Policy Priorities
- Tax Relief for America’s Middle Class
- Incentivize Job Creation for American Workers
- Promote Wage Growth
- Incentivize Onshoring
- Ensure Access to Capital
The economic success of the nation is driven by the individual will and genius of free men and women aspiring to achieve their dreams and further prosperity for themselves and their families. Our nation declared its independence in part because of a system of commerce that did not put the prosperity of Americans first and hindered, rather than embraced, the individual aspirations of Americans. In establishing a new Nation, our Founding Fathers sought to unleash the power of entrepreneurship and free enterprise so that Americans “who are possessed of the spirit of Commerce—who see and who will pursue their advantages, may achieve almost anything”.
The America First Policy Institute’s Center for American Prosperity is dedicated to advancing public policy that puts the prosperity of American citizens first, to restoring and preserving the American free enterprise system, to defending American workers and their families, to promoting growth that lifts up forgotten communities, and to celebrating the innovative spirit of the American people. It is through this spirit—when Americans are free to pursue and achieve their dreams—that American prosperity reached unprecedented heights and will continue to achieve more than ever thought possible. The Center for American Prosperity will endeavor to research and educate the American public on policy grounded in the fundamental ideal that free Americans prosper.
Team
The Honorable Larry Kudlow
Vice Chair of the Board and Chair, Center for American Prosperity
The Honorable Michael Faulkender
Chief Economist & Senior Advisor, Center for American Prosperity
Aaron Hedlund, Ph.D.
Director of Research; Senior Advisor, Center for America Prosperity
David Vasquez
Policy Analyst for the Center for American Prosperity, the Center for Energy & Environment
Beatrice Brooke
Senior Advisor, Center for American Prosperity and Center for Energy & Environment
James Carter
Senior Fellow, Center for American Prosperity
Cale Clingenpeel
Visiting Fellow
Luke Lindberg
Senior Fellow, Center for American Prosperity
James P. Pinkerton
Senior Fellow, Center for American Prosperity
Jon Sanders
Senior Fellow, Center for American Prosperity
Latest
Bill Analysis: The Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act
On January 19, the House Ways and Means Committee approved H.R. 7024, The Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024, advancing it with a bipartisan 40–3 vote. The bill provides several key extensions to provisions created through H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017, which began to phase out at the end of 2022. Below, the America First Policy Institute highlights several key provisions of H.R. 7024.
SEC’s Proposed Rule to Lock Up American Lands Withdrawn Amid Backlash
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On January 17, a proposed rule at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that threatened to lock up both public and private lands was withdrawn amid intense public pushback, including from AFPI. The proposal sought to facilitate the public listing of a new investment vehicle called the Natural Asset Company (NAC) on the New York Stock Exchange.
Hidden Cost: The True Price of Federal Debt to American Taxpayers
Chief Economist Mike Faulkender will testify before the House Committee on Ways & Means for a hearing on “Hidden Cost: The True Price of Federal Debt to American Taxpayers.”
A “No” Vote on Colorado Prop HH Means Taxpayers Get to Keep Their Hard-Earned Money
Proposition HH (“Prop HH”) is a ballot measure that offers to slow the pace of property tax increases, without offering any actual cuts. It would do so in exchange for reducing or even eliminating the TABOR (Taxpayer Bill of Rights) refunds that currently protect Coloradans from excessive growth in state government. Families can expect to see an increase in their tax burden and the size of government under Prop HH.
EXPERT INSIGHT: Colorado Proposition HH: A Tax Hike in Sheep’s Clothing
Proposition HH is a Colorado ballot measure that contains modest property tax relief—no actual cuts, just smaller hikes—in exchange for watering down the state’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR).
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