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The research & educational org. for National Taxpayers Union (@NTU). The voice of America's taxpayers.

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@NTUF
NTU Foundation
10 months
A Colorado water district doubled property taxes without voter approval, an obvious violation of the Colorado Taxpayer Bill of Rights. A determined group of citizens stood up for taxpayer rights. They WON. Learn more about the victory: https://t.co/aTOEXttjvF
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@NTUF
NTU Foundation
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.@RepNateMoran discussed his Principles-Based Balanced Budget Amendment (H.J. Res. 110), a streamlined constitutional requirement that federal expenditures and revenues be balanced but that could occur over more than one year. His proposal allows time for Congress to phase in
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@NTUF
NTU Foundation
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.@RepMcCormick outlined the Incentivized Savings Act (H.R. 5438), an effort to reverse the perverse “use it or lose it” dynamic that encourages agencies to use up remaining budgetary resources before the end of the fiscal year so that they won’t face budget cuts. His bill would
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@NTUF
NTU Foundation
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.@RepMichaelCloud also endorsed @Rep_Davidson's CBO Show Your Work Act (H.R. 724), which would require CBO to disclose the models, assumptions, and datasets behind its scores. Greater transparency will improve the quality of fiscal policymaking. And, while CBO had focused on
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@NTUF
NTU Foundation
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.@RepMichaelCloud discussed two important reforms. The Cost Estimates Improvement Act (H.R. 991) would require CBO to include debt interest costs in all legislative cost estimates. This common sense reform would show lawmakers the full cost of proposals and it already won strong
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@NTUF
NTU Foundation
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.@RepFeenstra highlighted his Save Our Seniors (SOS) Act (H.R. 4793), which would require CBO to publish a clear comparison between scheduled Social Security benefits and the reduced “payable” benefits that would take effect after trust-fund insolvency. With automatic cuts of
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@NTUF
NTU Foundation
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.@RepHuizenga urged passage of the Fiscal Commission Act (H.R. 3289), a bill he introduced with @RepScottPeters. This would establish a bipartisan, bicameral commission charged with improving the nation’s medium-term fiscal trajectory and restoring trust-fund solvency for at
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@NTUF
NTU Foundation
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.@RepKatCammack promoted her Unauthorized Spending Accountability (USA) Act (H.R. 143), which would target “zombie” programs operating without congressional authorization. The bill phases in a three-year step-down—10% in year one, 15% in year two, and another 15% in year
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@NTUF
NTU Foundation
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During a recent hearing, @HouseBudgetGOP made one point clear: meaningful budget process improvements are urgently needed and will require cooperation across the aisle. 🧵 highlighting some important reforms 👇 https://t.co/oMm6NcOvPq
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The House Budget Committee’s recent Member Day hearing offered a window into the growing appetite for strengthening the federal budget process. Lawmakers from across the conference laid out a series...
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@NTUF
NTU Foundation
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Two longtime Democratic members of Congress from New York, Representatives Jerrold Nadler and Nydia Velázquez, recently announced they will not seek reelection in 2026. Under the FERS formula, Nadler is eligible for an estimated starting annuity of $79,658, while Velázquez’s
ntu.org
Two longtime Democratic members of Congress from New York, Representatives Jerrold Nadler and Nydia Velázquez, recently announced they will not seek reelection in 2026. When they leave office on...
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@NTUF
NTU Foundation
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By the time you’ve finished reading this essay, another American will have packed up their bags, left their former state, and moved to Florida. @PolicyWilford in @SunSentinel https://t.co/fgRPXcoAMI
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A senior policy analyst at the National Taxpayers Union Foundation writes that newly arrived Floridians should take a lesson from high-tax states they left behind.
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@tylermartinez
Tyler Martinez
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Come for the Peloton reference.🚴 Stay for the insightful constitutional analysis on whether tax sales should be subject to Eighth Amendment review (they should). 🧑‍⚖️ Read my latest amicus brief for @NTUF:
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NTUF’s Taxpayer Defense Center today filed an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief in the U.S. Supreme Court defending the rights of citizens from excessive tax fines. In Pung v. Isabella...
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@WatchSalemNews
Salem News Channel
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Brandon Arnold, Executive VP of the National Taxpayers Union, tells @ChrisStigall just how fast people are fleeing high-tax states — “every 1 minute and 44 seconds, a taxpayer packs up and leaves California.” @NTUF
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@NTUF
NTU Foundation
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The U.S. is now considering a slate of options to respond to elements of Pillar Two that unfairly target American firms amid ongoing implementation of Pillar Two around the world. One option is to implement what is essentially a “revenge tax.” https://t.co/BktMnz9JxY
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Introduction As the end of the year approaches, world leaders are trying to reach an agreement on a global tax framework to address U.S. concern over discriminatory taxation. The Organization for...
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@ReporterChrisW
Chris Woodward
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"Create a tax system that only takes in the amount of revenue you actually need and doesn't treat your residents like unlimited sources of revenue that you can just tap into at any time," @PolicyWilford told me. @NTUF https://t.co/FbAdxvLOPw
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View PDF Key Facts: IRS data counts how many taxpayers move into and out of a state each year. A way to conceptualize that data is to calculate how often, on average, a taxpayer enters or leaves a...
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@WAPolicyCenter
Washington Policy
12 days
A new report is showing that Washington is losing two taxpayers every hour. Join Washington Policy on the Go this upcoming Tuesday as we are joined by @NTUF's Andrew Wilford on a new report that discusses this trend. Register below!
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@NTUF
NTU Foundation
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In 2024, Rep. Henry Cuellar was indicted on bribery and money laundering charges that could have cost him his congressional pension if convicted. With a pardon from President Trump, his taxpayer-funded pension - currently valued at ~$55K - remains intact and will continue to
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Congressional Salary Under law, the salary of Members of Congress are set for an automatic annual cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) increase unless Congress votes to not accept it. Since 2009, the...
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@NTUF
NTU Foundation
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The National Taxpayers Union Foundation and Forbes both estimated Greene’s pension will be around $8,700 annually, totalling more than $260,000 over her lifetime. https://t.co/HxJyw0kcPV
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