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Ballot initiatives and public petitions have long been the raw expression of popular will in American democracy. These tools give everyday citizens the power to propose laws, challenge entrenched interests, and compel action where legislatures refuse to lead. But in 2025, it is absurd that many states still insist on “wet” signatures, signatures executed in ink, on paper, in person, as the exclusive proof of a citizen’s support for an idea that might appear on a ballot. This

Over the next decade, U.S. citizens will be confronted with some difficult choices regarding our entitlement programs. The trust funds created to support Social Security and Medicare will be exhausted. When the trust funds are exhausted, these programs will shift to a cash basis and benefits may be reduced. But, as the federal government continues to incur deficits and accumulate debt at an unsustainable rate, that option is closing.

Charlie Kirk challenged the left’s attempts to soak the rich with higher taxes as self-defeating. There is no better example of this than the proposed billionaire’s tax in California. In the November 2026 election California citizens will vote on a ballot measure that would impose a one-time 5% tax on billionaires. The tax would be due in 2026, but billionaires would have the option of paying the wealth tax in annual installments of 1% over five years. The tax would be based

A Colorado citizens have launched a new property tax revolt not unlike that launched by Proposition 13 in California during the 1970s. Double digit inflation rates resulted in increased home values accompanied by sharp increase in assessed values and property taxes.

Across the nation, government and business leaders are engaged in an ongoing effort to stimulate economic recovery and growth. This should result in bringing prices down and thereby increasing the affordability of the costs of living and doing business. While the current annual inflation rate for the 12 months ending in November 2025 is down to 2.74% -- down from 3.0% in September, it is still above the 2 percent target inflation rate set by the Federal Reserve. [...]

A new property tax revolt is sweeping the country, not unlike the first property tax revolt launched by Proposition 13 in California in 1978. Many homeowners have seen their property taxes skyrocket in recent years. Homeowners are challenging inflationary increases in their property taxes both through their state legislatures and at the ballot box. In some states citizens are demanding not just reform but rather elimination of property taxes. Other proposed reforms address th

Texas citizens have launched a new property tax revolt not unlike that launched by Prop 13 in California in the 1970s. Governor Abbot recently called a special session of the Texas legislature to enact property tax reforms. This year Texas citizens have used the initiative process to propose seventeen new amendments to the constitution, some of which are designed to provide tax relief.

In the past, home ownership has been an important part of the American dream. Buying a home was the most important investment decision that citizens made. That investment could provide for one’s retirement; and equity in the home could be used to borrow for education, health care, and emergency expenditures.

American colonists revolted against the British government under the banner "no taxation without representation." The banner for the new property tax revolt in America is "no taxation without consent."