David Williams · [email protected]

November 8, 2024 at 6:59 PM

Tax Cut Extension Looks Promising and Outdated Transplant Laws - TPA Weekly Update: November 8, 2024

Tax Cut Extension Looks Promising and Outdated Transplant Laws - TPA Weekly Update: November 8, 2024 Congratulations Donald Trump!  Let’s Get to Work On Extending the Tax Cuts   Building a strong economy appears to be a top priority as President-elect Don…

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November 1, 2024 at 7:29 PM

Profile in Courage and the Wrong New York State of Mind - TPA Weekly Update: November 1, 2024

Profile in Courage and the Wrong New York State of Mind - TPA Weekly Update: November 1, 2024 Profile in Courage: Massachusetts State Auditor Diana DiZoglio   From the Boston Tea Party to the first shots of the American Revolution fired at Lexington and C…

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October 25, 2024 at 8:29 PM

The 2024 Taxpayer Tricks and Treats - TPA Weekly Update: October 25, 2024

The 2024 Taxpayer Tricks and Treats - TPA Weekly Update: October 25, 2024 From Nosferatu to Norman Bates, plenty of things go bump in the night. However, some of the scariest stuff happens in broad daylight. Congress has been spending money like a drunken…

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October 18, 2024 at 7:29 PM

Big Tech is a Big Help and California Streaming: TPA Weekly Update - October 18, 2024

Big Tech is a Big Help and California Streaming: TPA Weekly Update - October 18, 2024 On Tuesday (October 15) the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) submitted an amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Court in support of Wages and White Lion Investments, L.L…

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October 11, 2024 at 6:14 PM

Stop the Zyn-sanity and the IRS's Political Vendettas : TPA Weekly Update - October 11, 2024

Stop the Zyn-sanity and the IRS's Political Vendettas : TPA Weekly Update - October 11, 2024 Hurricanes Helene and Milton have devastated North Carolina and Florida.  This will be a very expensive clean up. Yesterday, the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TP…

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October 4, 2024 at 8:00 PM

Profile in Courage and The Growing FOIA Problem - TPA Weekly Update: October 4, 2024

Profile in Courage and The Growing FOIA Problem - TPA Weekly Update: October 4, 2024 Profile in Courage - Detroit Inspector General Ellen Ha   Being an Inspector General (IG) is no easy gig, just ask Kelly Madigan and Isabel Cumming. These public servants…

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September 23, 2024 at 2:49 PM

The Economy Needs Tax Certainty and Flooded With Stadium Subsidies: TPA Weekly Update - September 23, 2024

The Economy Needs Tax Certainty and Flooded With Stadium Subsidies: TPA Weekly Update - September 23, 2024 Last week, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) unveiled his “Six Penny Plan,” a proposal to achieve a balanced budget in five years by cutting six pennies for ev…

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September 13, 2024 at 7:44 PM

Walz's Broadband Boondoggles and Risking Medical Innovation - TPA Weekly Update: September 13, 2024

Walz's Broadband Boondoggles and Risking Medical Innovation - TPA Weekly Update: September 13, 2024 Everybody’s talking about China, as they should be. This week has been “China Week” in Congress as elected officials consider various legislative proposals…

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September 6, 2024 at 6:00 PM

Back to School – Postal Edition: TPA Weekly Update - September 6, 2024

Back to School – Postal Edition: TPA Weekly Update - September 6, 2024 Back to School – Postal Edition   Lawmakers are heading back to Washington, D.C. to (hopefully) do their jobs and stave off another government shutdown. But, like a poorly managed mail…

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August 30, 2024 at 7:44 PM

Summer Reading: Back to School - TPA Weekly Update: August 30, 2024

Summer Reading: Back to School - TPA Weekly Update: August 30, 2024 Summer Reading – Back to School Edition   It’s the end of summer, and the signs are everywhere. D.C. denizens on a night out on the town are reaching for their sweaters, and schoolkids ar…

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August 23, 2024 at 7:00 PM

Summer Reading: Intellectual Property - TPA Weekly Update: August 23, 2024

Summer Reading: Intellectual Property - TPA Weekly Update: August 23, 2024 Summer Reading – Intellectual Property   For lawmakers on vacation, a day at the beach presents a plethora of possibilities. You can read a work of fiction (your political opponent…

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August 16, 2024 at 7:29 PM

Summer Reading - Agency Mission Creep: TPA Weekly Update - August 16, 2024

Summer Reading - Agency Mission Creep: TPA Weekly Update - August 16, 2024 Earlier this week, the Biden-Harris administration announced the results of the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) first prescription drug price “negotiations” under Medicare. This ev…

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August 9, 2024 at 7:29 PM

Summer Reading and New York Housing Missteps: TPA Weekly Update - August 9, 2024

Summer Reading and New York Housing Missteps: TPA Weekly Update - August 9, 2024 The Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) is pleased to announce the launch of its new Free Trade Center. This new project highlights how the free flow of goods across borders …

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August 2, 2024 at 7:59 PM

Profile in Courage and Summer Reading: TPA Weekly Update - August 2, 2024

Profile in Courage and Summer Reading: TPA Weekly Update - August 2, 2024 The Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) released new polling and analysis on Wednesday highlighting the severe economic cost of ongoing uncertainty surrounding tax policy in the Uni…

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July 26, 2024 at 8:00 PM

TPA Releases New Broadband Report: TPA Weekly Update - July 26, 2024

TPA Releases New Broadband Report: TPA Weekly Update - July 26, 2024 Government Broadband Consultants - The Big Grift Earlier this week, the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) released our newest report, “Government Broadband Consultants – The Big Grift.…

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July 12, 2024 at 7:59 PM

Protecting Credit Card Rewards and Regulatory Pulp Friction: TPA Weekly Update - July 12, 2024

Protecting Credit Card Rewards and Regulatory Pulp Friction: TPA Weekly Update - July 12, 2024 Protecting Credit Card Rewards   Independence Day is known for many things. Some might think of everything and everyone all decked out in gawdy red, white, and …

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June 28, 2024 at 6:59 PM

Profile in Courage and Regulating AI Generated Political Speech - TPA Weekly Update: June 28, 2024

Profile in Courage and Regulating AI Generated Political Speech - TPA Weekly Update: June 28, 2024 It was a busy week.  There was a Presidential debate last night and the Supreme Court announced its rulings for a number of cases.  What got lost in the bus…

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June 21, 2024 at 8:00 PM

CFPB Overreach Hurting Consumers and How to Protect Patents: TPA Weekly Update — June 21, 2024

CFPB Overreach Hurting Consumers and How to Protect Patents: TPA Weekly Update — June 21, 2024 The new deficit numbers came out this week and it’s not pretty.  The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that the federal government is expected to run …

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June 14, 2024 at 7:44 PM

The WHO’s Overreach Bad for Health and WT F-35: TPA Weekly Update - June 14, 2024

The WHO’s Overreach Bad for Health and WT F-35: TPA Weekly Update - June 14, 2024 The WHO’s Overreach Bad for Health    The proposed World Health Organization (WHO) Pandemic Treaty, aimed at addressing the glaring shortcomings exposed by the COVID-19 pand…

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June 7, 2024 at 7:44 PM

Gigi's Conflict of Interest and What You Should be Reading: TPA Weekly Update - June 7, 2024

Gigi's Conflict of Interest and What You Should be Reading: TPA Weekly Update - June 7, 2024 David Boaz, a libertarian intellectual giant and former executive vice president of the Cato Institute, passed away today. Boaz’s contributions to the liberty spa…

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May 31, 2024 at 7:59 PM

Profile In Courage and World Vape Day - TPA Weekly Update: May 31, 2024

Profile In Courage and World Vape Day - TPA Weekly Update: May 31, 2024 Profile in Courage: David Pryor   In today’s toxic political climate, it’s easier to call opponents names and dig up dirt about them than work with them to create a better future. It …

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May 24, 2024 at 7:44 PM

More Taxpayer Money for the Postal Service and FDA Malaise - TPA Weekly Update: May 24, 2024

More Taxpayer Money for the Postal Service and FDA Malaise - TPA Weekly Update: May 24, 2024 Yesterday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and 30 states announced a long-awaited antitrust suit against Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation. The gov…

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May 17, 2024 at 8:14 PM

Terrible Tariffs and The Broken Idea of Right to Repair - TPA Weekly Update: May 17, 2024

Terrible Tariffs and The Broken Idea of Right to Repair - TPA Weekly Update: May 17, 2024 It takes a certain amount of well, something, to weaponize an agency and destroy morale and then ask for more money.  That’s exactly what Federal Trade Commission (F…

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May 10, 2024 at 7:29 PM

Credit Card Competition Act Hurts Consumers - TPA Weekly Update: May 10, 2024

Credit Card Competition Act Hurts Consumers - TPA Weekly Update: May 10, 2024 The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Department of Transportation (DOT) held a hearing talking about credit card airline rewards programs.  The hearing was pr…

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  Patrick Hedger · [email protected]

May 3, 2024 at 7:59 PM

Don't Stop the Steel and Aussie Hack Proves Worst Fears of Age Verification - TPA Weekly Update: May 3, 2024

Don't Stop the Steel and Aussie Hack Proves Worst Fears of Age Verification - TPA Weekly Update: May 3, 2024 Don't Stop the Steel - The Manufactured 'Fiasco' Surrounding U.S. Steel Speaking recently, Lourenco Goncalves (CEO of steelmaker Cleveland-Cliffs…

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April 26, 2024 at 6:44 PM

Celebrate World IP Day: TPA Weekly Update - April 26, 2024

Celebrate World IP Day: TPA Weekly Update - April 26, 2024 Today is World Intellectual Property (IP) Day, a time to celebrate the storied achievements of innovators and entrepreneurs across the globe. From Laffy Taffy to weatherproof Halloween costumes to…

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April 19, 2024 at 8:00 PM

Unhealthy Moves by the FTC and Stop Saying Maybe on MAbs - TPA Weekly Update: April 19, 2024

Unhealthy Moves by the FTC and Stop Saying Maybe on MAbs - TPA Weekly Update: April 19, 2024 Unhealthy Moves by the FTC   The current Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has dedicated itself to indulging the obsessions and idiosyncrasies of a certain type of t…

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April 12, 2024 at 7:59 PM

Special Edition: Tax Day – TPA Weekly Update: April 12, 2024

Special Edition: Tax Day – TPA Weekly Update: April 12, 2024 This is a special Weekly Update in preparation (pun intended) for Tax Day. Tax Day is dreaded by most Americans out of fear of an audit or just the size of their tax bill. Tax reform and Interna…

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April 5, 2024 at 7:29 PM

Profile in Courage and Zombie Net Neutrality is Back - TPA Weekly Update: April 5, 2024

Profile in Courage and Zombie Net Neutrality is Back - TPA Weekly Update: April 5, 2024 What a week.  I am thrilled to announce three victories (this is not a leftover April Fool’s joke). First, in Missouri. In a rout, 58 percent of voters in Jackson Coun…

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March 28, 2024 at 6:59 PM

Happy Easter from TPA!

Happy Easter from TPA! From all of us at TPA, hoping you have a great Easter weekend with family and friends! Best, David Williams President Taxpayers Protection Alliance 1101 14th Street, NW Suite 1120 Washington, D.C. xxxxxx …

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March 22, 2024 at 7:29 PM

Zynfully Misinformed and A Bad Legal Roundup: TPA Weekly Update - March 22, 2024

Zynfully Misinformed and A Bad Legal Roundup: TPA Weekly Update - March 22, 2024 The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) was the biggest accomplishment of the Trump administration and the 115th Congress. As several key provisions of the TCJA have already ex…

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March 15, 2024 at 7:29 PM

The FCC's Racial Blunder and Culture Change at the FDA: TPA Weekly Update - March 15, 2024

The FCC's Racial Blunder and Culture Change at the FDA: TPA Weekly Update - March 15, 2024 March 16th marks the 13th anniversary for the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA).  What an incredible 13 years it has been.  This Weekly Update started out with on…

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March 8, 2024 at 8:29 PM

Postal Labor Pains and Protecting Medicare Advantage - TPA Weekly Update: March 8, 2024

Postal Labor Pains and Protecting Medicare Advantage - TPA Weekly Update: March 8, 2024 Most of us at TPA are sports fans. Something we’re not fans of, however, is using taxpayer dollars to subsidize wealthy sports franchise owners. The economic litera…

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March 1, 2024 at 8:59 PM

Profile in Courage and the Wrath of (Lina) Khan - TPA Weekly Update: March 1, 2024

Profile in Courage and the Wrath of (Lina) Khan - TPA Weekly Update: March 1, 2024 The Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) was happy to support the proposed changes to Tennessee’s Certificate of Need (CON) laws recommended in a recently released report by…

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February 23, 2024 at 8:59 PM

Tax Reform's Next Step and Postal Surveillance - TPA Weekly Update: February 23, 2024

Tax Reform's Next Step and Postal Surveillance - TPA Weekly Update: February 23, 2024 The United States Postal Service (USPS) has 10,000 pieces of surveillance equipment. That 10,000 number is not a typo.  And now, a new report by the USPS Inspector Gener…

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February 16, 2024 at 8:59 PM

Sweet and Sour Valentine's Day and Cost of Biden’s Clean Energy Handouts Are Growing - TPA Weekly Update: February 16, 2024

Sweet and Sour Valentine's Day and Cost of Biden’s Clean Energy Handouts Are Growing - TPA Weekly Update: February 16, 2024 Sweet and Sour Valentine’s Day   Wednesday was Valentine’s Day and many were hoping to woo their sweethearts with candy bars and ch…

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February 9, 2024 at 9:00 PM

GoodCOP and Why Congress Needs to Tackle PBM Reform: TPA Weekly Update: February 9, 2024

GoodCOP and Why Congress Needs to Tackle PBM Reform: TPA Weekly Update: February 9, 2024 Hi all, Dan Savickas – TPA’s Director of Policy – here, filling in for David and Patrick while they’re away in Panama. TPA’s “Good COP” conference is in full swing, p…

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February 2, 2024 at 8:59 PM

Profile in Courage: TPA Weekly Update: February 2, 2024

Profile in Courage: TPA Weekly Update: February 2, 2024 Profile in Courage: Adults Quitting Smoking   Normally, the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) dedicates its monthly Profiles in Courage (PIC) blog to individuals who persevere despite all odds and …

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January 26, 2024 at 8:59 PM

Age Verification Legislation and Dishwater Rule Goes Down the Drain: TPA Weekly Update - January 26, 2024

Age Verification Legislation and Dishwater Rule Goes Down the Drain: TPA Weekly Update - January 26, 2024   The Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) is pleased to announce the publication of the 4th edition of the Tobacco and Vaping 50 State Analysis.  The…

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January 19, 2024 at 8:59 PM

TPAF Launches CFPB Mission Creep - TPA Weekly Update: January 19, 2024

TPAF Launches CFPB Mission Creep - TPA Weekly Update: January 19, 2024 Earlier this week, the Taxpayers Protection Alliance Foundation (TPAF) launched CFPB Mission Creep. This new platform will educate the public on the negative consumer impacts resulting…

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January 12, 2024 at 9:29 PM

Artificial Intelligence Hysteria and A Taste of Garlic Protectionism: TPA Weekly Update - January 12, 2024

Artificial Intelligence Hysteria and A Taste of Garlic Protectionism: TPA Weekly Update - January 12, 2024 I want to welcome back Director of Policy Dan Savickas to the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA). If you have ever worked with Dan, you would know …

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January 5, 2024 at 8:59 PM

New Year, New Budget, Tax Showdowns & the WHO's Latest Failure: TPA Weekly Update - January 5, 2024

New Year, New Budget, Tax Showdowns & the WHO's Latest Failure: TPA Weekly Update - January 5, 2024 Congress Welcomes the New Year with a Budget and Tax Showdown   During the last several months of 2023 Congress rewrote the rules of inefficiency. In t…

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December 29, 2023 at 8:29 PM

TPA and TPAF 2023 Year in Review: Thank You!

TPA and TPAF 2023 Year in Review: Thank You! As 2023 comes to an end, the Taxpayers Protection Alliance and the Taxpayers Protection Alliance Foundation have a lot to be proud of and plenty of work to build upon in the New Year. Thank you for your continu…

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December 15, 2023 at 8:59 PM

Tax Reform Turns Six Years Old - More to do: TPA Weekly Update - December 15, 2023

Tax Reform Turns Six Years Old - More to do: TPA Weekly Update - December 15, 2023 On Wednesday, December 13th, TPA’s Executive Director Patrick Hedger joined dozens of other protestors outside an event where Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) and other…

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December 8, 2023 at 8:59 PM

Davis-Bacon's Union Problem and More FDA Hypocrisy: TPA Weekly Update - December 8, 2023

Davis-Bacon's Union Problem and More FDA Hypocrisy: TPA Weekly Update - December 8, 2023 Davis-Bacon’s Union Problem   The phrase, “good-paying jobs,” seems to reverberate throughout the entirety of President Joe Biden’s industrial policy. With each feder…

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December 1, 2023 at 8:59 PM

Profile in Courage and the Government's Grocery Games - TPA Weekly Update: December 1, 2023

Profile in Courage and the Government's Grocery Games - TPA Weekly Update: December 1, 2023 Things got weird (ok, weirder) in Washington, D.C. last week. We found out that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is reportedly investigating the acquisition of S…

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November 22, 2023 at 8:59 PM

Taxpayer Turkeys - TPA Weekly Update: November 22, 2023

Taxpayer Turkeys - TPA Weekly Update: November 22, 2023 The Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) wants to wish everybody a very Happy Thanksgiving. And, in honor of the holiday, TPA presents the 2023 Taxpayer Turkeys: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)   Sen…

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November 17, 2023 at 8:59 PM

Digital Discrimination Backfires and Dangerous Menthol Ban - TPA Weekly Update: November 17, 2023

Digital Discrimination Backfires and Dangerous Menthol Ban - TPA Weekly Update: November 17, 2023 The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) just announced a net loss of $6.5 billion for the fiscal year ending on September 30. The beleaguered agency has lost more tha…

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November 9, 2023 at 9:00 PM

Trying to Ground Airline Miles Programs and More EV Subsidy Foolishness - TPA Weekly Update - November 9, 2023

Trying to Ground Airline Miles Programs and More EV Subsidy Foolishness - TPA Weekly Update - November 9, 2023 This week’s Weekly Update is a day early since tomorrow is Veterans Day and the Taxpayers Protection Alliance’s (TPA) office will be closed. We …

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November 3, 2023 at 7:59 PM

Jumping the Shark at the FTC and Price Controls Still Not the Answer - TPA Weekly Update: November 3, 2023

Jumping the Shark at the FTC and Price Controls Still Not the Answer - TPA Weekly Update: November 3, 2023 A new poll released by the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) shows that voters want serious reforms to Medicare and Social Security. The poll show…

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