


Who Thinks Government Will Ever Get It Right?


Young Adults Are Coming Around on Big Government


Jobs Through Growth, Growth Through Tax and Regulatory Reform


Video: Why the Stimulus Failed


USPS: A Test Case for Reform


A Woman's Message to Congress


Payroll Tax Pandering


Unemployment Decreases: Time to "Step on the Gas"


Occupy Obama


Is the Coming Retirement Crisis Really Manageable?


A Buncha Turkeys!


Americans Don't Want Washington to Fail at Reform


Government Failure, Super Committee Edition


What Iowa Voters Want in a Republican


Sarah Palin's Winning Campaign Theme