In an interview with the Chattanooga Times Free Press, Beacon Center’s Justin Owen calls for a reduced sales tax burden by cutting wasteful government spending, but at the same time warns against attempts to replace the current sales tax with a state income tax. Beacon Center of Tennessee Executive...

Justin Owen, president of the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, encourages Gov. Bill Haslam to pursue more opportunities to privatize certain government services in Sunday’s Chattanooga Times Free Press. Read the full story here.

Dr. Richard J. Grant If the purpose of the new Public-Private Investment Program (PPIP) is to make the financial markets work better, then it will fail. If the purpose is to transfer wealth from U.S. taxpayers and holders of U.S. dollars to those who are politically favored, then the plan will succeed. It...

The federal Public-Private Investment Program will destroy wealth, according to a commentary article by Tennessee Center for Policy Research Scholar Richard Grant in Sunday’s Tennessean. Find out more