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January 29th, 2018 at 4:09 pm
This Week’s “Your Turn” Radio Show Lineup
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Join CFIF Corporate Counsel and Senior Vice President Renee Giachino today from 4:00 p.m. CDT to 6:00 p.m. CDT (that’s 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. EDT) on Northwest Florida’s 1330 AM WEBY, as she hosts her radio show, “Your Turn: Meeting Nonsense with Commonsense.” Today’s guest lineup includes:

4:00 CDT/5:00 pm EDT: Tommy Binion, Director of Congressional and Executive Branch Relations at The Heritage Foundation: State of the Union Address;

4:15 CDT/5:15 pm EDT: John P. Bailey, Visiting Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute: Artificial Intelligence and Job Skills;

4:30 CDT/5:30 pm EDT: Catherine Engelbrecht, Founder of True the Vote: IRS Lawsuit and Legislative Action;

4:45 CDT/5:45 pm EDT: Quin Hillyer, Contributing Editor of National Review magazine, Senior Editor for The American Spectator magazine, and Political Commentator: Bipartisanship and Divisiveness in America;

5:00 CDT/6:00 pm EDT: Chris Hand, Speechwriter, Author, and Campaign Press Secretary and Senate Press Secretary for former Florida Governor and then-U.S. Senator Bob Graham: “American: The Owner’s Manual, You Can Fight City Hall-And Win”; and

5:30 CDT/6:30 pm EDT: William J. Conti, Partner at Baker & Hostetler and Political Expert: Government Shutdown, Immigration Policy and President Trump’s relationship with Justice Department Special Counsel Robert Mueller.


Listen live on the Internet here. Call in to share your comments or ask questions of today’s guests at (850) 623-1330.

January 23rd, 2018 at 11:42 am
Myth Versus Fact: Paying “Fair Share” of Taxes
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Are wealthier Americans paying their “fair share” of taxes?

No.  Assuming that one measures “fair share” as a rough equivalency between income earned and income taxes paid, wealthy Americans pay far more than their fair share, as helpfully illustrated by the Tax Foundation:

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Fair Share?

"Fair Share?"

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January 17th, 2018 at 1:07 pm
Image of the Day: Myth Versus Fact Regarding Corporate Profits
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An instructive myth-versus-fact visual when it comes to public assumptions regarding corporate profits, courtesy of AEI:

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Myth Versus Fact:  Corporate Profits

Myth Versus Fact: Corporate Profits

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January 12th, 2018 at 8:16 am
Image of the Day: Obama Apologists Seek Credit for Roaring Trump Economy
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Since World War II, the U.S. economy has averaged 3.3% growth per year.  Under Barack Obama, we never even hit 3%, instead averaging below 2%.  His apologists rationalized that “secular stagnation” had made 3% an unattainable goal, but both quarters under President Trump have already averaged over 3%.  So like clockwork, leftists attempt to credit Obama for something they claimed was no longer possible:

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January 11th, 2018 at 10:02 am
Ramirez Cartoon: Seriously?
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View more of Michael Ramirez’s cartoons on CFIF’s website here.

January 9th, 2018 at 11:05 am
NY Times Continues Its Surrender March to Trump Economic Bump
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In last week’s Liberty Update, we highlighted how when even The New York Times acknowledges how Trump Administration policies have turbocharged the sluggish economy he inherited, the debate  over whether the economy benefits from more federal regulation or less federal regulation is won.  This is the same Times that features far-left economist Paul Krugman, who predicted upon Trump’s election that markets would crash and “never” recover.

Well, we’re happy to highlight how the slow surrender march at the Times continues under the headline “Companies Are Handing Out Bonuses Thanks to the Tax Law.  Is It a Publicity Stunt?” Their snarky addendum is understandable coming from them, but their introduction acknowledges reality:

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The big corporate tax break that became law last month is great news for companies and their investors.  But what about employees?  How much of the corporate windfall will go to workers via higher wages?

Since President Trump signed the $1.5 trillion tax cut into law on Dec. 22, nearly 20 large companies have announced some form of bonus or wage hike for their employees.”

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It proceeds to list some of those companies, including AT&T, Comcast, Southwest Airlines, American Airlines and others.

In last week’s Liberty Update feature we noted how their January 1 story admitted that  the good economic news it detailed occurred before the tax reform legislation had even passed.  Now that it has, we’re glad to see that the Times at least continues its sudden trend of acknowledging reality.

January 8th, 2018 at 3:59 pm
This Week’s “Your Turn” Radio Show Lineup
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Join CFIF Corporate Counsel and Senior Vice President Renee Giachino today from 4:00 p.m. CDT to 6:00 p.m. CDT (that’s 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. EDT) on Northwest Florida’s 1330 AM WEBY, as she hosts her radio show, “Your Turn: Meeting Nonsense with Commonsense.”

Today’s guest lineup includes:

4:00 CDT/5:00 pm EDT: Marc Scribner, Senior Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute: Infrastructure Spending and Drones;

4:15 CDT/5:15 pm EDT: Dr. Susan MacManus, Professor in Political Science at the University of South Florida: 2018 Legislative Session and Business Incentives;

4:30 CDT/5:30 pm EDT: Tzvi Kahn, Senior Iran Analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies: Iran;

4:45 CDT/5:45 pm EDT: Pete Sepp, President of National Taxpayers Union: The Days Following Tax Reform;

5:00 CDT/6:00 pm EDT: Michelle Minton, Senior Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute: Trump Marijuana Policy;

5:15 CDT/6:15 pm EDT: Jarrett Stepman, Editor for the Daily Signal at The Heritage Foundation: Fake News; and

5:30 CDT/6:30 pm EDT: Raheel Raza, President of the Council for Muslims Facing Tomorrow and Clarion Project Advisory Board Member: Trump’s Decision on Jerusalem.

Listen live on the Internet here. Call in to share your comments or ask questions of today’s guests at (850) 623-1330.

January 4th, 2018 at 9:42 am
Image of the Day: Gallup Illustrates Trump Economic Bump
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In our weekly Liberty Update, we highlight how in just one year, the deregulatory Trump economic bump is now so inescapable that even The New York Times acknowledged it in its January 1, 2018 edition.  Given that consumer spending accounts for approximately two-thirds of the U.S. economy, Gallup’s annual average U.S. economic confidence index is similarly illustrative.  For 2016, despite years of supposed prosperity under Barack Obama, the index stagnated at -10.  In just one year since Trump’s deregulatory and lower-tax administration began?  Already +6 for the year, the first time in over a decade:

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Instant Trump Bump

Instant Trump Bump

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