CEI Weekly: Happy Tax Day!

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April 20, 2012

>> FEATURE

Americans suffered through yet another Tax Day this week. Doing your taxes is an exhausting process—and when you’re finally done, chances are  you owe the federal government a fat check. Warren Brookes Fellow Matt Patterson talks about what the federal government is doing with all those tax dollars in “The Tax Man Cometh — and Taketh.”

>> SHAPING THE DEBATE

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Vincent Vernuccio’s interview on Fox Business

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Fred Smith’s latest vodcast

Helping Those With Disabilities Secure Employment
Hans Bader’s letter to the editor in The Wall Street Journal

Compulsory ‘Free’ Speech
Vincent Vernuccio’s op-ed in The American Spectator

Sugar Program Isn’t Sweet for Consumers or the Economy
Fran Smith’s op-ed in The Daily Caller

President Obama Pledges to Recycle His Campaign Pledges
Bill Frezza’s op-ed in Forbes

Direct Alcohol Shipping to Minors Is Not a Public Safety Problem
Michelle Minton’s op-ed in Michigan Capitol Confidential

DOJ Hungry For a Bite of Apple, Inc
Ryan Young’s citation in The Orange County Register

 

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