William Ahern

 
 

Media Appearances

Video: Tax Foundation Director of Policy and Communications Bill Ahern Discusses "Jock Taxes" on FoxBusiness.com November 09, 2009
Audio: Communications Director on Radio America Discussing Obama's Proposal to Limit Charitable Contribution Tax Deductions for the Rich March 26, 2009
Video: Tax Foundation Communications Director on CNN Discussing Rising Local Property Taxes Across the Country March 24, 2009
CNBC's "Power Lunch" -- Global Warming Taxes June 01, 2006

Contributions

Fate of Bush Tax Cuts Uncertain As Expiration Approaches April 11, 2012
Energy Tax Credit Program Exemplifies Why Congress Should Not Micromanage People with Tax Credits November 10, 2010
Parties Could Compromise on Tax Policy November 08, 2010
Will Halloween Zombies Be Decked Out in Government Checks? October 30, 2010
Thus Far under Obama, the Only Individuals Paying Higher Taxes Are Smokers and Tanners, But They May Have Company Soon October 22, 2010
IRS Publishes Popular "Top One" Data October 06, 2010
Tax-Exempt Credit Unions Get $30 Billion Bailout September 26, 2010
OECD Suggests Higher U.S. Taxes in New Publication September 21, 2010
The Estate Tax Is Foolish, Wasteful, Ineffective September 19, 2010
Five Myths about the Bush Tax Cuts September 16, 2010
Duke Cunningham Back in Tax News As a Judge Rejects His Complaint About the IRS September 10, 2010
A New Justification for Cutting the Income Taxes of High-Income People August 05, 2010
New Calculator of Income Tax Scenarios in 2011 Gets Good Press July 29, 2010
Rappers Over Roughnecks July 29, 2010
Kerry has Kennedy to Thank for Yacht Tax Savings July 24, 2010
IRS Issues Guidance for Homebuyers Who Want to Take Advantage of Tax Credit Extension; Meanwhile No Progress on Fannie and Freddie July 02, 2010
State-Local Tax Revenue Grew in Q1 of 2010, But 12-Month Property Tax Collections Dropped for First Time Since 2003 June 30, 2010
Harkin, Whitehouse and Sanders Are Pushing an Estate Tax Proposal That Might Be Called the "Die Abroad Act" June 24, 2010
Sudden Retirement of Michigan Film Office Director May Be Linked to Tax Credit Boondoggle June 18, 2010
Film Tax Credits Losing Their Appeal June 11, 2010
Income Tax Reform Repealed by Referendum in Maine (last paragraph corrected) June 09, 2010
Worry Grows About Federal Debt June 08, 2010
Rhode Island Tax Writer Threatens to Repeal the Best Feature of the State's Tax System April 24, 2010
CBO, JCT and CMS Remind the Public of How Complicated and Expensive Health Reform Bill Is April 23, 2010
Tennessee Legislature's Effort to Drive a Stake Through the Heart of Wage Taxation Passes Senate April 02, 2010
Kristof Says Taxing Stupidity Doesn't Make People Any Smarter, Just Poorer April 01, 2010
Marijuana Legalization Qualifies for November Ballot in California on Strength of Pro-Tax Campaign March 26, 2010
CalPERS Finally Finds a Consultant to Say What State Politicians Want to Hear March 16, 2010
Entitlements for Middle- and Upper-Income People Not the American Way, According to Former GAO Chief David Walker March 16, 2010
Gallup: Federal Deficits and Debt Becoming Americans' Top Concern March 16, 2010
CNN Swallows Whole the Hollywood Tax Credit Line March 13, 2010
Can Income Tax Hikes Close the Deficit? March 12, 2010
Florida Censors Try to Hijack Film Credit; Repeal Would Be the Best Solution March 08, 2010
Old McDonald Pays a Tax, If He Wins in Court (a Gun Tax, That Is) March 05, 2010
Even If We Don't Create a New Health Entitlement, U.S. Debt is Frightening According to David Walker's New Book March 05, 2010
Once Unmentionable, Cutting Public Employee Pensions Now Routinely Suggested by Both Parties March 04, 2010
Senate Passes Jobs Bill; Tax Credit Will Pay Companies for the Wrong Thing in Many Cases February 25, 2010
Health Care Summit Will Probably Avoid Tax Talk February 25, 2010
Among Obama's Business Tax Hikes, Biggest Is Bank Tax That Is Now Opposed by Small Banks February 25, 2010
Senators Wyden and Gregg Show Bipartisanship on Tax Reform February 17, 2010
"Economic Development" Teams in VA, MD and DC Bid for Northrop Grumman Headquarters February 15, 2010
Film Industry to Iowa: Make Our Corrupt Tax Credit Bigger February 04, 2010
Reuters Article on Expiring Bush Tax Cuts Struck a Nerve February 03, 2010
The Tax Suspense Is Killing Us January 28, 2010
Trying to Nip It in the Bud: Rhode Island Democrats Attack the New Alternative Flat Tax January 22, 2010
Some Haiti Donors Should Wait Until Next Year to Take Their Deductions January 20, 2010
Scott Brown and the Cadillac Tax January 20, 2010
Will Unions Pay for their "Cadillacs"? Some Say Yes, Some No January 20, 2010
The Temporary Nature of Temporary Tax Hikes January 13, 2010
Generous Maryland Pension for Convicted Mayor Shines Spotlight on Wasteful Area of State and Local Spending January 11, 2010
Tax Professor Calls Expiration of Estate Tax "Congressional Malpractice"; Doubts Quick Extension Is Forthcoming December 31, 2009
Repeal of Estate Taxation and the Step-up in Basis Two Weeks Away? December 16, 2009
Vermont Income Tax Proposals Would Enable Elimination of Sales Tax December 03, 2009
Don't Serve Spam for Thanksgiving (and Don't Open Spam from a Fake IRS) November 25, 2009
Will Maryland's Millionaires Please Report to the Information Booth? November 24, 2009
Thirteen States Help Their Citizens Maximize Their Tax Deductions November 24, 2009
Senate Bill Mucks Up the Medicare Tax November 19, 2009
Testimony to Vermont Blue Ribbon Tax Structure Commission: Options for Improving Vermont's Tax Competitiveness November 17, 2009
Feral Cats Pay No Property Tax Where Susan Kelo Used to Live and Pay November 11, 2009
Baucus beats Pelosi on health tax policy November 06, 2009
U.S. Bishops Say Health Reform Skimps on the Poor November 01, 2009
Can Income Tax Hikes Close the Deficit? October 22, 2009
New Report from Rockefeller Institute Paints Bleak State Revenue Picture with 2nd Quarter Data October 15, 2009
"ReadyReturn" a Bad Idea That's Hard to Kill October 07, 2009
Governor Granholm's Energetic but Futile Effort to Buy Jobs October 06, 2009
Pennsylvania is Scene of Disappointing Budget Deals September 22, 2009
Public Finance Scholars Hope for Candor on Costs in Obama Speech Tonight September 09, 2009
Property Taxpayers in NY Worry About Growing Burden of Public Pensions September 04, 2009
Famed Liberal Economist Casts Doubt on Obama's Health Care Financing September 04, 2009
New Tax Credit Means New Problems for the IRS July 31, 2009
Ohio is Not a Low-Tax Paradise June 08, 2009
Nevada Prepares for Tax Hikes, Avoiding the Worst Mistake but Making Its Odd Payroll Tax Even Odder May 20, 2009
Hawaii Legislature Rushes Tax Bill Through, Accidentally Enacting a Tobacco Tax Cut May 13, 2009
District of Columbia Changes Statement on Unemployment Benefits for Non-Residents April 17, 2009
In Mean-Spirited Interstate Competition, Some State Unemployment Offices Stiff Non-Residents April 16, 2009
Today's Federal Tobacco Tax Hike Will Drain State Coffers April 01, 2009
Fire Department in Fairfax County, VA, Caught in Corrupt Spending, Uses "Washington Monument" Strategy March 31, 2009
Can Governments Buy Jobs? And If So, How Much Should They Cost? March 03, 2009
Sympathy from the Devil February 03, 2009
Sen. Webb Points Out Fallacy of Tobacco Tax Reliance -- He Should Go Further January 28, 2009
What's Wrong with California's Sales Tax Exemption for Groceries? December 31, 2008
Could a New Tax Cut for the Rich Be Obama's First Tax Change? December 30, 2008
A Government Charge of Five Cents per Plastic Bag: Tax or Fee? December 03, 2008
State Spending Booms While Economy Suffers November 11, 2008
California Sales Tax Back in the Spotlight: LA and SF Would Have Double-Digit Rates November 06, 2008
People Scramble in Advance of Expected Tax Hikes November 05, 2008
Baloney from Obama about Outsourcing October 28, 2008
IRS Publishes "Top 1%" Data by State -- California's Top 1% in the Crosshairs August 01, 2008
California Legislators Push for More Double-Digit Income Tax Rates July 14, 2008
Fannie, Freddie Woes Predicted Long Ago July 10, 2008
Federal "Stimulus" Checks Are Stimulating State Treasuries June 09, 2008
Paying and Non-Paying at Tax Time May 28, 2008
Capital Gains Tax Continues to Roil Economic Debate on Anniversary of Bush Tax Cut May 27, 2008
Reasons for Feeling Unstimulated May 09, 2008
Telecom Taxes Have Run Amok April 30, 2008
Maryland Flouts Regional Tax Competition with Historic Tax Hike April 09, 2008
Demagogue Tries to Wear Robin Hood's Tights, But They Don't Fit April 04, 2008
More Evidence That Corporate Tax Cuts Help Workers March 18, 2008
Eliot Spitzer and Alleged Valentine Likely to Pay "Jock Tax" March 10, 2008
In For A Penny...: Book Review of "FairTax: The Truth - Answering the Critics" February 10, 2008

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Lou Dobbs Outdoes Himself in his War on Economic Truth
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